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Norton Rose Fulbright

White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

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Drawing upon our deep subject matter experience in diverse areas including securities, anti-corruption, and competition, and in a variety of industry groups, such as resource extraction, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and government procurement, our team is skilled in all aspects of white-collar criminal practice.

Our work includes the management of complex investigations into potential regulatory and criminal wrongdoing, advising companies concerning whistleblower allegations, assisting with the creation of internal compliance programs and policies relating to corruption, insider trading, bid rigging and other criminal and quasi-criminal activities, the defence of criminal, quasi-criminal and regulatory investigations and proceedings, fraud and asset tracing, and defence of complex class actions involving allegations of regulatory and criminal breaches. Many of these matters have international and/or cross border aspects or implications.

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White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations - Nationwide - Canada

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What the Team is Known For

Norton Rose Fulbright is an international law firm with a skilled and well-established corporate criminal defence group in Canada, with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver and Montréal. The team advises clients from a diverse range of industries on securities litigation and anti-corruption matters. Its investigations work incorporates criminal and regulatory wrongdoing, internal investigations and asset tracing.

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Work Highlights

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  • Norton Rose Fulbright continued to act as lead defence counsel to ArcelorMittal against 200 charges from The Public Prosecution Service of Canada, alleging repeated unlawful deposits of deleterious substances under the Fisheries Act over an eight-year period.

Strengths

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  • The teams work is rigorous, well researched and clearly presented, reflecting real command of Canada’s white-collar and anti-corruption enforcement landscape.

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  • Norton Rose is timely, clear and responsive in its advice.

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  • NRF proves to be outstanding in the support it provides..

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  • Norton Rose Fulbright has a deep understanding of the legal and investigation framework in multiple jurisdictions.

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  • What distinguishes Norton Rose Fulbright’s white-collar practice is not only the depth of its technical expertise, but also the quality of its leadership and its ability to bring people together in difficult, high-stakes matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • François Fontaine, Ad E
    François Fontaine, Ad E

    François Fontaine, Ad E

    François Fontaine, Ad E has an impressive reputation for his representation of individuals facing a range of criminal allegations, including tax evasion and fraud, as well as issues involving immigration and professional discipline. He is based in Montréal, where he heads Norton Rose Fulbright's white-collar crime group.

    • François has a high level of sophistication and is focused on ensuring that we reach practical, commercial outcomes.

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    • He possesses very extensive experience as a litigator in both civil and criminal matters.

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  • Frédéric Plamondon
    Frédéric Plamondon

    Frédéric Plamondon

    Frédéric Plamondon is based in Norton Rose Fulbright's Montréal office and has a broad litigation practice, with a specific emphasis on white-collar defence, securities litigation and class actions. He advises corproations, public issuers and market participants in a wide range of investigations, frauds and other financial crime proceedings.

    • Frédéric combines exceptional technical ability, strategic judgement and courtroom skill with a practical understanding of the institutional, commercial and reputational realities surrounding complex mandates.

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    • Frédéric is savvy, intelligent, tactical and pragmatic.

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    • Frédéric possesses extensive knowledge of criminal and penal law issues, but also practices in civil litigation, allowing him to have a 360-degree vision for his clients.

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  • Stephen Nattrass
    Stephen Nattrass

    Stephen Nattrass

    Stephen Nattrass is based in Ottawa. He focuses his practice on a range of regulatory issues, predominantly related to business ethics, anti-corruption, anti-trust and competition, economic sanctions, international trade, privacy and procurement.

    • He's pragmatic, approachable and he provides helpful and tailored guidance within our context, making it easy to digest and act on.

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    • He's great to work with. Everything you'd expect from a star lawyer.

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    • Stephen is consistently responsive and accessible and ensures the work is delivered on time and to a very high standard.

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    • He's really good at taking something that can be extremely complex and simplifying it down into its first principles.

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