Guy Du Pont

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Guy is recognized as a leading litigation counsel in Canada. Guy is one of only a handful of litigators in Canada to be admitted as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the American College of Trial Lawyers, and one of very few Canadians to be honoured as an elected member of the American Law Institute since 1923. He is a member of the Québec, Ontario and British Columbia bars; and has received Lawyer Emeritus Distinction from the Barreau du Québec; the Order of Merit from University of Ottawa; the Tax Court of Canada Medal for outstanding services to the Court; and Benchmark Canada’s Hall of Fame Award. Guy practises complex, high-stakes litigation involving a wide range of areas and has appeared at all levels of trial/appellate courts in Canada, including Tax Court of Canada, both levels of Federal Court and Supreme Court of Canada, in a number of leading cases, in a wide range of practice fields, including taxation, class actions, competition, white-collar and constitutional law. As lead counsel, he successfully argued BCE Inc.’s appeal before the Supreme Court with respect to a $52-billion takeover by Teachers’ Consortium, the most important commercial case in Canada. Select Recognition: American College of Trial Lawyers—Fellow; Québec Bar—Lawyer Emeritus Distinction; Benchmark Canada’s Hall of Fame Award; Benchmark Canada; International Tax Review’s Tax Controversy Leaders; International Tax Review’s World Tax: The Comprehensive Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Firms; The Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexology Index; Tax Court of Canada Medal; Ordre du mérite, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law Civil Law Section; Association des avocats de la défense de Montréal; Expert Guides—White Collar Crime.