William Brock, Ad E

A senior partner, Bill Brock brings passion, energy and tenacity to everything he does. He operates a market leading commercial litigation practice for a wide range of clients, including leading Canadian and foreign corporations and government entities. He focuses on complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, fraud and misappropriation claims (including Mareva-type injunctions), shareholder disputes, and domestic and international arbitration. He conducts litigation at trial and appellate levels, including before the Supreme Court of Canada, and has acted as counsel or as an arbitrator in numerous significant commercial arbitrations. He was awarded Lawyer Emeritus Distinction of the Barreau du Québec. He was also awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his outstanding contribution to the community. Bill is the author of Portraits of Hope (2012) and The Word (2023), and is the Chair of the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer of the University of Montreal. Select Recognition: Benchmark Canada as Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada (2018-2023); The Legal 500 Canada; The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation; Université de Montréal, Faculty of Medicine—Medal of Honour; Israel Cancer Research Fund—Community Fellowship Honorary Recipient Award.