Jean-Marie Fontaine
Canada Guide 2025
Band 1 : Transportation: Shipping
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About
Provided by Jean-Marie Fontaine
Practice Areas
Litigation practice includes cargo claims, collisions, personal injury claims, pollution charges, shipbuilding disputes, vessel & cargo arrest and charterparty disputes. Commercial practice includes charterparties, logistics & warehousing agreements, shipbuilding contracts and marine insurance; purchase, sale, financing and registration of vessels. Appeared before all levels of provincial and federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.
Career
Québec Bar. LLB/BCL, McGill.
Professional Memberships
Director, Canadian Maritime Law Association; Board of Youth of Shipping/Jeunesse maritime.
Publications
Co-author, “General Average” chapter in Essentials of Canadian Law – Maritime Law, 2nd ed.
Chambers Review
Canada
Montréal-based lawyer Jean-Marie Fontaine is engaged by clients for contentious cases, often involving cargo claims, collisions and shipbuilding disputes, as well as for regulatory maritime matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jean-Marie Fontaine is an absolute expert in all matters regarding maritime law."
"Jean-Marie Fontaine is an absolute expert in all matters regarding maritime law."
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