Jean-Philippe Groleau
Canada Guide 2025
Spotlight : Litigation: Administrative & Public Law
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Provided by Jean-Philippe Groleau
Practice Areas
Jean-Philippe is consistently involved in high-stakes, complex cases that often include a public law component. He consistently appears before various tribunals and at all levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, where he acted as lead counsel on multiple occasions. He has specific expertise in defending clients against class actions, enforcement action as well as in launching judicial reviews, and has an excellent track record across a range of issues, including constitutional law, administrative law, health law and consumer law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, was named Lawyer of the Year 2023 for Appellate Practice and Lawyer of the Year 2025 for Administrative and Public Law by Best Lawyers and was a winner of the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 in 2017. He was a recipient of the Benchmark Canada Impact Case of the Year 2020 Award. He obtained his LLM from the University of Cambridge (First Class Honours). Other Recognitions: Benchmark Canada; The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Special Editions: Litigation, Technology and Health Sciences; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Litigation Counsel of America.
Chambers Review
Canada
Montréal-based litigator Jean-Philippe Groleau is adept at handling administrative and constitutional disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jean-Philippe is very strategic, extremely efficient and has a broad and deep understanding not only of the law, but also of the general political and social context of any given case."
"Jean-Philippe really understands our business and our approach to risk, and provides complex advice and guidance with that in mind."
"He approaches all his cases with a disarming openness and knows how to identify and assert the vital interests of his clients. His power of persuasion is exceptional."
"Jean-Philippe is very strategic, extremely efficient and has a broad and deep understanding not only of the law, but also of the general political and social context of any given case."
"Jean-Philippe really understands our business and our approach to risk, and provides complex advice and guidance with that in mind."
"He approaches all his cases with a disarming openness and knows how to identify and assert the vital interests of his clients. His power of persuasion is exceptional."