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Lexpert Lawyer Profile - Jean-Marie Fontaine
Jean-Marie Fontaine
Partner at
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG)
(514) 954-3196
(514) 954-1905
[email protected]
1000 de la Gauchetière St W, Suite 900, Montréal, QC
Year called to bar: 2000 (QC)
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Jean-Marie Fontaine specializes in the field of Maritime law as well as non-marine insurance regulation and compliance. He acts for high-profile clients in both contentious and non-contentious transportation matters. Fontaine's practice encompasses: cargo claims, collisions, spills, disputes relating to shipbuilding and charter party contracts and the arrest of ships and cargos. He also has expertise in the drafting of logistics and warehousing agreements, charter party contracts, the purchase, sale and financing of ships and marine insurance policies. He is also recognized for his expertise in the importation and registration of vessels. Fontaine advises insurers, brokers and other intermediaries in the insurance market on regulatory and compliance issues and frequently represents clients before the Autorité des marchés financiers. He also acts as counsel representing clients in aviation and land transportation matters, and advises in matters involving a variety of compliance, regulatory and litigious issues, ranging from the transportation of dangerous goods to the carriage of passengers.
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