Frédéric Plamondon

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Montréal
Canada
T:+1 514 286 2011
Montréal
Canada
T:+1 514 286 2011
Frédéric Plamondon

Frédéric Plamondon

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Biography

Frédéric Plamondon has broad litigation experience with a strong focus on white-collar defence, securities litigation and class actions. He advises corporations, public issuers and market participants in a wide range of investigations, frauds and other financial crime matters, including foreign corruption. Frédéric is regularly called upon to take part in proceedings involving various regulators and public bodies, as well as in competition and securities class actions.

An important component of his practice consists of acting as a trusted advisor in matters touching on anti‑corruption, sanctions, corporate governance, compliance and prelitigation. He also represents clients in highly complex commercial litigations raising constitutional, public and administrative issues.

Frédéric has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, Québec Court of Appeal, Québec Superior Court, Court of Québec, courts in Ontario, as well as various regulatory and administrative tribunals. In addition to this very active practice, Frédéric plays a key role in the legal community, notably as founder of the Québec division of the Young Advocates' Standing Committee, a division of The Advocates' Society.

Professional experience

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Certification in Ethics and Compliance, HEC Montréal, Executive Education, 2020
B.C.L./LL.B., Université de Sherbrooke, 2012
  • Ontario 2021
  • Quebec 2013

Frédéric acts or has acted in the following mandates:

  • Representing financial institutions, public and private corporations as well as executives in various investigations involving allegations of corporate wrongdoing, including fraud, securities legislation violations and foreign corruption
  • First Canadian deferred prosecution agreement (DPA or remediation agreement) proceedings between Crown prosecutors and a major engineering, procurement and construction firm
  • Representing public corporations and certain of their directors and officers in various national securities class actions, including those stemming from short-seller reports or penal charges laid by a securities watchdog
  • Representing independent auditors of a public corporation in the context of a national securities class action
  • Representing a financial institution in its defence against a certified class action regarding the liability of financial institutions in the context of an alleged Ponzi scheme
  • Representing a Canadian gasoline, oil and natural gas producing and exporting corporation in relation to class actions based on alleged breaches of the Competition Act
  • Representing a digital media and marketing solutions corporation in a certified class action seeking to sanction a commercial practice and a billing policy that potentially ran counter to the unilateral right to terminate a service contract
  • Representing pharmaceutical manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors in connection with administrative investigations conducted by public bodies
  • Representing defendants in the context of a proposed class action based on allegations that defendants orchestrated a fraudulent scheme
  • Euromoney's America's Rising Stars (2021) – Recognized for his work in white-collar defence/crime and investigations
  • Expert Guides (2022) – Recognized as a rising star in white-collar defence and investigations;  recognized as a rising star in litigation (2021); recognized as a rising star in white-collar crime (2020)
  • The delays in the context of AMF's investigations and proceedings (in French): Recent developments in internal and regulatory investigations, volume 522, Barreau du Québec, 2022.
  • Secret confided, secret divulged? Beware of issues surrounding professional secrecy and related privileges during a multi-jurisdictional investigation: Recent developments in internal and regulatory investigations, volume 502, Barreau du Québec, 2021.
  • Les répercussions de l'arrêt Jordan dans le domaine des valeurs mobilières : Développements récents en litige de valeurs mobilières, Volume 438, Barreau du Québec, 2017. Symposium on recent developments in securities litigation, December 1st, 2017.
  • "Les développements récents en enquêtes internes et réglementaires 2022."
  • "Delays in the context of AMF's investigations and proceedings" (in French), Montreal, November 18, 2022.
  • Symposium on recent developments in internal and regulatory investigations, "Enquêtes liées à la Loi sur la Corruption d'agents publics étrangers: Guide de survie pour l'avocat au dossier," April 2019.
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Barreau du Québec
  • American Bar Association
  • International Association of Lawyers
  • Transparency International Canada
  • The Advocates' Society
    • Quebec Advisory Committee 
  • French
  • English

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