Ms. Simard acted recently for the following clients:

• A client, to prepare written and oral submissions in connection with Bill 1, the Quebec Integrity in Public Contracts Act, before the public finance committee of the Quebec National Assembly
• A consulting engineering firm in multiple litigation files relating to hospital projects
• Property owners negotiating design-build and management contracts
• General contractors, subcontractors and property owners contesting hypothecary actions following the publication of notices of legal hypothec relating to construction projects
• Financial institutions and other businesses for the collection of overdue accounts
• Property owners and bidders to resolve difficulties arising from the call for tenders process
• A consulting engineering firm in a claim for additional fees
• A consulting engineering firm in an action by a property owner alleging design errors

• Presentation on the Quebec Integrity in Public Contracts Act, guest speaker at the convention of the Bas-St-Laurent Gaspésie les Iles Bar, Matane, Quebec, May 2013.
• “Le droit de la construction pour les architectes et ingénieurs” (with Kateri-Anne Grenier), Construction Superconference, Montreal, November 26, 2012.

• Canadian Bar Association