Élif Oral

Of Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Élif Oral

Élif Oral

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Biography

Élif Oral is a dispute resolution and litigation lawyer. Her practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation as well as class actions, with a particular emphasis on insurance law, environmental law, professional liability and construction law.

A physicist by training with a master's in medical nuclear physics, Élif is a regular contributor in matters with a technical or scientific component.


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LL.B., Université Laval, 2012
M.Sc., Nuclear Physics, Université Laval, 2001
B.Sc., Physics, Université Laval, 1998

  • Quebec 2012
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Insurance Law, 2023-2024; Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2024
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2023-2024: recommended in Litigation - Commercial Insurance; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Professional Liability
  • Dean’s List, Faculty of Law, Université Laval (2011-2012)
  • "Produits d'assurance de construction: état du droit et considérations pratiques," continuing professional development program, Quebec bar, May 14, 2019.
  • "L'état du droit en matière d'assurances dans le domaine de la construction," in collaboration with Marie-Hélène Caron, Développements récents en droit des assurances, vol. 451, Service de la qualité de la profession, Barreau du Québec, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2018.
  • "La gestion des exclusions d'une police assurance chantier ("Builder's Risk") - un véritable cube Rubik," Enjeux dans la construction Conference, OpenForumOuvert, November 8, 2022 and 22nd study session contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty of Université Laval, February 14, 2023.
  • "Rendez-vous du droit des technologies de l'information 2022,"  member of the organizing committee and panelist on the Quebec Bar, April 7, 2022.
  • "Contrats d'assurance responsabilité – Condition de déclenchement," Quebec Bar, March 31, 2022 and February 8, 2023.
  • "Les produits d'assurance propres aux ouvrages de construction : étendue de la couverture et considérations pratiques,"  21e study session on contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty Université Laval, 16 février 2022.
  • "La salle d'audience virtuelle via Teams : les meilleurs pratiques," Quebec Bar, in collaboration with the Superior Court of Quebec, March 3, 2021.
  • "Les produits d'assurance propres aux ouvrages de construction : étendue de la couverture et considérations pratiques," 20th study session on contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty of Université Laval, February 17, 2021.
  • "L'intervention de l'avocat à l'ère numérique dans une salle virtuelle," law faculty of Université Laval, in collaboration with the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, February 5, 2021.
  • "La salle d'audience virtuelle via Teams : les meilleurs pratiques," training for lawyers and judges, Quebec Bar, in collaboration with the Superior Court of Quebec, district of Quebec City, October 29, 2020.
  • "L'intervention de l'avocat à l'ère numérique dans une salle virtuelle," Quebec Bar, Trial Advocacy Seminar, November 30, 2020.
  • Preparing the "Procès sans papier" training given by the Quebec Bar and participating as a "technological" lawyer, May 24, 2018 (Québec), April 24, 2019 (Québec), May 17, 2019 (Saguenay), September 2019 (Drummondville and Shawinigan).

  • Bâtonnière of the Quebec bar (2023-2024)
  • Member of the Lexius advisory committee of the Quebec bar (since May 2021)
  • First Councillor of the Quebec bar (2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023)
  • Director at E27 musiques nouvelles (not-for-profit organization) (2019-2021)
  • Secretary of the Quebec bar (2019-2020)
  • Member of the information technology integration committee of the Quebec bar (since 2018)
  • External member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the INRS (2016-2021)
  • Director at the Fondation des Petits Bonheurs d'École (not-for-profit organization) (2016-2019 ​

 

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