Yves Martineau is a partner in the litigation practice group of the Montréal office of Stikeman Elliott. He deals with every aspect of litigation, such as commercial law, product liability, banking law, bankruptcy, professional liability, leasing and real estate law.

Mr. Martineau has pleaded before all civil courts of Quebec and before the Supreme Court of Canada. Over the years, he has developed a specific expertise in class actions, primarily defending manufacturers and banking institutions.

Mr. Martineau is included in the following publications:

• 2012 Chambers Global’s The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the areas of class action and dispute resolution with the following quotation: “Yves Martineau is fast becoming a big name in class action defence work in addition to insurance litigation”;
• 2Benchmark Litigation Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys, 2012 edition;
• 22012 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in class actions;
• 2Featured in the article “Canadian Big Suits” in The American Lawyer magazine, April 2011;
• 2The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2011, as a practitioner “repeatedly recommended” in the litigation – class action sector;
• 2Lexpert 2011 Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, as a leading practitioner in the litigation – class action sector.

Mr. Martineau is a member of the Quebec Bar and a member of the Canadian Bar Association. In 2006, he was appointed member of the Class Actions Advisory Committee of the Quebec Bar. He is a frequent speaker for the Service de la formation permanente of the Quebec Bar Association and taught civil representation at the École du Barreau du Québec. Mr. Martineau has also written numerous publications in respect of his areas of practice.