Guy Dancosse

Founded in 1991, the Gattuso Bouchard Mazzone law firm stands out today for its wide range of targeted and diversified legal services. Since then, our team of lawyers has become a key player in the Montreal landscape, able to help its clientele made up of both businesses and individuals.

Whatever the mandate, our overall objective remains the same: to support our clients in a personalized and effective manner. Our ability to listen, our solid expertise and our constant availability today forge the signature of our firm.

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Guy P. Dancosse, QC, has extensive experience in labor and employment law, as well as in commercial arbitration, where he acted at the Canadian and international levels. Over the years, he advised major corporations and was associated with major law firms in Quebec and Canada. Mr Dancosse has acquired in-depth business knowledge in a large number of commercial sectors (transportation, banking, agri-food, pharmaceutical, maritime, aviation, shipbuilding, piloting and sports (Montreal Canadiens hockey team and the new Bell Center in Montreal) as well as in the majority of manufacturing operations).

He has also developed a deep understanding of the business environment, the challenges surrounding it and its competitive nature.

He has appeared before all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. He has acted as counsel for the parties and as an arbitrator in Canadian and international commercial arbitrations (ICC).

He has led study groups and commissions of inquiry in Canada, among others, on maritime pilotage issues in the St. Lawrence and Aboriginal land claims.

Me Dancosse has also chaired several international missions on behalf of the World Bank, including in Chad and Tanzania, where he conducted a review of the entire judicial sector.

He has extensive experience as a corporate director. He sits on the boards of private and public companies (including the Royal Canadian Mint until recently, and Canadian Net – Real Estate Reit (active member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Governance Committee).

AREAS OF SKILLS

• Labor and employment law
• Commercial, International and Canadian Arbitration
• Arbitration in labor and employment law
• Business Law
• Civil, commercial and corporate litigation

EDUCATION

• Professional Development Program in International Arbitration, ICC, (International Chamber of Commerce) (Paris, France)
• Directors Education Program, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Graduate Law Program, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA
• Graduate programs in law, University of Montreal
• University of Montreal, Law degree, LL. B
• University of Montreal, BA
• Institute of Corporate Directors (certification)

ASSOCIATIONS

• Member of the Order of Certified Human Resources Advisors (CRHA)
• Institute of Corporate Directors (IAS.D.)
• Member of the International Arbitration Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (New York)
• Canadian Bar Association
• International Bar Association
• Swiss Arbitration Association

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