Mr. Bienvenu is a partner of Ogilvy
Renault, practising in their Montréal office. He has been with Ogilvy
Renault's litigation group since 1983 and is a member of the firm's management
committee. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Université de
Montréal and of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He
practises commercial arbitration and litigation, competition law and
constitutional law.
Mr. Bienvenu has acted as counsel
in numerous domestic and international commercial arbitration cases, both ad
hoc and institutional, in relation to disputes in the fields of
construction, aeronautics, international distribution and joint ventures, and
major telecommunications. He has also served as administrative secretary in
several major international commercial arbitration cases conducted under the
aegis of the ICC. Mr. Bienvenu is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators in London and the head of Ogilvy Renault's Alternative Dispute
Resolution Methods Team.
In addition to appearing before
various administrative and arbitral tribunals, Mr. Bienvenu has pleaded before
the courts of Québec, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court
of Canada. He has been involved in numerous challenges to the constitutional
validity of provincial and federal legislation. In 1996, Mr. Bienvenu was
retained by the Government of Canada to represent the Attorney General of
Canada in litigation concerning the legality, under both Canadian
constitutional law and public international law, of the secession of the
Province of Québec from Canada. He was co-counsel for the Attorney
General of Canada in the Government of Canada's Reference to the Supreme Court
of Canada concerning certain questions relating to the secession of
Québec.
Mr. Bienvenu is a member of Council
of the Canadian Bar Association, a member of its International Development
Committee, and a past member of the Executive Committee of the CBA's
Québec Division. He is former President of the Constitutional Law and
Civil Liberties Section of the Canadian Bar Association, Québec
Division, and former Chair of the Enforcement Practices and Procedures
Committee of the National Competition Law Section of the latter association.
Mr. Bienvenu is also a member of the International Institute for the
Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). He has held a teaching position at the
Québec Bar Admission Course and is regularly called upon as a guest
speaker on various topics of interest in his areas of practice.
Professional Experience
Since 1983: Ogilvy Renault, Montréal,
Québec, Canada
Member of the litigation group,
practising in commercial arbitration and litigation, competition law and
constitutional law. A member of the firm's management committee since 1998, Mr.
Bienvenu became, in 1996, the partner in charge of the Alternative Dispute
Resolution Methods Team. He served on the firm's Students and Stagiaires
Committee from 1986 to 1992
1989 - 1991: Québec Bar Admission
Course
Teaching legal drafting and advocacy
1982: Université de Montréal
Teaching Assistant to Professor
François Chevrette in constitutional law
1981: Centre de recherche en droit public
Research Assistant in constitutional law
Education
1983: London School of Economics
and Political Science Master of Laws (LL.M.)
1981: Université de Montréal,
Licentiate in Law (LL.L.)
Directorships and Professional Appointments
Since 1998: Corresponding Member of
the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Since 1997: Member of the
International Development Committee of The Canadian Bar Association
1996 - 1999: Member of the Council
of The Canadian Bar Association
1996 - 1998: Member of the Executive
Committee of The Canadian Bar Association, Québec Division
1995 - 1996: Director,
Franco-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
1994 - 1995: Chair (Vice-Chair
1993-1994) of the Enforcement Practices and Procedures Committee of the
National Competition Law Section of The Canadian Bar Association
1992 - 1994: President of the
Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties Section of The Canadian Bar
Association's Québec Division
Since 1991: Director, Optimum Group
Inc., and, since 1996, Director of three of its subsidiaries
Memberships
The Canadian Bar Association
Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators (London) (Fellow since 1996)
International Bar
Association
International Commission of Jurists (Canadian Section)
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
