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Litigation Star
Top 100 Women in Litigation
Class action
Commercial
Competition/antitrust
Securities
Managing partner at Woods LLP, Caroline Biron has been practicing in the field of commercial and corporate litigation since her admission to the Quebec Bar in 1992. She has pleaded before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Superior Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Federal Court, as well as several administrative tribunals. She has also participated in numerous arbitrations. As a litigator she has experience with almost every type of civil claim, across a broad range of industries, including financial services, insurance, investment funds, media, telecommunications, technology, medical, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, real estate, transportation, travel retail, publishing, and professional consulting and accounting.
Caroline has successfully represented Canadian, American and European public and private companies as well as their officers, directors, shareholders and auditors in the context of complex litigation arising out of complex commercial agreements, breach of contract, false advertising and false representations, fraud and cybersecurity breaches, shareholders’ disputes, executive terminations, mergers and acquisitions, professional liability and insurance issues. She regularly provides advice to private corporations and their boards on a number of issues relating to their governance. Caroline also has significant and varied experience in defending against class action proceedings involving product liability, false advertising, competition law, intellectual property, and the manipulation of financial instruments.
For the third year in a row, Benchmark named Caroline one of the Top 50 Women in Litigation in Canada. She is highly regarded both among her peers and clients and is recognized in several reputable legal directories. In 2021, she has been inducted as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.
Representative cases include:
Updated March 2023