Ronald Audette

Representative Work

• In 2021, Ronald successfully defended RBC, in first instance, in appeal and in Supreme Court of Canada, against an Application for Authorization to Institute a Class Action regarding over limit fees charged to credit cards holders, said case involving the interpretation of the Federal Credit Business Practices Regulation and the Québec Consumer Protection Act.
• In 2021, Ronald successfully represented American Iron & Metal inc. in a major fraud claim filed by American Iron & Metal inc. against several Defendants.
• In 2019, Ronald successfully defended RBC in first instance against an Application for Authorization to Institute a Class Action with respect to mortgages prepayment charges.
• Representing several financial institutions in multimillion-dollar cases involving fraud committed by employees, bank verification agreements, clients' obligation to verify cheques and to implement internal measures to prevent fraud.
• Representing clients in multimillion-dollar fraud cases known as the "President Fraud" and implementing strategies and extraordinary recourses to trace and recover stolen funds.
• Successfully defended the Royal Bank of Canada against one of the largest damages claims ever brought in Quebec: $95 million in principal and interest (the claim was filed by an ecclesiastical corporation in connection with the financing of Marché Central).
• Successfully represented the MacEwan University in a $12 million fraud case involving international tracing and seizure of funds in Canada and China.
• Successfully represented as Plaintiff American Iron & Metal LLP in obtaining the first Norwich Order issued by the Quebec Court of Appeal in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit involving the tracing of assets.
• Represented Groupe Parim and Mr. Pierre Parent in connection with a special partners dispute related to a high-end real estate complex valued at more than $100 million known as Le Crystal de la Montagne.
• Defending shareholders' rights in several shareholder disputes.
• Successfully represented the Royal Bank of Canada in a dispute related to a fraudulent loan application and the seizure and recovery of the loan proceeds.
• Represented a financial institution in a case involving a network of fraudsters cloning debit cards and the seizure of funds.
• Successfully represented a financial institution in a dispute contesting the validity of a penalty clause imposed in the case of an accelerated repayment of a commercial loan.
• Represented the Royal Bank of Canada in connection with a lawsuit concerning a seizure of funds under the American Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
• Represented the Royal Bank of Canada in contesting an international seizure of one of its client's account in the Bahamas.
• Represented a financial institution in connection with a Nigerian fraud claim; also represented a Quebec company in connection with this type of fraud.
• Represented two creditors in connexion with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Caisse d'économie des Portugais de Montréal concerning COFO's banking operations.
• Defended the Auger Group in a shareholders dispute involving 27 different lawsuits and millions of dollars.
• Acting for Bank of Montreal in a case related to the recovery of fraudulent cheques deposited into a customer account.
• Successfully defended a financial institution in a case involving a debit card fraud and a liability suit against the financial institution for closing the customer's account and for the credit rating of the customer.
• Successfully defended Royal Bank of Canada with respect to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in a case involving a damage claim related to a loan not granted by the financial institution.
• In December 2019, speaker to members of the Montréal Bar Association – How to Protect your Enterprises from Fraud: Common Examples and Best Practices.

Cases in the last 12 months :

• In 2021, Ronald successfully defended RBC, in first instance, in appeal and in Supreme Court of Canada, against an Application for Authorization to Institute a Class Action regarding over limit fees charged to credit cards holders, said case involving the interpretation of the Federal Credit Business Practices Regulation and the Québec Consumer Protection Act.
• In 2021, Ronald successfully represented American Iron & Metal inc. in a major fraud claim filed by American Iron & Metal inc. against several Defendants.
• Representing several financial institutions in multimillion-dollar cases involving fraud committed by employees, bank verification agreements, clients' obligation to verify cheques and to implement internal measures to prevent fraud.
• Representing clients in multimillion-dollar fraud cases known as the "President Fraud" and implementing strategies and extraordinary recourses to trace and recover stolen funds.
• Obtaining several protective measures, seizures and injunctive reliefs, to protect several Plaintiffs in fraud cases.
• Defending shareholders' rights in several private company shareholders dispute.
• Defending a financial institution with respect to a dispute related to the closing of a customer's account after the discovery of a fraud committed by the customer.
• Successfully represented a financial institution in a dispute related to a fraud committed by its former employees.
• Defending several financial institutions in several cases related to the negotiation of falsely alleged fraudulent cheques.