Maxime Champagne
Partner
- Year of Call, Quebec (2017)
Areas of focus
Bio
Maxime Champagne is a partner in Gowling WLG’s Montréal office. A member of the firm’s Advocacy Group, he focuses his practice on civil and commercial litigation, as well as construction and infrastructure law.
Maxime routinely advises owners, contractors, architects, engineers, and insurers across a range of areas, including professional liability and errors and omissions. He also participates in the drafting and negotiation of contracts and tenders, and provides strategic legal advice on public procurements in both the public and private infrastructure sectors.
Over the course of his career, Maxime has acted in a number of major litigation matters and alternative dispute resolution processes, notably in the construction and infrastructure sectors. He has represented clients before all levels of Québec’s judicial courts, as well as in arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution forums.
Maxime complements his infrastructure background with broad experience in complex real estate matters. He is frequently involved in files related to mortgage recovery (particularly legal construction hypothecs), commercial lease and servitude disputes, and the preparation of various emergency proceedings, including injunctions, safeguard orders, and seizures.
In his construction and infrastructure law practice, Maxime represents various Cree entities, including the Cree Nation Government, the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, and the Cree School Board, in a wide range of litigation and non-litigation matters.
Maxime holds a bachelor of laws and a master of business administration (MBA) from the University of Sherbrooke. Prior to joining Gowling WLG, he worked for international companies in the aerospace, pulp and paper, and energy sectors.
He practises law in English and French.