isabelle landry

ISABELLE LANDRY
LAWYER
tel.
e-mail
LinkedIn
418 649-5479
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/isabelle-landry/42/497/b97
Assistant
Mélanie Gagné
tel.
418 524-4447 #6474
e-mail
[email protected]
QUEBEC CITY
Complexe Jules-Dallaire, T1
2828 Laurier Blvd, 12th Floor
Quebec City, Quebec G1V 0B9
tel.
418 266-4500
fax
418 266-4515
AREAS OF
PRACTICE
Administrative Law
Litigation
Civil and Commercial Litigation
Class-Action Defence
Environment Litigation
Real Estate Assessment and Expropriation Litigation
Real Estate Law
Development of Real Estate Projects
STRATEGIC TEAMS
PROFILE
Real Estate
Commercial Litigation
Administrative, Environmental & Municipal
Ethics, Anti-corruption and Governance
Class Action Defence
French version is available here .
Ms. Landry is a leader who is genuine, forthright and direct and whose ability to be
frank with those who seek her advice sets her apart. Her approach is to form a team
with them so they can take advantage of each other’s strengths. In this spirit of
cooperation, she makes a point of keeping her clients informed of every step in the
progress of the le and the various future decisions to be made. Working closely with
her clients, she sees them through all the steps that are necessary to achieve the
objectives that best suit their needs. Whether representing her clients’ rights before
the various authorities or negotiating a settlement on their behalf, she has the ability
to analyze a situation from every angle while factoring in the various imperatives,
including the nancial ones, with a view to proposing an appropriate and optimal
strategy.
Meticulous and discerning, she makes sure she has a full understanding of the issues
and the particularities of every situation. Creative, a good listener and mindful of her
commitments and deadlines, she wins the trust of her clients and knows how to put
them at ease.
Isabelle Landry specializes in municipal and real estate law (zoning and urban
planning) in environmental and energy law and public law, particularly relating to
the granting of public organizations, ethics, lobbying contracts and access to
information. She has expertise in litigation and also works in preventing such
disuputes by advising clients of the rm in their day-to-day management. She can
also advise private companies with respect to their rights and obligations in ther
relations with various government agencies.
Ms. Landry is also a member of our class-action defence team, uniquely attuned to
the Quebec court system and sensitive to its specicities. Our team of litigators has
developed extensive expertise in defending class actions and has, over the years,
successfully represented defendants in numerous instances.
Ms. Landry has spoken on ethics, deontology, access to information, environment
and on the contracting process for public organizations. She also was a director of
the Cégep Garneau from May 2012 to May 2015.
Ms. Landry represents both public sector clients, including municipalities or
government organizations, as well as private sector entities in connection with their
relations with various public entities.
DIPLOMAS
Called to the Barreau du Québec (2006)
LL.B., Université Laval (2004)
CONFERENCES
Speaker, "Aménagement durable du territoire : de la théorie vers la pratique",
symposium, Quebec City, October 6th, 2015, Montreal, October 15th, 2015;
Speaker, "Les pouvoirs d'urgence en matière d'octroi de contrats publics", Les
Rendez-Vous SAM (FQM), September 24th, 2015;
Speaker, "Comment faire face aux demandes abusives en matière d’accès à
l’information", Association des directeurs municipaux du Québec ’s annual
convention, June 18th, 2015;
Speaker, “Concepts de base pour accomplir votre rôle au sein du Comité
consultatif d’urbanisme”, Association québécoise d’urbanisme, June 14, 2014;
Speaker, “Loi sur l’intégrité en matière d’octroi de contrats publics”, Association
des directeurs municipaux du Québec, June 12, 2014;
Speaker, “Démystication des pouvoirs municipaux en environnement”, Fédération
québécoise des municipalités' annual conference, Québec, September 27, 2013;
Speaker, “La responsabilité extracontractuelle des municipalités”, 2013
Association des directeurs municipaux du Québec’s annual convention, Québec,
June 12, 2013;
Speaker, “L’évolution de la notion de troubles de voisinage en matière
environnementale : questionnements et distinctions”, professional development
seminar, Barreau du Québec, May 24, 2013;
Speaker, “Rendez-vous juridique – Précisions relatives à la gestion des cours
d’eau, récentes jurisprudences et questions/réponses”, Association des
gestionnaires régionaux de cours d’eau du Québec (AGRCQ)’s annual seminar,
Mont Sainte-Anne, April 11, 2013;
Speaker, “Loi sur l’intégrité en matière de contrats publics”, Association des
constructeurs de routes et de grands travaux, April 4, 2013;
Speaker, "La planication, un remède à bien des maux", Congrès de la Fédération
québécoise des Municipalités, September 29, 2012;
Presentation of a standard employment agreement proposed by the ADMQ to its
municipality board of directors members, Association des directeurs municipaux
du Québec 2012 Conference, June 8, 2012.
REPRESENTATIVE
WORK
Obtaining a settlement on behalf of a municipality in a looming major dispute
with a real estate developer that was in receivership. A residential sector
comprising some 30 properties, some of which were either already built or were
being built notwithstanding that the public infrastructure was not yet completed
or transferred to the municipality (streets and water treatment plant), was
completed within a reasonable period of time and the claims from various parties
were duly addressed without getting involved in costly legal proceedings.
Extreme diligence in the obtaining and execution of judgments (rst instance and
Court of Appeal) for the recognition of vested subdivision rights, thereby avoiding
a demolition order for a newly built home and allowing the owner to preserve the
value of his investment while the municipality was able to avert a potential
condemnation to pay damages.
Obtaining a settlement on behalf of a school board, thereby avoiding lawsuits
further to a negligent oil spill on the grounds of an elementary school. Managing
the implementation of the settlement, including the demolition of the school, the
relocation of the students and the decontamination of the soil and groundwater.
After the settlement, obtaining a favourable judgment on the motion by the oil
delivery company for reimbursement of the performance bond validly cashed by
the school board.
INVOLVEMENT
Administrator of the Association québécoise des lobbyistes (AQL)
President, Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec , Québec region, February
2016.
PUBLICATIONS
"Le rôle du CCU dans la protection du paysage", Revue québécoise d'urbanisme /
Association québécoise d'urbanisme , March 2016;
La réponse de l'expert - "Un contrat ne peut pas être divisé", Le Magazine
Scribe, page 34 (French only) / Association des directeurs municipaux du
Québec , February 2016;
"Les Municipalités et l'imposition de restrictions à la navigation", BâtiVert,
January 2016;
“Les pouvoirs municipaux en matière de protection des sources
d’approvisionnement en eau potable”, BâtiVert , vol. 19 no 1, Winter 2015;
“Terrain contaminé – quelles sont vos obligations?” (co-authored with Nathalie
Lavoie), Espace Québec, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2013;
"L’évolution de la notion de troubles de voisinage en matière environnementale:
questionnements et distinctions", professional development seminar, Barreau du
Québec, Développement récents en droit de l’environnement (2013), Cowansville,
Éditions Yvon Blais, p.1;
"La planication: un remède à bien des maux", Revue québécoise d’urbanisme ,
May 2013;
"Quelques bases essentielles en droit municipal – Pour des transactions
immobilières", published in the newsletter of the Chambre de commerce et
d'industrie de Québec ;
"Pouvoirs municipaux en matière d'aménagement durable des forêts", Revue
québécoise d'urbanisme , Fall 2011;
"Protection du paysage urbain, outils juridiques à la portée des municipalités",
Revue québécoise d'urbanisme , Summer 2011.