Andrei Pascu 

overview

Andrei Pascu is a partner of the Montreal litigation group. His main focus is finding practical solutions to his client’s disputes in the most cost-effective manner. He also provides strategic advice to his clients and assists with the resolution of a wide variety of commercial matters. Great communicator and negotiator, Andrei also knows to take a firm and strong approach to cases when required.

Andrei has broad experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. He has been involved in a number of large and complex arbitration proceedings involving a wide array of industries and pleaded before all levels of Quebec Courts.

He has been particularly active in product liability cases defending manufacturers and distributors, in leasing and commercial real estate disputes and expropriation processes. Andrei also guides his clients through bankruptcy & insolvency, debt collection and security enforcement proceedings.

Andrei is a “standard bearer” for diversity and inclusion initiatives both within McMillan and in the community. Outside the firm, he is the Vice-president of G.R.I.S., a Montreal organization who meets more than 27,000 students a year, and combats bullying by changing the perception of LGBTQ+ realities in schools. 

Representative Matters

• Counsel to a tenant in more than thirty commercial locations. Representation in Court and negotiations in the context of the legal implications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
• Representing a company that received multiple expropriation notices in the context of the extension of the blue line of the Montréal subway
• Counsel to a multinational company in the construction and energy savings industry in the context of several multimillion dollar arbitration proceeding  
• Currently acting in proceedings between building owners, contractors, distributors and manufacturers in a multimillion dollar litigation regarding twelve different multi-residential projects
• Counsel to medical devices manufacturers in the context of tender processes with Quebec government authorities
• Manages a portfolio of small to medium size claims for a large automotive manufacturer
• Manages all Quebec cases for a large manufacturer of plumbing products  
• Counsel for a Canadian mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against a South American government arising from a mineral exploration project
• Counsel to a multinational mining company in ICC arbitration seated in Paris involving a joint venture in a West African state
• Counsel to IATA in connection with ICC arbitration proceedings involving African travel agents, seated in Paris
• Acted in the context of the restructuring proceedings of an international airline company

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Education

• Université de Montréal, LLB - 2009

Year Of Call

• Called to the Quebec bar - 2010

Teaching Engagements

• Judge at the 2012 White & Case Canadian National Division Qualifying Tournament of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
• Lecturer at Université Canadienne d'Abidjan (Ivory Coast); Éthique, Politique et Droit, MBA 2010
• Lecturer at Université Canadienne d'Abidjan (Ivory Coast); Introduction à l'étude du droit, Baccalauréat 2010

Media Mentions

• Legal Notes: Quebec issues Canada's first known COVID-19 force majeure ruling, Construct Connect^®, August 5, 2020.