Recognized since 2018
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Practice Areas:
Administrative and Public Law
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Privacy and Data Security Law
Trusts and Estates
Email:antoineaylwin@heritagelegals.com
Biography
Antoine Aylwin is Co-leader of the firm’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group.
Antoine's
practice focuses on administrative,
civil, commercial litigation and estate law. Clients seek his expertise
and
he
represents their interests in the areas
of estate and trust litigation, access to information in documents held
by
public
bodies, protection of personal
information in the public and private sectors, in cybersecurity, public
and
administrative law, disciplinary law, and
extraordinary remedies such as injunctions and judicial review. He also
assists clients
with the application of the
Charter of the French Language in Québec.
Antoine appears before various courts and administrative tribunals,
including the
Supreme Court of Canada. Antoine
publishes and delivers seminars on privacy and information protection
and
estate law. He
has also produced works on
behalf of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. He often
acts as
breach
coach to companies that have
experienced a security incident involving the protection of personal
information in
their possession.
He has overseen preparation of the firm’s recommendations on various
subjects such as
the application of the anti-spam
legislation, requests for references as a potential employer, and
research
contracts.
Antoine has always been very involved in the legal community and served
on a
number of
boards of directors, including
the Barreau du Québec for 5 years, of which he was vice-president for 2
years.
Antoine is recognized nationwide by several renowned legal directories
for
his
expertise, notably in the areas of
commercial litigation, administrative and public law, privacy law and
data
security,
computer and information technology
law, estate and tax planning, and trademarks. He is also listed in the
Lexpert June
Special Edition on Cannabis and
Agribusiness 2020 magazine for his work in the agribusiness field.
