May 4, 2011


Montréal (Canada) - Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced today that nearly 650 in-house counsel and corporate lawyers have already registered for the third Montréal Symposium, to be held on May 10, 2011.

The event will take place at the Centre Mont-Royal, at 2200 Mansfield Street in Montréal, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The workshops will address, among other topics, attorney-client privilege, insider trading, acquisition financing, and legal news from the past year.

The 3rd annual Fasken Martineau Symposium will also be the venue for a lunchtime seminar featuring Olympian Chantal Petitclerc and her attorney, Fasken Martineau partner Marc-André Fabien, who had her medal reinstated following a dispute at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Members of the media wishing to attend the Symposium are asked to contact Mathieu Rompré at 514 397 4349 or Stephen Hastings at 416 865 4370.

Please note that for the first time this year, Fasken Martineau will be tweeting live, in French, from the event. Follow twitter.com/faskenfr.

About Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Fasken Martineau is a leading international business law and litigation firm. With over 675 lawyers, the firm has offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, London, Paris and Johannesburg. For additional information, please visit the firm's website at www.fasken.com.