Sidney Elbaz

Associate


Montréal

Tel : 514.987.5084
Fax : 514.987.1213

Email : sidney.elbaz@mcmillan.ca
VCard : vcard

Professional Experience Sidney Elbaz is an associate in the firm's Restructuring Group. He is developing a practice focused on all aspects of bankruptcy, restructuring and secured lending. Sidney is also active in the Litigation, Class Actions and Competition Groups. In particular Sidney acts on various class actions matters concerning alleged price fixing cartels and Consumer Protection matters.

Sidney completed his Civil Law degree and his Common Law degree at the University of Ottawa. In 2007/2008, Sidney completed his LLM at the University of Cambridge where he focused on subjects including International Banking and Restructuring as well as Competition law. Prior to that he completed his BA at the McGill University, majoring in History with a minor in Anthropology.

Sidney teaches the Security for Debt course at the University of Ottawa faculty of Law (civil law), National Program.

Sidney graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Ottawa Civil Law section and Magna Cum Laude, from the Common Law section, as well as receiving a Bourse de Mérite from the University of Ottawa for his academic standing in his second year.


publications and presentations
November 2011
Quebec Court of Appeal decision in DRAM: even more class actions ahead in Quebec?
litigation bulletin
November 2010
What damages can be claimed pursuant to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act by the victims of a breach of privacy?
privacy law bulletin
June 2010
La confection d'un état de collocation : les frais extrajudiciaires en tant que dépenses faites dans l'intérêt commun et la collocation d'une réclamation relative à la plus –value apportée à un immeuble
(Available in French only)
Commentaire sur la décision Projets Paquette et Frères inc c. Diotte EYB2010REP949
January 2010
Supreme Court of Canada Denies Priority to Revenue Québec for Bankrupt's Unremitted Sales Taxes
Restructuring Bulletin


  • bankruptcy and insolvency
  • competition/antitrust
  • litigation and dispute resolution
  • restructuring

  • Young Bar Association
Called to the Quebec bar - 2006

Cambridge University, LLM - 2008

University of Ottawa, LLB (Common Law) - 2006

University of Ottawa, LLL - 2004

McGill University, BA - 2001