Élif Oral
Of Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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Biography
Élif Oral is a dispute resolution and litigation lawyer. Her practice focuses mainly on civil and commercial litigation as well as class actions, with a particular emphasis on insurance law, environmental law, professional liability and construction law.
A physicist by training with a master's in medical nuclear physics, Élif is a regular contributor in matters with a technical or scientific component.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.B., Université Laval, 2012
M.Sc., Nuclear Physics, Université Laval, 2001
B.Sc., Physics, Université Laval, 1998
- Quebec 2012
- Best Lawyers in Canada: Insurance Law, 2023-2025; Administrative and Public Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2025
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2023-2024: recommended in Litigation - Commercial Insurance; Litigation - Corporate Commercial; Professional Liability
- Dean’s List, Faculty of Law, Université Laval (2011-2012)
- "L'état du droit en matière d'assurances dans le domaine de la construction," in collaboration with Marie-Hélène Caron, Développements récents en droit des assurances, vol. 451, Service de la qualité de la profession, Quebec bar, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2018.
- "A practical approach to the legalization of recreational cannabis for insurers," legal update, Norton Rose Fulbright, February 2018.
- Prepared the “Procès sans papier 2.0 – Version Lexius” training course given by the Quebec Bar and participated as a speaker, May 30, 2024 (Quebec City), September 17, 2024 (Quebec City), September 18, 2024 (Saguenay), October 17, 2024 (Victoriaville), November 28, 2024 (Montreal) and December 3, 2024 (Beauce)
- "La gestion des exclusions d'une police assurance chantier ("Builder's Risk") - un véritable cube Rubik," Enjeux dans la construction Conference, OpenForumOuvert, November 8, 2022 and 22nd study session contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty of Université Laval, February 14, 2023.
- "Rendez-vous du droit des technologies de l'information 2022," member of the organizing committee and panelist on the Quebec Bar, April 7, 2022.
- "Contrats d'assurance responsabilité – Condition de déclenchement," Quebec Bar, March 31, 2022 and February 8, 2023.
- "Les produits d'assurance propres aux ouvrages de construction : étendue de la couverture et considérations pratiques," 21e study session on contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty Université Laval, 16 février 2022.
- "La salle d'audience virtuelle via Teams : les meilleurs pratiques," Quebec Bar, in collaboration with the Superior Court of Quebec, March 3, 2021.
- "Les produits d'assurance propres aux ouvrages de construction : étendue de la couverture et considérations pratiques," 20th study session on contractual claims, Science and engineering faculty of Université Laval, February 17, 2021.
- "L'intervention de l'avocat à l'ère numérique dans une salle virtuelle," law faculty of Université Laval, in collaboration with the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, February 5, 2021.
- "La salle d'audience virtuelle via Teams : les meilleurs pratiques," training for lawyers and judges, Quebec Bar, in collaboration with the Superior Court of Quebec, district of Quebec City, October 29, 2020.
- "L'intervention de l'avocat à l'ère numérique dans une salle virtuelle," Quebec Bar, Trial Advocacy Seminar, November 30, 2020.
- Bâtonnière of the Quebec bar (2023-2024)
- Member of the Lexius advisory committee of the Quebec bar (since May 2021)
- First Councillor of the Quebec bar (2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023)
- Director at E27 musiques nouvelles (not-for-profit organization) (2019-2021)
- Secretary of the Quebec bar (2019-2020)
- Member of the information technology integration committee of the Quebec bar (since 2018)
- External member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the INRS (2016-2021)
- Director at the Fondation des Petits Bonheurs d'École (not-for-profit organization) (2016-2019)
- Turkish
- English
- French
Insights
S5 EP2:
Trials and errors: perspectives from our top litigators
Podcast | September 05, 2024
Insuring a construction site: Quick reference for professionals
Publication | September 05, 2022
The Quebec Court of Appeal rules on the possibility for the insurer to be reimbursed for defense costs
Publication | August 24, 2022