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François has appeared before all levels of the Ontario Court of Justice, the Federal Court and a number of federal and provincial administrative tribunals. He has also acted in arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce. In 2003 and 2004, François took leave from Gowlings and worked for a large U.S. firm based in Washington D.C. where he practised trade litigation (customs, antidumping and countervailing) before Canadian and American authorities. He returned to Gowlings in the fall of 2004.

François was an instructor at the Law society of Upper Canada Bar Admission Course for several years. He is a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa where he teaches competition law and lectures on trial advocacy.

François practises in both official languages.