Éloïse Gratton, Ad. E.

Éloïse is recognized nationally as a leading privacy law practitioner in Canada, and co-chair Osler’s national privacy and data management practice. She advises corporations across multiple sectors on a wide array of privacy compliance, crisis and risk management, cyber incidents, ethics, data governance matters and the evolving area of artificial intelligence. Éloïse also represents clients on privacy regulatory investigations.

Ranked Band 1 by Chambers Canada in Privacy & Data Management, Éloïse also offers strategic support to Canadian and international clients. Éloïse has authored several books in the privacy law area used in law courses and cited by academic journals and landmark privacy decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada. Éloïse serves as a member of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Innovations & IP Committee and has testified before parliamentary committees on information, privacy, and technology. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a board member of Canada Health Infoway.

Éloïse was recently honoured by Canadian Lawyer magazine as a forward thinker and selected twice as one of the country’s 25 most influential lawyers, as well as selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Influential Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) in the “CIBC Trailblazers & Trendsetters” category.


Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Business Lawyers: Recognized in Privacy and Data Protection (Band 1).
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized in Advertising & Marketing Law; Computer & IT Law; Data Protection & Privacy.
  • Lexpert Special Edition: Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2020) in Technology and Health Sciences.
  • Lexpert’s Leading 500 Cross-Border Lawyers: A Guide to Doing Business in Canada: Recognized in Data & Privacy Protection.
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in the 2024 editions (and since 2016) of The Best Lawyers in Canada®—(Privacy and Data Security Law) and as “Information Technology and Privacy and Data Security Lawyer of the Year—Montréal” in the 2019, 2021 and in the 2023 editions and recognized in 2023 as “Lawyer of the Year”.
  • Recognized in the 2023 Women in Law Leadership Stronger Together Award.
  • Recognized as a 2023 Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer.
  • Canadian Lawyer magazine: Honoured as one of the 25 most influential lawyers (in 2016 and in 2021).

Community Involvement

  • Canada Health Infoway, Board Member

Credentials

Education

  • University of Montréal, LL.M
  • University of Montréal, LL.B.
  • Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and University of Montréal, LL.D (Honours)
  • Institute of Corporate Directors, ICD.D., Corporate Governance

Languages

  • English
  • French

Professional Affiliations

  • Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Digital Economy Committee, Member
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals, Member