CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Craig Ferris, Marko Vesely, Shannon Hayes and Catherine Whitehead, Lawson Lundell LLP
Lawson Lundell LLP is one of the largest and most experienced law firms in Western Canada. It is a leading, full-service business law firm with more than 220 lawyers located in offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Kelowna and Yellowknife. The litigation and dispute resolution group has 96 lawyers. It has experience in the following industries and practice areas: Abo- riginal; administrative, constitutional and public law; alternative dispute resolution; appellate advocacy; class action; climate change; commercial litigation; competition and antitrust issues; construction and
engineering; corporate governance and shareholder rights; creditors’ remedies and collections; defama- tion and media; environmental; healthcare; insol- vency and restructuring; insurance litigation; natural resources, including forestry, mining, oil and gas, wind and water; pensions, benefits and trust issues; privacy and freedom of information; product liability; public utility and regulatory; real estate litigation; re- search and opinions; securities litigation; taxation; technology; and transportation. Shannon Hayes (KC) is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and practices commercial litigation and arbitration and is the leader of the litigation and dispute resolution group in Lawson Lundell’s Calgary office. She has been practicing for more than 20 years in dispute resolution and has a broad range of experience in commercial and business disputes with companies in a wide range of industries, including energy, power, real estate and technology. Shannon has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Alberta and acted in many private arbitrations. She is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Litigation Counsel of America.
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Craig Ferris (KC, FCIArb) is one of British Columbia’s most accomplished commercial litigators. His practice focuses on shareholder remedies, trust, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional
litigation, product liability, mining disputes and real estate litigation. Craig has appeared in all levels of court in BC, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He also has extensive experience, both as counsel and as a neutral, in international and domestic arbitrations, as well as in administrative settings, including before the British Columbia Securities Commission. Craig has particular knowledge of class actions and acted as lead counsel in several successful defences.
Marko Vesely (KC, FCIArb) has over 25 years of experience assisting clients with contentious business disputes in civil litigation and commercial arbitration. His broad practice includes a particular focus on
Catherine Whitehead is a member of the Lawson Lundell’s research and opinions group, where she advises on complex legal issues across a wide range of practice areas. She has extensive experience preparing legal
class actions, cross-border disputes, shareholder litigation, and defamation and media law. Marko also has extensive experience in administrative law, including representing clients before administrative agencies and in the judicial review and appeal of administrative decisions. He has appeared as lead counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and at all levels of court in British Columbia and Alberta. He has also served as an arbitrator.
opinions on topics including insurance policy interpretation, tort law, domestic and foreign legislation, and court procedural rules. Catherine’s practice benefits from a strong academic and research background. During law school at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, she contributed to the UBC Law Review and worked as a research assistant to both a professor and a retired justice of the BC Supreme Court.
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