CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Craig Ferris KC, Marko Vesely, Shannon Hayes and Codie Chisholm, 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 200 lawyers located in offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Kelowna and Yellowknife. The litigation and dispute resolution group has 88 lawyers. It has experience in the following in- dustries and practice areas: Aboriginal; adminis- trative, 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 col- lections; defamation and media; environmental; healthcare; insolvency and restructuring; in- surance 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; taxa- tion; technology; and transportation.
Authors
Craig Ferris KC is an FCIArb and acts as counsel and arbitrator in commercial and business disputes at Lawson
Marko Vesely KC of Lawson Lundell practices commercial litigation with a focus on class actions, defamation, cross- border disputes and shareholder disputes, as well as commercial
Lundell. His areas of specialisation include shareholder remedies, trusts, pension and fiduciary disputes, securities and transactional litigation, product liability, mining disputes and real estate litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He has acted in both domestic and international arbitrations and also has expertise in class actions, having acted as lead counsel in several successful defences of major class proceedings.
arbitration. 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.
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