Best Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada for Construction Law
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Beth Allard is experienced counsel in various commercial disputes involving complex contractual, tortious and regulatory legal issues, providing both litigation advice and negotiating successful and strategic resolutions. She regularly advises and assists clients on matters relating to tendering, procurement, project delivery and management, liens and dispute resolution. Ms. Allard's practice also covers a range of liability defence work for design professionals, financial professionals, dire...
Robert Hodgins is a Partner in our Vancouver Office and he is the Chair of the ICBC Practice Group. He is also a member of the Construction, Insurance and Commercial Litigation Groups. He has practiced litigation at the firm for over twenty five years. Robert’s practice is centered on motor vehicle claims, personal injury, construction, professional liability, insurance defence, and commercial litigation. He has represented a range of insurers including the Insurance Corporation of Brit...
Maria practises business law with a particular emphasis on infrastructure, including public private partnerships. Maria has provided legal advice in the following matters: advising the public sector, private sector and lenders on public private partnership and other alternate financing and procurement transactions, advising on various secured and unsecured credit facilities and project financings for lenders and borrowers, advising on various mergers and acquisitions for private companies, ad...
Chris is a Partner with Harper Grey and has over 25 years’ experience with all aspects of civil litigation. The focus of Chris’ practice is complex, multi-party disputes. He is counsel in some of Canada’s largest and most technically challenging cases in the fields of product liability, environmental contamination and construction. Chris’ education and background in the field of chemical engineering makes him particularly adept at dealing with complex issues and eviden...
John Fiddick joined Whitelaw Twining in 2012 as Litigation Counsel and the Chair of the Commercial Litigation Group. His practice involves a broad range of commercial and business litigation matters with a particular emphasis on insolvency and restructuring matters. He regularly represents senior and subordinate lenders, trustees and receivers and debtors in complex, multi-party litigation. These matters often involve the enforcement of security or court judgements. He has represented shareho...
David Curtis is a litigation and dispute resolution Partner in the Vancouver office. His practice is focused exclusively on the construction industry. David is a Fellow with the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and is recognized as a leading construction lawyer by various ranking agencies. David has extensive experience acting for construction owners, design-builders, general contractors, subcontractors, insurers and designers. He has advised clients on numerous types of projects in v...
Scott is a Shareholder and member of Boughton’s Commercial Litigation and Construction Litigation Groups. Scott articled at Boughton in 2003 and was called to the bar in 2004. He has been a member of Boughton’s Student Committee or Associate Development Committee for most of his time at the firm. Scott’s practice is primarily focussed on litigation of construction, lease, real estate and contractual disputes. His clients include owners, developers, landlords, tenants, contra...
Scott Silver is an associate in the litigation and disputes group, practising civil, commercial, and construction litigation. He assists clients on a broad range of matters, including issues related to breach of contract, shareholder disputes, corporate oppression, negligence, and constitutional challenges. Scott has experience in commercial arbitrations and mediations, as well as both trial and appellate litigation, having appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia.
Dan W. Melnick is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law and Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Dan W., who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dan W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Iman is a member of the firm’s Labour + Employment, Business Disputes, Corporate/Commercial, Wills, Estates + Trusts, and Construction + Engineering practice groups. Iman is experienced in a broad range of litigation matters with several years of experience in employment law, commercial, construction and estate litigation. He has appeared at every level of Court in British Columbia and has successfully resolved matters before the Employment Standards Branch and the Human Rights Tribunal...
Warren Scrooby is an Associate in the Construction and Infrastructure, Insurance, and Commercial Business Litigation Practice Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He delivers strategic, results-oriented legal advice aimed at resolving complex disputes efficiently and cost-effectively. Warren’s litigation practice focuses primarily on insurance defence, with particular expertise in construction-related claims, professional liability, and disability matters. He has a strong tr...
Melissa Ku joined Alexander Holburn as an articled student. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Simon Fraser University and a J.D. from the University of Victoria. Melissa was called to the British Columbia bar in 2017 and is an Associate in Alexander Holburn’s Construction + Engineering and Insurance Practice Groups. Her practice is litigation based, with a focus on insurance defence and construction litigation. As part of her practice, Melissa deals with a variety of cla...
Matt is an associate in Lawson Lundell's Kelowna office and a member of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and construction disputes. Matt advises and represents clients on contract disputes, shareholder disputes, injunctions, contract drafting, insurance claims/disputes and builders’ liens matters. In addition, Matt represents professionals in both court and regulatory matters in front of their governing bodies. Matt also...
Gagan advises clients in a wide variety of litigation matters in Fasken’s Vancouver and Surrey office. Gagan has represented large multinational corporations, product manufacturers, developers, construction trades, consultants, entrepreneurs, institutional banks, mortgage investment corporations (MICs), private lenders, franchisees and franchisors, general contractors, and technology companies. Gagan also has extensive experience in home warranty matters and regularly acts as counsel fo...
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