Best Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada for Corporate and Commercial Litigation
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Heather Jones has extensive practical experience in a broad range of litigation with her focus being complex corporate/commercial matters. She has been responsible for the successful resolution of shareholder disputes, officer and director liability matters, international fraud, contract disputes, fiduciary duty issues, governance problems, business purchase and sale conflicts, negligence claims and employee matters. She also has a wealth of experience in construction litigation. She assists ...
Paul Heisler is counsel at the firm and practices in the areas of employment law, constitutional litigation, and commercial litigation. Paul has extensive experience representing clients in disputes relating to wrongful dismissal, privacy law, workers’ compensation, post-employment competition, human rights, public law, labour relations, shareholder rights, and commercial matters. Paul also regularly provides legal and strategic advice to both employers and senior employees in the publi...
Ms. Carteri is a trial and appellate lawyer. She joined NST as a partner in 2016. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Carteri was a partner in the Vancouver office of a national law firm where she practiced for 14 years and where she was leader of the firm’s Vancouver office litigation group. In 2015, Ms. Carteri received the Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers in Canada Under 40 Award which recognizes leading lawyers in the Canadian legal community. Ms. Carteri received Benchmark Canada's...
Andrew is an experienced commercial litigator who has provided candid and effective advice to clients of all sizes for more than twenty years. He has achieved a high rate of success in both trial and appellate decisions. Andrew is closely involved in all the matters he accepts and has a 91% overall success rate in more than 100 reported decisions, with an 86% success rate in trials and a 92% success rate on appeals. He has achieved a similar success rate for summary judgments and petitions he...
Adam is an Associate with Harper Grey practising with our Environmental, Insurance, Commercial and Construction Law Groups. Adam’s construction law practice involves advising clients on risk management, contracts, insurance, and pre-litigation dispute resolution. He represents clients on complex multi-party disputes involving error and omissions claims, construction defects, and contractual disputes. He also regularly provides advice to insurers and insureds regarding coverage disputes....
Stephen Coyle's practice is specific to litigation and alternative dispute resolution for design consultants, owners, contractors, insurers and many of the other stakeholders involved in construction projects. In particular, Stephen is often appointed by insurers to defend design consultants captured by construction disputes, or other insureds under project-specific insurance policies. Stephen understands the construction industry and appreciates the significant risks and costs all stakeholde...
Amy is an experienced and respected civil and commercial litigator specializing in complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Amy has a broad litigation practice with expertise in trust and pension litigation, defamation, class actions, professional regulation, real estate disputes, construction disputes, and shareholder and corporate disputes. She also acts as counsel for discipline panels in professional regulatory proceedings. Amy’s practice is defined by her sound judgmen...
Mike Morgan is a leading commercial litigator with extensive experience and emphasis in construction disputes, real estate litigation, and insolvency matters. He has represented clients in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings, including several high-profile builders’ lien cases before the British Columbia Court of Appeal. His practice covers all aspects of construction law, including delay claims, building defects, cost overruns, consultant liability, and surety claims. Mike a...
Bill is a senior mediator and litigator who combines a deep understanding of the law with a wealth of strategic experience in assisting our clients on a range of business issues. With a successful track record of 35+ years in resolving commercial disputes, Bill sees all sides of an issue to help our clients find the best solution to their case whether in or out of the courtroom. His extensive understanding of these disputes and advanced mediation training in BC and at Harvard Law have provide...
Richard is the chair of Harper Grey’s environmental law group and a senior member of our commercial litigation group. He is the former Managing Partner of the firm, recently completing two three-year terms. Consistently recognized as a leader is his field by numerous ranking publications, including Lexpert, Chambers, Best Lawyers, and Benchmark, Richard has established a reputation as one of Canada’s leading environmental law practitioners. An accomplished author, Richard has co-a...
Hein makes it his mission to help clients avert litigation if that is possible; to help them find early off-ramps if litigation is unavoidable; and to minimize the present value of the total cost of litigation. He has held senior management positions with Kaiser Resources, the Denver Broncos and Southeastern Capital Corporation, a U.S. private equity firm. Hein has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the B.C. Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, as well as various regulatory agencies a...
Craig is one of British Columbia’s most accomplished litigation lawyers and acts for clients in commercial and business disputes. His particular areas of focus include 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 British Columbia as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. He also has extensive experience, both as counsel and as...
Peter R. Senkpiel, K.C. is a leading barrister in British Columbia with a broad commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and advisory practice. Peter has extensive experience as trial and appellate counsel in the BC Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeal in a broad range of matters including contract and business disputes, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, class actions, defamation, and trusts. In 2022, at just 38 and after only 12 years of call, Peter was appointed Kin...
Derek is a member of Alexander Holburn’s Wills, Estates + Trusts; Labour + Employment; Business Disputes; Intellectual Property + Technology; and Insurance practice groups. He has a broad business litigation practice which includes contractual, shareholder, employment, human rights, and intellectual property disputes. Derek also has a particular interest in estate and trust disputes, including wills variation, will validity, trustee and executor liability, and trustee remuneration cases...
Practical legal solutions that achieve tangible business goals. That is what a company needs to succeed. That is what Scott provides. As a results-oriented lawyer, he works closely with our clients to define and efficiently execute the legal steps to protecting their business and moving it forward. Scott enjoys not only taking on responsibility for important projects for our clients but also providing strategic advice and counsel to meet our clients’ business objectives. Satisfaction fo...
Claire Hunter, K.C. is an experienced litigator with a broad civil litigation, public and administrative law and appellate practice. She appears regularly as counsel at both the trial and appellate level, including all levels of court in British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before arbitration tribunals and administrative boards. She has experience working on complex commercial matters, including conducting internal investigations and conducting trials and appeals in high prof...
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