Kurt Frederick

Jennifer R. Lamb is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Trusts and Estates. Jennifer R., who practices law in Calgary, Alberta, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jennifer R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Hollick Chipman has focused on personal injury law since 1996, and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in this area to his clients. Hollick primarily represents people who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents and also handles other personal injury matters. He has appeared in the Alberta Court of Appeal, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, and the Alberta Court of Justice. Hollick has served as a Board Member for the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association and as the Canad...

Curtis is a partner at Carbert Waite LLP, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice. Curtis has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, including international arbitration and litigation, defamation, and estate litigation. His clients include multinational corporations, energy companies, construction companies, family-run businesses, and individuals. He also acts for US and...

Gunnar Benediktsson practises primarily in the areas of commercial and corporate litigation and insolvency and restructuring. Mr. Benediktsson has represented parties to commercial disputes throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia, and has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, and before the Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Appeal in Saskatchewan. As an insolvency and restructuring lawyer, Mr. Benediktsson has a range of experience representing court-appointed recei...

Matthew Longstaff has extensive experience advising investment banks, sovereigns, private equity houses and corporate clients in a broad range of cross‑border debt financings, including high‑yield bonds, leveraged bank finance, syndicated and bilateral bank financings, project financings, convertible and exchangeable bonds, sovereign bonds, hybrid capital issuances, consent solicitations, and securitizations, as well as advising on restructurings and in distressed debt scenarios. In addition,...

Marc Matras is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Marc, who practices law in Calgary, Alberta, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Marc is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Danielle Maksimow is partner in our capital markets group. She represents and advises borrowers, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions on a wide variety of financial matters with an emphasis on US private placements of debt to institutional investors and national and cross-border syndicated and bilateral debt financing transactions, including asset-based lending transactions, project finance, acquisition financings, distressed lending transactions and complex intercredit...

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Mr. Halt graduated as the gold medal recipient from the University of Saskatchewan in 1986 and in 1988-89 he had the honour of serving as a law clerk to Madam Justice Bertha Wilson of the Supreme Court of Canada. Following his clerkship, Mr. Halt relocated to Calgary and has since practised civil litigation, including insurance with an emphasis on professional liability, corporate commercial litigation, securities litigation, franchise litigation, insolvency, construc...

For more than 20 years I have been focused on the resolution of business disputes. Over that time, the arbitral proportion of my practice has increased progressively, such that it now comprises a high majority, involving complex matters typically with at least tens of millions of dollars at stake. In 2005, I obtained a Certificate in Arbitration from the Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society (now the ADR Institute of Alberta) (ADRIA), based on 11 different relevant courses including 62 ho...

Greg Lindsey is the Managing Partner of Linmac LLP and a trusted advisor with over 25 years of experience at the intersection of tax and estate law. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada for Trusts and Estates, Greg is known for delivering integrated, tax-optimized strategies to high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and business owners. Greg advises on a broad range of matters, including family and private business tax planning, succession and intergenerational wealth ...