Marko Vesely
Recognized since 2014
Vancouver, British Columbia
Corporate and Commercial Litigation
Defamation and Media Law
Director and Officer Liability Practice
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 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.
Marko was appointed a King’s Counsel in 2023 and made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2025.
- E-mail: mvesely@lawsonlundell.com
- Lawyer Page: https://www.lawsonlundell.com/team-Marko-Vesely
- Cathedral Place, Suite 1600
925 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2
Canada
- English
- Alberta, 2015
- British Columbia, 2000
- Saskatchewan, 2005
- Canadian Bar Association - Member
- Vancouver Bar Association - Member
Lawson Lundell LLP 85 The Best Lawyers in Canada™ awards
35 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ awards
- Corporate and Commercial Litigation
- Defamation and Media Law
- Director and Officer Liability Practice
- Chambers Canada: Litigation: General Commercial - British Columbia
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Litigation - Corporate Commercial, and Litigation - Defamation & Media
- Benchmark Litigation Canada: Litigation Star
- Lexpert Rising Star Award 2010: One of Canada’s Leading Lawyers under 40
- Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated
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