Nazeer T. "Naz" Mitha, K.C.

Nazeer T. "Naz" Mitha, K.C.


Mitha Law Group

Recognized since 2010

Vancouver, British Columbia

Practice Areas

Corporate and Commercial Litigation

Labour and Employment Law

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Labour and Employment Law
Spinning circle Big letter B

Naz Mitha, QC is recognized as one of the leading counsel in British Columbia in the areas of labour and employment law and commercial litigation.

Naz handles a wide range of workplace matters, including in the areas of employment, labour, human rights and administrative law. Naz’s clients include public and private sector employers and senior employees. He also maintains a general commercial litigation practice, frequently acting in shareholder and partnership disputes.

Naz has conducted hearings before all levels of court in Canada, including the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. In addition, he regularly appears before various tribunals such as commercial and labour arbitration boards, the BC Labour Relations Board, the BC Employment Standards Tribunal, the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

In addition to his counsel work, Naz conducts workplace investigations into complex matters, including with respect to allegations of serious employee misconduct, financial improprieties and bullying and harassment. Naz also acts as a mediator in workplace disputes and commercial matters.

Naz is a sought-after speaker and presenter and is an Adjunct Professor teaching Employment Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia.

Prior to co-founding Mitha Law Group, Naz was a partner at Western Canada’s largest employer-side workplace law firm.

Location
  • 570 Granville Street, Suite 300
    Vancouver, BC V6C 3P1
    Canada
Bar Admissions
  • Yukon, Law Society of Yukon, 2023
  • British Columbia, Law Society of British Columbia
Affiliations
  • National Conciliation and Arbitration Board of Canada: Ismaili Community - Past Member
  • Canadian Bar Association - Member
  • Conciliation and Arbitration Board of British Columbia for the Ismaili community - Past Member
  • KidSport, North Shore Division - Past Director
  • Law Courts Inn - Past Director, Vice-President and President
  • Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia - Adjunct Professor, Employment Law
  • Vancouver Bar Association - Member
  • Vancouver Multicultural Society (two terms) - Past chair

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Labour and Employment Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Labour and Employment Law, Vancouver, Canada (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2025 for work in:
  • Corporate and Commercial Litigation
  • Labour and Employment Law
Awards:
  • Who's Who Legal: Canada
  • Chambers Canada: Employment and Labour - British Columbia
  • The Peter S. Hyndman Mentorship Award, Vancouver Bar Association
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Employment Law – Management; also recognition as Most Frequently Recommended Practitioner for Employment Law (Vancouver)
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Labour and Employment Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Lawyer of the Year for Labour and Employment Law in Vancouver 2022

Publications

Your browser is not fully compatible with our automatic printer friendly formatting.

Please use the print button to print this profile page.

Spinning circle Big letter B