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Litigation: General Commercial - Alberta

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What the Team is Known For

Bennett Jones is a stellar choice for dispute resolution in Alberta, offering top trial support in class actions, ADR, and general commercial and securities litigation. The Calgary-based team caters to clients from a wide range of industries and is particularly well versed in representing the energy, technology and construction sectors. The firm's litigators act for multinational energy corporations, public sector bodies, individuals and non-profit organisations, among others.

Work Highlights

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  • Bennett Jones acted for Dow Chemical Canada and Dow Europe in an action against NOVA Chemicals Corporation for damages arising from the operation of a co-owned ethylene plant in Joffre.

Strengths

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Bennett Jones understand our business and provide excellent advice. Of all of the external counsel firms we use for litigation, Bennett Jones is the most responsive and offers excellent service.

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They are very strong in client service, even with tight deadlines and challenging issues.

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Bennett Jones has a deep bench and lots of resources.

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The team is knowledgeable and responsive and achieves practical results.

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The communication and legal advice has been outstanding. The service level is very good and the team are very responsive to emails and phone calls on a prompt basis.

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Notable Practitioners

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Blair C Yorke-Slader KC
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Blair C Yorke-Slader KC
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Acclaimed Calgary-based litigator Blair Yorke-Slader KC of Bennett Jones maintains a first-rate reputation for handling the full gamut of corporate/commercial litigation, including skill in securities and trusts disputes. He regularly represents clients from the financial services, real estate and chemical manufacturing sectors before trial and appellate courts, as well as the Alberta Securities Commission.

He is extremely experienced and knowledgeable.

He is brilliant on every level.

Blair by all measures is exceptional.

Blair is highly sought after.

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Munaf Mohamed KC
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Munaf Mohamed KC
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Calgary-based Munaf Mohamed KC of Bennett Jones is much admired for his prowess with high-stakes commercial litigation. He offers additional strength in asset recovery, civil fraud, insurance and contractual disputes.

Munaf is an excellent commercial litigator whom we trust with our most complex and sensitive matters.

Without a doubt he's a leader in the market.

Munaf Mohamed produces an absolutely outstanding quality of work. His experience and the quality of his advice is second to none.

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Michael Theroux
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Michael Theroux
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Michael Theroux represents clients across a wide array of energy contractual disputes, offering additional experience in domestic and international arbitration. He operates out of the Bennett Jones' Calgary office.

I enjoyed working with Mike and was very impressed with his financial acumen and knowledge of the subject industry.

Mike is an incredibly strong litigator with a mix of technical and pragmatic skills that allows him to distil complicated arguments into their simple components, and to make them articulately.

Mike was a very quick study and picked up the difficult subject matter quickly. He was able to craft and excellent legal strategy and was very prepared for our hearing.

Mike is creative and resourceful.

I really like working with Mike. He balances technical skills with practicality and utilises juniors appropriately.

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Michael D Mysak
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Michael D Mysak
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Michael Mysak operates an active commercial litigation practice from Bennett Jones' Calgary office, focusing on fraud, securities and shareholder disputes.

He's a great lawyer and is very strategic.

Mike is great; he is practical and smart.

Michael is excellent.

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Justin Lambert
Justin Lambert
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Justin Lambert is based in Bennett Jones' Calgary office and has a securities-focused litigation practice and is particularly adept at advising on shareholder disputes.

We highly recommend working with Justin. He is calm and provides thoughtful advice.

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Litigation: General Commercial
Blair C Yorke-Slader KC
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Blair C Yorke-Slader KC
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Munaf Mohamed KC
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Munaf Mohamed KC
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Michael Theroux
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Michael Theroux
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Michael D Mysak
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Michael D Mysak
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Justin Lambert
Justin Lambert
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