Litigation: General Commercial

The Alberta litigation group of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is a member of the largest litigation practice ‎in the world. DLA Piper has over 1,800 lawyers engaged in litigation globally. As part of ‎such a group, the highly seasoned and experienced litigation counsel in Alberta are ‎involved in complex disputes involving global clients and international components. ‎Members of the group are located in both Calgary and Edmonton and handle difficult ‎high profile and high stakes disputes that span both the private and public sector. They are particularly skilled at handling disputes in the energy sector ‎that involve contract, environmental, aboriginal, product liability, oilfield services, surface ‎rights and power electrical issues, along with tort and class actions.

Members of the litigation group are involved in numerous trials, hearings and appeals. Over the past year, the group has argued and been involved in several precedent-setting commercial and public law cases and have appeared before both the Trial and Appellate Courts in the Province of Alberta, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.