About

Provided by McCarthy Tétrault LLP

McCarthy Tétrault is Canada's premier corporate commercial litigation law firm, with more experience in domestic and cross-border dispute resolution, both in and out of the courtroom, than any other Canadian law firm. As the nation's pre-eminent litigation firm for over 150 years, we have top-ranked practitioners in every region across the country. Our litigators have earned their top-ranked reputations with successive victories in corporate commercial litigation, including many of the most significant cases in Canada.

Whether the dispute involves commercial agreements, contracts, transactions, relationships, compliance matters or allegations of negligence, McCarthy Tétrault litigators ensure that they completely understand their clients’ goals and priorities. Once they are identified, we work closely with our clients to execute the most efficient strategies to assist them in reaching their goals.

We have a deep level of experience in the full range of legal strategies. We will consider all forms of resolution where appropriate. These might include efficient early negotiated settlements, the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques or the use of the persuasive power of the court process.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: General Commercial - Alberta

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

McCarthy Tétrault draws upon the strengths of a truly national group to handle regional and multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution mandates involving major Alberta-based clients. The team out of Calgary offers expertise in class action defence, as well as high-profile commercial cases relating to the oil and gas, agriculture and manufacturing industries. The practice also has significant experience working on insurance coverage disputes, ADR, securities litigation and secondary market liability claims.

Work Highlights

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  • McCarthy Tétrault provided day-to-day legal services to VINCI Infrastructure Canada in the complete life-cycle of the development of Springbank Reservoir, including subcontractor contract claims.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Douglas T. Yoshida
3
Douglas T. Yoshida
3
Band 3

Calgary-based Douglas Yoshida of McCarthy Tétrault is known in the Alberta market for his focus on energy litigation, with noted expertise in oil and gas. His list of clients extends to the engineering and manufacturing sectors.

Doug is fantastic to work with. I regularly recommend him to others.

Doug is a skilled advocate, trusted adviser and highly knowledgeable lawyer.

Doug is very calm, knowledgeable and responsive. His level of experience, attention to detail and commitment to clear and frequent communication provide a great deal of confidence to us.

Kara L Smyth
3
Kara L Smyth
3
Band 3

Kara Smyth of McCarthy Tétrault's Calgary office acts for an impressive roster of clients from a range of sectors including oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and technology. Her commercial disputes experience extends to class action proceedings.

Kara provides excellent strategic advice on matters involving complex commercial litigation. She always delivers high-quality work and uses her time effectively.

Kara is an exceptional lawyer and very nice to work with. She is thorough and thoughtful in her approach, analysis, and advice, and is ever personable.

Sean S Smyth
4
Sean S Smyth
4
Band 4

Sean Smyth acts for a wide array of domestic and international clients from the McCarthy Tétrault's Calgary office, with commercial advocacy experience in both litigation and arbitration. He is noted for his experienced handling of contentious securities, contracts and product liability cases.

Laura Gill
5
Laura Gill
5
Band 5

Laura Gill handles a variety of high-stakes commercial litigation with significant expertise in shareholder and joint venture disputes.

I felt that Laura was very quick to respond and provided solid legal explanations to issues or problems. She had a good grasp on a series of difficult issues.

Laura is an excellent litigator. She is always extremely well prepared and provides insightful and proactive advice. Her reporting is extremely timely and she is very responsive.

Laura Gill is very responsive and dependable.

Laura understands the importance of business considerations.

Mendy M Chernos
5
Mendy M Chernos
5
Band 5

Mendy Chernos offers significant capabilities in commercial disputes across the energy and banking sectors from the McCarthy Tétrault's Calgary base. His experience includes acting on product liability, insurance, construction and securities litigation, as well as ADR.

Mendy is an excellent litigator. He is also an excellent communicator and negotiator and never loses sight of the strategic plan.

Bryan West
U
Bryan West
U
Up and Coming

Bryan West of McCarthy Tétrault's Calgary office represents and advises clients in a wide range of commercial litigation, including contract, construction, oppression, intellectual property, negligence and fraud disputes.

Bryan provides excellent service, understands the issues and is able to analyse complex commercial arrangements.

Bryan is a good leader, has an excellent knowledge of Alberta construction, and is an excellent communicator.

Bryan is diligent and organised.

Jordan Bierkos
Jordan Bierkos
Associates to watch

Jordan Bierkos of McCarthy Tétrault is a highly esteemed associate based in Calgary with notable experience representing clients in construction and wider dispute resolution mandates.

Jordan is excellent with a very fine analytical capacity, great communication skills and great synthesis capacity.

Ranked Lawyers at
McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Alberta

Litigation: General Commercial

Douglas T. Yoshida
3
Douglas T. Yoshida
3
Band 3
Kara L Smyth
3
Kara L Smyth
3
Band 3
Sean S Smyth
4
Sean S Smyth
4
Band 4
Laura Gill
5
Laura Gill
5
Band 5
Mendy M Chernos
5
Mendy M Chernos
5
Band 5
Bryan West
U
Bryan West
U
Up and Coming
Jordan Bierkos
Jordan Bierkos
Associates to watch