Fausto Franceschi

Practice Areas

Fausto Franceschi is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Edmonton office and a member of the Firm’s Employment and Labour practice group. He also sits on Dentons’ National Management Committee. He is among the most highly respected senior litigators in Alberta and is repeatedly hailed as one of Canada’s leading lawyers on employment and labour law by Chambers Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada, The Legal 500 and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

Based in Edmonton, Fausto represents and advises federally and provincially regulated business clients on a wide range of employment and labour matters, including employment litigation, employment standards disputes, wrongful dismissal claims, drafting and enforcement of restrictive covenants, discipline and dismissal issues, corporate reorganizations and acquisitions, workplace contracts and policies, labour arbitration, collective bargaining, union certification campaigns and human rights. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Alberta, including the Provincial Court of Alberta, the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Federal Court, as well as before various administrative tribunals, including the Alberta Labour Relations Board and the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

Career

Called to Bar: Alberta, 1988

Professional Memberships

Board member of Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation; Leader and Founder of the Dentons’ United Way “Make Your Mark on Poverty” campaign; Legal counsel for Edmonton Symphony Society and Francis Winspear Centre for Music; Past Board Member of Alberta Continuing Care Association, Edmonton Symphony Society, Operation Friendship and Santa Maria Goretti Community Centre.