Marko Vesely KC

Alternative Dispute Resolution; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Defamation and Media; Intellectual Property Litigation; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Pensions and Benefits Litigation; Privacy & Data Management; Product Liability; Securities Litigation; US Cross-Border Litigation.

Marko has over 25 years of experience assisting clients with contentious business disputes in civil litigation and commercial arbitration.

His broad practice includes a particular focus on class actions, cross-border disputes, shareholder litigation, and defamation and media law. Marko also has extensive experience in administrative law, including representing clients before administrative agencies and in the judicial review and appeal of administrative decisions. He has appeared as lead counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and at all levels of court in British Columbia and Alberta. He has also served as an arbitrator.

Marko was appointed a King’s Counsel in 2023 and made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2025.

Canadian Bar Association, Member

Vancouver Bar Association, Member

The Advocates' Society, Member

UBC Faculty of Law (trial advocacy, media law), University of Victoria Faculty of Law (class actions), and the UBC Graduate School of Journalism (media law), Guest lecturer