Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Construction

Nationwide - Canada

8 Years Ranked

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Band 3

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Nationwide - Canada

2 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

About

Provided by R Bruce Reynolds

Canada

Practice Areas

Construction and Infrastructure Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Domestic and International Arbitration

Public Policy

Insurance

Career

Bruce Reynolds has earned a stellar reputation in the construction industry for settling disputes and drafting and negotiating contracts. Who’s Who Legal has recognized him as “one of the foremost construction practitioners in the world,” while his clients have praised him for his legal skills, integrity and clarity of insight.

Bruce is Co-Managing Partner and Co-Chair of the firm’s International Construction Projects Group. He specializes in the resolution of construction and insurance claims, liens, surety bond claims, product liability issues, and architects’ and engineers’ errors and omissions issues. He advises clients on construction projects in Canada, the United States and overseas. In addition to his practice, he also acts as a mediator, arbitrator and facilitator helping to resolve construction industry disputes.

Together with his colleague Sharon Vogel, he played a significant role in helping the Ontario government modernize the province’s construction law and helped to shape the Construction Act. Among the changes to the legislation are the creation of a prompt payment regime and the introduction of a mandatory interim binding dispute resolution system. He was also retained as Counsel by the federal government of Canada to assist in the introduction of new legislation on prompt payment and adjudication, co-authoring the independent expert report Building a Federal Framework for Prompt Payment and Adjudication.

He has been certified as a specialist in construction law by the Law Society of Upper Canada. He is a Fellow of both the Canadian and American Colleges of Construction Lawyers, and past Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association.

Professional Memberships

-President, International Academy of Construction Lawyers.

-Past Co-chair, International Construction Projects Committee, International Bar Association.

-Past Governor, American College of Construction Lawyers.

-Co-chair, International Committee, American College of Construction Lawyers.

-Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

-Founding Governor, Canadian College of Construction Lawyers; president (2002-03).

-Member, Canadian Bar Association, Construction Law Section.

-Associate Member, American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (FSLC); Vice-chair, FSLC (1998-2001); Member, Forum on the Construction Industry (1994-present).

-Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Arbitration Committee.

-Certified Specialist in Construction Law, Law Society of Ontario.

-Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

Publications

Legal Textbooks

- Co-author, Construction Builders’ and Mechanics’ Liens in Canada, 8th Edition, Thomson Reuters

- Co-author, A Guide to Canadian Construction Insurance Law, First and Second Editions, Carswell, (with Sharon Vogel)

- Co-author, Construction Builders’ and Mechanics’ Liens in Canada, 7th Edition (two volumes), Carswell

- Co-author, Scott and Reynolds on Surety Bonds (two volumes, supplemented twice annually), Carswell, (with K.W. Scott, QC)

Additional Publications

-Co-author, “Grupo Unidos Por El del Canal, S.A. et al v. Autoridad del Canal de Panama: Disclosure Obligations and Partiality in Arbitration Revisited,” September, 2023

-Co-author, “Sky Power v IrAero: Remote Arbitration Hearings May Create Difficulties for the Parties, But are Unlikely to Cause Prejudice,” September, 2023

-Co-author, “Mattamy (Downsview) Limited v. KSV Restructuring Inc. (Urbancorp): Procedural Fairness in Arbitral Proceedings,” July, 2023

-Co-author, “CZT v CZU: Deliberative Secrecy in Arbitration,” July, 2023

-Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through Construction: Canada,” Lexology, June, 2023

-Co-author, “The Estate of Arbabbahrami v. MSH International (Canada) Ltd.: Implications for “War” and “Military or Usurped Power” Insurance Exclusions and Force Majeure Clauses,” May, 2023

-Featured, “Construction disputes trends: design-build P3 risk, dispute boards, settlement disclosure,” Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure, May, 2023

- Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through Construction: Canada,” Lexology, June, 2022

- Co-author, “Ontario Decision Suggests Priority of Lien Claimants Over Building Mortgages Limited to Statutory Holdback Amount,” May, 2022

- Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration,” Lexology, February, 2022

- Featured, “Opening a Toronto office just part of Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel’s pathway to growth,” Canadian Lawyer Magazine, February, 2022

- Co-author, “Construction Canada Comparative Guide Chapter,” Mondaq, January, 2022

- Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through – Arbitration,” Lexology, July, 2021

- Co-author, “Construction Law (Canada) Chapter,” Chambers Global Construction Law Guide, 2021, 2022

- Co-author, “Carillion, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Construction Lien Act Trusts: Confusion (again) regarding certainty of subject matter and commingling of funds,” May, 2021

- Co-author, “Callow v Zollinger: Developments in the Duty of Honest Performance and Good Faith’s Uncertain Future,” December, 2020

- Co-author, “Atlantic Lottery Corp v Babstock: Waiver of Tort Steps Out of the 17th Century, but Uncertainty Persists,” August, 2020

- Co-author, “Uber v Heller – The Evolution of Unconscionability,” July, 2020

- Co-author, “Construction Act to be Exempt from Suspension of Procedural Time Limits,” April, 2020

- Co-author, “Extended Hours for Construction of Essential Projects in the Health Care Sector,” April, 2020

- Co-author, “COVID-19 – Health and Safety Implications,” March, 2020

- Author, “The Enforceability of the Adjudicator’s Determination and the Potential for Judicial Intervention: Quite a Hill to Climb,” Construction Law Letter | Volume 36, December, 2019

- Featured in “A Report on the Introduction of Prompt Payment and Adjudication: Legislation in The Province of Ontario,” International Construction Law Review Journal, January 21, 2019

- Co-author, “Security of Payment in the Construction Industry: Does International Experience Provide a Crystal Ball for North America?,” Construction Law Journal, November, 2018

- Co-author, “A New Construction Act – What Has Changed and How Will It Affect P3 Projects?,“ Lexpert Special Edition on Infrastructure, September 2018

- Featured, “CEO Power Breakfast, Striking a fine balance – The two masterminds behind the Lien Act Review discuss the challenges in balancing freedom of contract with the need for more regulation,” Builders’ Digest

- Co-author, “Getting the Deal Through: Construction,” Law Business Research Ltd,. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Construction, (contributing editors: Robert S Peckar and Michael S Zicherman, Peckar & Abramson PC)

- Author, “The Fog of War,” Construction Law Letter, Volume 30, Number 4

- Author, “Insurance issues relevant to Cranes,” Lawyers Weekly, (with Sharon Vogel)

- Author, “The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Construction Sector and the Construction Bar,” Journal of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

- Author, “An Analysis of Tercon Contractors Ltd. v. British Columbia: Or, If It Walks Like a Duck,” International Construction Law Review (with Sharon Vogel)

- Co-author, “A Report on the Introduction of Prompt Payment and Adjudication: Legislation in The Province of Ontario,” International Construction Law Review, January, 2019

Personal

- Recognized in Who’s Who Legal – Construction Law, Arbitration, Mediation.

- Recognized as a leading lawyer in the Lexpert® Special Edition on Litigation.

- Recognized as Construction Lawyer of the Year (Toronto) by Best Lawyers Canada®.

- Ranked in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law, Insurance Law, and International Arbitration by Best Lawyers Canada®.

- Recognized twice as Construction Lawyer of the Year by Benchmark Canada.

- Recognized in Benchmark Canada — The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a “Local Litigation Star: Ontario” and a “Litigation Star: Construction”.

- Named as most highly regarded Construction Lawyer in Canada by Who’s Who Legal.

- Recognized in Who’s Who Legal as one of North America’s Best Construction Law Global Thought Leaders.

- Recognized in Chambers Canada — Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Construction) as a Band 1 practitioner in the area of Construction Law; and for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration.

- Recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Construction and Infrastructure in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Most frequently recommended).

- Recognized as a leading Infrastructure lawyer in the Lexpert® Globe and Mail Report on Business Special Edition on Infrastructure and Litigation

- Recognized as a Leading Lawyer for Arbitration and Energy Law in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Globe and Mail Special Editions.

- Recognized in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Construction Law).

- Recognized in the Client Choice Awards in the area of Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

- Recognized as an Acritas Star.

- Martindale-Hubbell AV Ranked.

Recognitions

-Ontario Bar Association, Construction & Infrastructure Award of Excellence.

-Construction Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in Canada.

- Toronto Construction Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers in Canada.

- Award of Excellence, The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

- Lexpert® Zenith Award (Change Agent in Law).

- Jock Tindale Memorial Award, Ontario General Contractors Association.

- Global Construction Lawyer of the Year (twice), Who’s Who Legal.

- Construction Litigator of the Year (twice), Benchmark Canada.

- Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada, Canadian Lawyer.

- Donald P. Giffin, Sr. Construction Industry Achievement Award, Toronto Construction Association.

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