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Commercial Litigation

Our lawyers resolve complex commercial disputes by taking a practical, results-oriented approach.

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Our goal is to effectively and efficiently resolve commercial disputes, such as those involving commercial contracts, intellectual property claims, tax litigation, banking, construction and property claims, disputes over pension funds and compensation, investors’ claims and insurance-related issues, particularly those dealing with business losses. As appropriate to each circumstance, our lawyers bring to bear significant experience in court or by alternative dispute resolution strategies and techniques.

We are able to quickly assemble dedicated teams of seasoned litigators in any office to deal with even the most complex claims, especially defence of class actions. Our litigators are supported by paralegals with extensive electronic document management experience at major civil jury and non-jury trials and public inquiries.

Our lawyers have successfully argued significant cases in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. as well as Ontario and the North West Territories. We represent businesses, governments and Crown corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals. We have represented clients in all manner of actions before superior courts, the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.

  • Canadian National Railway Co. v. McKercher LLP, 2013 SCC 39, counsel for Canadian National Railway before the Supreme Court of Canada in a successful appeal on a landmark decision clarifying a lawyer’s duty of loyalty to clients, as well as the scope of conflicts of interest rules governing the legal profession in Canada. The decision was named by Lexpert magazine as the most significant case in Canadian litigation for 2013.
  • Jackson v. Canadian National Railway, 2013 ABCA 440, aff’g 2012 ABQB 652 (leave to appeal to SCC dismissed May 29, 2014, SCC No. 35730), successfully representing the defendant railways on an appeal of the dismissal of an application for certification of a class action seeking hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of the alleged overcharging for carriage of grain in western Canada and the granting of an application for summary judgment in favour of the railways.
  • Represented Mosaic Potash (Esterhazy) Ltd. in a significant action involving potash reserves and mining practices in motions and appeals, including a leading appellate decision on interlocutory injunctive relief in Saskatchewan (Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Limited Partnership v. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., 2011 SKCA 120).
  • L.T.V. Investments Inc. v. Saskatchewan Telecommunications, 2009 SKCA 83, leave to appeal refused (S.C.C. March 11, 2010), obtained summary judgment dismissing a derivative action in a complex commercial case.
  • Ceapro v. Sask (Government) et al., (2008) 326 Sask R. 7, dismissing a $9 million claim against an investment fund following a five-month trial.
  • Represented Fission Energy Corporation, successfully resisting an application under The Crown Minerals Act challenging significant mineral claims granted in Northern Saskatchewan (2013).
  • Schofield v. City of Saskatoon, QB No. 1074 of 2011, representing the City of Saskatoon in successfully resisting an attempt to certify a class action relating to a dispute over contributions to and benefits from a pension plan spanning a 42-year period.
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Ariel Breitman

Counsel

P: (403) 693-4316

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Key Contact

Todd Campbell

Counsel

P: (204) 957-4644

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Key Contact

Douglas Hodson, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7101

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Key Contact

Deron Kuski, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 347-8404

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Aziz Aboudheir

Associate

P: (306) 347-8425

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Milad Alishahi

Partner

P: (306) 347-8451

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Sharon Au

Partner

P: (780) 969-5066

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Danielle Barchyn

Partner

P: (204) 957-4489

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

J. Robert Black, K.C.

Partner

P: (780) 969-3507

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Judd Blitt

Counsel

P: (403) 693-5410

Office:Calgary

Jonathan Bourchier

Partner

P: (403) 693-4310

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Brendan Brock

Associate

P: (604) 608-5762

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Brian Catalano

Associate

P: (403) 693-2635

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Braeden Cornick

Associate

P: (204) 957-4494

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Marek Coutu

Associate

P: (306) 956-2166

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Tristan Culham

Partner

P: (306) 347-8423

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Mandi Deren-Dubé

Associate

P: (780) 969-3518

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Adele Domenco

Partner

P: (204) 957-4658

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Gregory Fleetwood

Partner

P: (204) 957-4690

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Shea Garber

Associate

P: (204) 957-4848

F: (431) 317-3266

Office:Winnipeg

Krista Gibson

Associate

P: (403) 693-4328

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Allison Graham

Associate

P: (306) 347-8432

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Myriam Hacault

Associate

P: (204) 957-4615

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Conrad Hadubiak, K.C.

Counsel

P: (306) 347-8474

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Tom Hakemi

Partner

P: (604) 608-4591

Office:Vancouver

Jordan Hardy, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 347-8436

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Amber Harms

Associate

P: (204) 957-4784

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Katelyn Jones

Associate

P: (604) 608-4577

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Sydni Kind

Associate

P: (403) 693-5412

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Tyler Kochanski

Partner

P: (204) 957-4633

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Andrew Konopelny

Associate

P: (306) 347-8623

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Jonathan Kroft, K.C.

Counsel

P: (204) 957-4671

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Jeff Lee, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7136

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Ryan Lepage

Partner

P: (306) 975-7130

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Kristen MacDonald

Partner

P: (306) 975-7102

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Scott Marescaux

Associate

P: (604) 608-5763

Office:Vancouver

Michael Marschal

Associate

P: (306) 347-8632

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

John Martens

Partner

P: (204) 957-4856

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Brent W. Mielke

Partner

P: (780) 969-3511

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Alexandre Mireault

Partner

P: (204) 957-4642

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Bennet Misskey

Associate

P: (306) 347-8467

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Britannia Mohrbutter

Associate

P: (306) 347-8683

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Jason Mohrbutter, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 347-8484

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Josh Morrison

Partner

P: (306) 347-8481

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Sarah Offredi

Associate

P: (780) 969-3546

Office:Edmonton

Paul Olfert

Partner

P: (306) 956-6970

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Shaunt Parthev, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7108

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Robert Prokopanko

Partner

P: (204) 957-4814

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Or Regev

Associate

P: (604) 608-4593

Office:Vancouver

Lisa Ridgedale

Partner

P: (604) 608-4590

Office:Vancouver

Kelsey Schade

Associate

P: (204) 957-4849

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Kyle Smith

Associate

P: (403) 693-4302

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Grant Stefanson, K.C.

Partner

P: (204) 957-4614

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Scott Tallon

Associate

P: (204) 957-4804

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Carly Toronchuk

Associate

P: (780) 969-5096

F: (780) 969-3549

Office:Edmonton

Marie Turcott

Associate

P: (604) 608-4592

Office:Vancouver

Andreina Varela-Taylor

Associate

P: (403) 693-5404

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Alizeh Virani

Associate

P: (604) 608-4598

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Julie Ward

Associate

P: (403) 693-5407

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Kaitlin Ward

Associate

P: (403) 693-4311

F: (403) 693-4300

Office:Calgary

Catrina Webster

Partner

P: (403) 693-4347

F: (403) 508-4349

Office:Calgary

Kristyn Weilinger

Associate

P: (604) 608-4585

Office:Vancouver

Michael Weinstein

Partner

P: (204) 957-4832

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Jodi Wildeman, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 347-8413

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Kurt Wintermute, K.C.

Partner

P: (306) 975-7121

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Thor Hansell

Partner

P: (204) 957-4694

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Christian Monnin

Partner

P: (204) 957-4621

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

James Rose

Partner

P: (306) 347-8420

F: (306) 352-5250

Office:Regina

Brent Ross

Partner

P: (204) 957-4681

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Dale Lysak

Counsel

P: (604) 608-5778

F: (604) 682-7131

Office:Vancouver

Andrew Boumford

Associate

P: (204) 957-4892

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

Shay Brehm

Associate

P: (306) 956-2188

F: (306) 975-7145

Office:Saskatoon

Lexi Cantor

Associate

P: (204) 957-4657

F: (204) 957-0840

Office:Winnipeg

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