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Sean Smyth KC
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Work Department
Dispute Resolution; Litigation: General Commercial
Position
Sean has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, the superior courts of Ontario, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, the Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada, and many regulatory, disciplinary and arbitral tribunals. Represents clients in various industries (oil and natural gas, pharmaceuticals, agrosciences, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate) in contentious matters involving commercial contracts, shareholders’ rights, directors’ liabilities, securities, real estate transactions, product liability, intellectual property rights, class actions, and other matters related to corporate law and commercial transactions.
Career
Alberta Bar, 1994; Solicitor, England and Wales, 1997; Queen’s Counsel, 2016 (now King’s Counsel).
Memberships
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), ADR Institute of Canada and ADR Institute of Alberta