Dentons

Arbitration; Banking and Finance; Corporate Governance; Real Estate; Securities and Corporate Finance; Defence; Energy; Financial Institutions; Forest Products and Agribusiness; Mining; Professional Services

Partner

Mike Schafler has almost 30 years’ experience handling complex commercial cases, both as counsel and arbitrator. He holds the FCIArb (Chartered Institute) and QArb (ADRIC) designations. He has particular expertise in auditor's liability and financial services litigation, mining and resources cases, professional negligence, real estate litigation, shareholder disputes, securities litigation – including proxy contests and contested M&A deals – and regulatory and appellate energy cases.

Mike is President of The ADR Institute of Canada, Inc., and one of the founding Committee Members of CanArbWeek. He is currently the Presiding Member of the Canada Region National Board, to which he was elected in 2017. Prior to that, he served as co-lead of the Dentons Canada Litigation and Dispute Resolution (LDR) group.

English; French; German

Dalhousie Law School, 1995, LLB Queen's University, 1987, BA (Hons)