McCarthy Tétrault
The 29-strong Calgary group at McCarthy Tétrault handles insolvency, securities, construction, IP, oil and gas and insurance disputes. Practice head Douglas Yoshida has focused his practice on corporate-commercial litigation in the oil and gas and energy segments, including oil sands facility failures and joint venture disputes involving international companies. Key partner Sean Smyth KC is noted for his expertise in commercial contracts work, class action, shareholders' rights and directors' liability claims, while Kara Smyth is specialized in oil and gas, real estate, product liability, agro-science and technology-related disputes. Bryan West routinely represents corporations and partnerships in disputes relating to major construction and redevelopment projects.
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Key clients
- Cleaver-Brooks
- Navistar
- Uber
- Alberta Electric System Operator
- VINCI Infrastructure Canada
- QuadReal and bcIMC Realty
- Goldenkey Oil
- Wood Canada
- Aurora Cannabis
- Lafarge Canada
- MEG Energy
- Enbridge
- Cenovus Energy
Lawyers
Leading Individuals
Partner in firm’s Calgary Litigation Group. Practice focuses on corporate commercial, class action and public law litigation. Represents clients from a wide range of industries such as oil and gas, wind farm development, commercial real estate, retail and agrosciences in disputes concerning commercial contracts, class actions, departing fiduciary obligations, product liability and a variety of other matters concerning complex commercial transactions. Appeared before arbitral tribunals, all levels of court in Alberta and the Federal Court including on complex interlocutory motions, judicial reviews, trials and appeals.
Doug Yoshida is a partner and the Practice Lead of the firm’s Litigation Group in Calgary. Doug’s practice focuses on corporate-commercial disputes in the energy industry, including disputes regarding joint ventures, securities, facility and equipment failures, accounting, valuations, insurance and asset and corporate transactions. He represents private and public companies such as exploration and production companies and global companies that service and invest in the energy sector. Doug has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of court in Alberta, including in chambers, trials and appeals and represents parties before administrative, mediation and arbitration hearings. He has been retained to litigate disputes elsewhere in, and outside of, Canada.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Douglas Yoshida