Borden Ladner Gervais LLP‘s British Columbia office is well-versed in commercial litigation involving the construction, power, oil-and-gas, transportation and mining segments, and has experience acting for government bodies, corporations and families. The group has additional expertise handling arbitration and insolvency, shareholder and contractual disputes. Practice co-head Sarah McEachern is retained by clients seeking solutions to complex commercial and construction disputes; she handles both litigation and arbitration and has particular knowledge of the mining and healthcare sectors. Leading alongside her, Robert Deane is highly specialized in arbitration proceedings.

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Key clients

  • British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
  • City of Vancouver
  • Deep Water Recovery and Union Bay Industries
  • Electronic Arts
  • Haider Pirani, Mehboob Pirani and Mustaq Piranis
  • Harpreet Singh Khela
  • Husky Energy (now Cenovus)
  • Mark Morabito
  • Pan American Silver
  • Powertech Labs
  • Revolution Resource Recovery Park
  • South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (Translink)
  • University of Brussels
  • Vancouver College Limited

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robert Deane, Sarah McEachern