INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Angus M. Gunn,
QC, FCIArb
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (604) 640-4084
Fax: (604) 622-5915
Vancouver
agunn@blg.com
Christopher J.
O'Connor, QC,
CArb, FCIArb
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (604) 640-4125
Fax: (604) 622-5825
Vancouver
coconnor@blg.com
Partner and member of BLG's Commercial Litigation Group. Dispute resolution practice
emphasizes civil appellate matters and general commercial arbitration and mediation.
Appears frequently before the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, and has appeared
before the Supreme Court of Canada and other Canadian appellate courts. Fellow,
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute
Resolution. Accepts arbitral appointments as arbitrator and as counsel. Member, ICC
Canada National Committee. Director, Western Canada Commercial Arbitration
Society. Member, London Court of International Arbitration. Former director, Young
Canadian Arbitration Practitioners and ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, University of BC, since 1999. Member of the CBA, ABA, IBA,
Commercial Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. LLB (University of
Toronto, 1993), LLM (University of Cambridge, 1998). Called to the BC Bar in 1995.
Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1998. Appointed
Queen's Counsel 2012.
Partner and former national leader of BLG's litigation department. Practices commercial
law focusing on construction and insurance law, including construction disputes, tender
issues, delay and productivity claims, construction insurance; fidelity and surety bonds;
arbitrations and mediations. Extensive experience advising contractors, owners, insurers and sureties regarding construction disputes and use of arbitrations and mediations.
Founding Governor of the CCCL; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators;
certified arbitrator of the ADR Institute of Canada; successfully completed the Leadership in Law Firms Executive Education Course at Harvard Law School; member of
ABA and DRI. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada. Recognized by The Best
Lawyers in Canada as the 2012 Vancouver Director and Officer Liability Lawyer of the
Year, and the Vancouver Construction Lawyer of the Year in 2011. Appointed QC in
2005. Director British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute. Called to the
British Columbia Bar in 1977.
John C. (Jack)
Major, CC, QC
Bennett Jones LLP
Tel: (403) 298-3166
Fax: (403) 265-7219
Calgary
majorj@bennettjones.com
Retired Supreme Court of Canada and Alberta Court of Appeal judge. Provides strategic
and tactical reviews of significant matters for firm clients. Practice includes mediation,
arbitration, corporate governance and consultation. Appointed to the Alberta Securities Commission as an independent member in 2006. Also in 2006, appointed as
Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the investigation of the bombing of Air India
Flight 182. Appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in July 2008. Member
of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice and the Canadian Judges
Conference. Appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1972. Called to Alberta Bar, 1958.
Loyola College, BComm, 1953; University of Toronto, LLB, 1957. Recipient of Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Concordia University (2003), University of Toronto
(2005) and University of Calgary (2005).
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