The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE COMMERCIAL George K. Macintosh, QC Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Tel: (604) 661-9332 Fax: (604) 661-9349 Vancouver gmacintosh@farris.com Randall W. Block, QC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (403) 232-9572 Fax: (403) 266-1395 Calgary rblock@blg.com Senior partner. George Macintosh leads the litigation group at Farris and practices as general counsel, appearing before all courts and numerous tribunals in British Columbia, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada. Specializes in civil litigation at trial and appeal, in corporate, commercial, administrative and constitutional law. Has served as special prosecutor, appointed by the Attorney General of BC and as commission counsel on appointment by the Government of BC. Selected by Lexpert® as one of Canada's top 25 commercial litigators and has been listed in The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada for more than a decade. Named among the leading litigators in the Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV. Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Admitted to the British Columbia (1974) and Alberta Bars (1980). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1987). Partner and Calgary regional manager of BLG's Litigation Department. Specializes in all forms of dispute resolution in the energy and oil & gas industries, including regulatory proceedings, commercial litigation and arbitration. Has appeared before the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench, Alberta Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Canada, Alberta Utilities Commission, Alberta Energy Regulator, National Energy Board and various arbitral panels. Also sat as an arbitrator. Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Has written and lectured on various issues in oil & gas law and major energy and oil sand project development. Emphasis on regulatory proceedings, corporate/commercial litigation and arbitration related to energy and corporate/commercial disputes. Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of corporate and commercial litigation, energy regulatory law, administrative and public law and natural resources law. Recognized in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business. Appointed QC in 2005. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1985. Frank R. Foran, QC Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Tel: (403) 232-9443 Fax: (403) 266-1395 Calgary fforan@blg.com Clarke Hunter, QC Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (403) 267-8292 Fax: (403) 264-5973 Calgary clarke.hunter@nortonrosefulbright.com 92 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Calgary regional leader of BLG's Appeal and Review Group. Experienced litigator whose practice emphasizes corporate commercial litigation and arbitration related to energy, banking, securities, insolvency, general commercial and construction matters. Legal representation includes energy-related disputes, corporate reorganization, governance, securities and shareholder disputes, as well as manufacturers' liability and tort cases. Has extensive experience in regulatory and environmental matters related primarily to the energy sector. Has appeared before all levels of courts, the National Energy Board and Alberta energy, utilities and other tribunals. Fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of Canadian Roster for International Dispute Settlement Panels under Chapter 19 of NAFTA. Alberta Chair of the Supreme Court Advocacy Institute. Appointed QC in 1988. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1973. Clarke Hunter has practiced exclusively in the area of litigation and dispute resolution since 1980, following a clerkship with Chief Justice Laskin at the Supreme Court of Canada. He has represented clients in domestic and international arbitrations and mediations, at all levels of the courts in Alberta, the Federal Court, the Tax Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. The disputes on which Hunter has acted have involved a broad range of subject matters, including Aboriginal (government side), contractual and joint venture, fiduciary duties, oil & gas, corporate securities, director & officer liability, shareholder remedies, professional negligence, products liability, intellectual property, and tax. Cited by: The Lexpert ®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert ® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers, Chambers Global, Benchmark Canada, Best Lawyers, and was inducted in 2009 as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Martindale-Hubbell rates him "AV preeminent 5.0 out of 5."