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Alvarez, Henri C., QC, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-3129
halvarez@fasken.com -
Henri Alvarez has over 30 years of experience in the field of international commercial
arbitration and dispute resolution. Since 1985, Alvarez has taught a course in this field at the Faculty of Law
at e University of British Columbia. He has acted as both arbitrator and counsel in international and
domestic commercial arbitrations involving investments, franchising, licensing, distributorship, construction,
oil and gas, energy, banking, corporate and general commercial disputes. Alvarez has served as sole arbitra-
tor, party-appointed arbitrator and presiding arbitrator under the auspices of several international arbitral
institutions. He regularly conducts arbitrations in English, Spanish and French. Alvarez is one of the most
highly regarded practitioners worldwide, recognized by the International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitra-
tion, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, the International Who's Who of Arbitration Lawyers and e
Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. He was called to the BC Bar in 1981
and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.
Tavender, E. David D., QC, Dentons Canada LLP Calgary - (403) 268-7010
david.tavender@dentons.com -
Senior litigation counsel in the Calgary office of Dentons Canada LLP. Practices in
the civil commercial litigation field, with experience in corporate, securities, oil & gas, banking, constitutional,
construction, negligence, contract, professional liability, international trade law and numerous other areas.
Conducted trials and appeals in Alberta, FCC and the SCC. Active in the ADR field. Conducted arbitrations
and mediations, and acted as counsel in numerous ADR assignments. Member of ADR Chambers. Appoint-
ed to domestic and international commercial arbitration panels, including the ICC Canadian National Com-
mittee's Roster of Arbitrators and the CPR Institute of Dispute Resolution's International Panel of Neutrals.
Member of LSA, CalBA and CBA. Vice Chairman of the CBA Task Force on the Civil Justice System in
Canada. Admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1964; appointed QC in 1978; fellow of the ACTL.
Cicchetti, Tina, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-4868 - tcicchetti@fasken.com
Tina Cicchetti is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group who specializes in arbitration
of complex commercial disputes and arbitration-related litigation. She has acted as arbitrator, counsel and
tribunal secretary in numerous arbitrations involving a range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions,
shareholder and joint-venture disputes, construction, expropriation and distribution agreements. Cicchetti ad-
vises international and Canadian clients both when draing arbitration agreements and aer a dispute arises,
including the strategic options available in commercial and treaty arbitration. From 2003 to 2011, she taught
a seminar on international commercial disputes as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia,
Faculty of Law. Former President and current Advisory Board member of YCAP, member of ICC Canada
Executive Committee and board member of WCCAS. Recognized by Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2016
and e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2015 for International Commercial Arbitration.
