Robert Deane > Borden Ladner Gervais LLP > Vancouver, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Waterfront Centre
200 Burrard Street, Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2
Canada

Work Department

Disputes

Position

Partner

Career

National Leader of the International Arbitration Group. Specialises in international and domestic commercial arbitration, commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and infrastructure matters. Counsel in arbitration proceedings throughout North America, Asia and Europe, and in all levels of Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and in several provinces. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 2000. Law clerk to the former Chief Justice of Canada (1998-99).

Languages

English

Memberships

ICC Canada; Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society; Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society; The Advocates’ Society (British Columbia Regional Advisory Committee); Singapore International Arbitration Centre Users Council; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America; Roster Member: ICDR Canada, VANIAC, CIIDRC.

Education

LLB, University of Victoria, 1998 (Law Society of BC Gold Medallist).

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Dispute resolution: British Columbia

(Leading Individuals)

Robert Deane – Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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.