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CALGARY AB T2P 4K9
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Sean Smyth KC
Position
Sean has appeared before all levels of court in Alberta, the superior courts of Ontario, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan, the Federal Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada, and many regulatory, disciplinary and arbitral tribunals. Represents clients in various industries (oil and natural gas, pharmaceuticals, agrosciences, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate) in contentious matters involving commercial contracts, shareholders’ rights, directors’ liabilities, securities, real estate transactions, product liability, intellectual property rights, class actions, and other matters related to corporate law and commercial transactions.
Career
Alberta Bar, 1994; Solicitor, England and Wales, 1997; Queen’s Counsel, 2016 (now King’s Counsel).
Memberships
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), ADR Institute of Canada and ADR Institute of Alberta
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: Alberta
(Leading Individuals)The 29-strong Calgary group at McCarthy Tétrault handles insolvency, securities, construction, IP, oil and gas and insurance disputes. Practice head Douglas Yoshida has focused his practice on corporate-commercial litigation in the oil and gas and energy segments, including oil sands facility failures and joint venture disputes involving international companies. Key partner Sean Smyth KC is noted for his expertise in commercial contracts work, class action, shareholders’ rights and directors’ liability claims, while Kara Smyth is specialized in oil and gas, real estate, product liability, agro-science and technology-related disputes. Bryan West routinely represents corporations and partnerships in disputes relating to major construction and redevelopment projects.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Environment
- Infrastructure projects
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Business immigration
- Cannabis
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Indigenous law
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Labour and employment
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public procurement