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Alexandra Cocks

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Dispute Resolution

Position

Alex is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Litigation Group and the National Class Actions Group.

Alex is an experienced commercial litigator and has appeared in courts in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario. Alex has significant arbitration experience, in domestic and international arbitrations. Her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and class action defence. She is experienced in litigating contractual claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, fraud and breach of trust claims, real estate disputes, product liability and privacy claims. She represents clients from a broad array of industries, such as financial services, consumer and retail, technology and manufacturing.

Career

British Columbia, 2011

Memberships

She previously acted as the Co-Chair of the Class Actions subsection of the Canadian Bar Association of the BC Branch and a board member of the Vancouver Bar Association.

Personal

Contributing author to the fifth and fourth editions of Defending Class Actions in Canada, published by Lexis Nexis. Previous co-editor of the class action blogpost ”Canadian Class Actions Monitor”.

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Canada > Dispute resolution: British Columbia

(Next Generation Partners)

Alexandra Cocks – McCarthy Tétrault

The British Columbia practice at McCarthy Tétrault demonstrates skilful handling of mining, environmental, Aboriginal and energy-related disputes. The group is also regularly sought out by national and international clients in the retail, healthcare, tech and financial services segments. Jill Yates steers the department and oversees major commercial cases for finance, agribusiness and pharmaceutical-sector clients. Additional key team members include leading litigator Michael Feder KC, who has substantial experience acting on consumer class action matters; and Aidan Cameron, who shines in construction, mining, insurance and real estate litigation. Alexandra Cocks and Patrick Williams, who was recently promoted to the partnership, are additional key contacts. Una Radoja specializes in filing or defending claims by public and private companies against directors and officers. Partner Miranda Lam left the firm in January 2022, moving in-house.

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