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Ms Tracey Cohen KC KC

Position
Partner
Career
Tracey Cohen, KC is a leading commercial litigation and dispute resolution Partner in the Vancouver office. Tracey has been recognized for expertise in Corporate and Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and International and Commercial Arbitration and has repeatedly been recognized as one of Canada’s top 25 female litigators. Tracey was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2015 and was admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in March 2019, and a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America in 2020. Tracey has been noted for her ability to strategize the best approach for complex disputes. She is recognized as “very strong in developing relationships” and for understanding her clients’ business and objectives. Tracey is Co-Chair of Fasken’s Commercial Litigation Group in BC and Chair of Fasken’s National Arbitration Steering Committee.
Clients appreciate Tracey’s dedication and commitment to ensuring that their interests are well-served, and, where appropriate, her use of technology and project management to achieve efficiencies.
Tracey has advised a number of clients including: Coastal Contacts, Essilor International, TD Bank Financial Group, Deloitte LLP, Scotia Capital, and Eastern Platinum.
Tracey regularly appears in the British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and acts as counsel in arbitrations and mediations. She also appears as counsel in matters involving the B.C. Securities Commission, the MFDA and IIROC.
Tracey acts as counsel on a range of matters, with a focus on corporate commercial litigation and international and domestic arbitration matters, including class actions, oppression proceedings, derivative actions, pension litigation, professional negligence, mining, tax litigation, fraud, and securities matters, including hostile take-over bids, and shareholder disputes. She has worked with major international law firms in the United States to collaborate on cross-border litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Dispute resolution: British Columbia
(Hall of Fame)Fasken‘s British Columbia disputes capabilities take in class action defence, administrative and public law matters, corporate and securities litigation, contractual disputes, white collar and competition litigation and arbitration. The team, which is lauded by one client as ‘dedicated and capable’, is frequently instructed by corporate clients in the tech, healthcare, mining and pharma segments. Tracey Cohen KC and Andrew Nathanson KC share leadership of the department. Cohen specializes in class actions, oppression proceedings, derivative actions, pension litigation and professional negligence mandates. Nathanson has notable experience in commercial litigation and white-collar crime matters. Additional key contacts include Geoffrey Cowper KC
(commercial law, public law and human rights); Andrew Borrell (class action defence); and ‘legal prodigy’ Gavin Cameron, who has focused his practice on commercial disputes and white-collar criminal investigations. Alexandra Mitretodis departed for an in-house role in October 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia Canada
- Hall of Fame Canada > Dispute resolution: British Columbia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution: British Columbia
- Indigenous law
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- International expertise
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Technology
- Telecoms
Firm Rankings
- AI
- Banking and finance
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- International trade
- Transport > Other transport
- Pensions
- Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Capital markets
- Dispute resolution: Alberta
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Media and entertainment
- Energy and natural resources > Power
- Real estate
- Tax
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas