Borden Ladner’s Vancouver office continues to generate acclaim from local peers, primarily in practice areas concerning class actions and arbitration. “BLG is really strong on the arbitration side of things,” declares a peer. “I think they’ve done something like 50,000 hours of international arbitration just across the firm, and that doesn’t count domestic, which I think they do even more of than international.” Speaking to individual practitioners, peers note “Rob Deane is doing a lot of high-level arbitration and appellate work. I also see a lot of
Craig Chiasson.” In the class-actions capacity, Brad Dixon remains “a force,” although peers also note that “Michelle Maniago is ready to step up, and I think we’ll see her on more lead counsel roles.” The class actions group attends to matters involving product liability, competition, banking and, increasingly, privacy. “BLG was involved in a case concerning a company that was subject to a cyber-attack in 2020, and they won a big case for Electronic Arts concerning ‘loot boxes’ (games of chance within video games)!” Sarah McEachern, the regional head of commercial and construction litigation, is also identified as “another player who hits that key intersection of arbitration and construction that BLG is so well known for.”
