Borden Ladner’s Vancouver office has been busy with the construction and infrastructure work that the firm continues to be celebrated for. “We see them very frequently on construction files,” notes a peer, elaborating, “They act for a large national contractor, so I’ll deal with David Miachika on these. I’ve also been spending over a year and half on a file with Grant Mayovsky, who I find reasonable and good to work with.” Robert Deane and Craig Chiasson uphold the office’s niche in arbitration work, often in the cross-border capacity and also often intersecting with infrastructure elements. “We see them all the time in infrastructure work,” testifies a peer. “Rob and Craig are our ‘frenemies.’ We use them as arbitrators occasionally and they use us.” While the unanimously revered Deane is an unquestioned authority on international arbitration, he is not exclusively relegated to this specialty; Deane triumphed at the Court of Appeal in a headline family trust law dispute, Pirani v. Pirani. The Court of Appeal held that the trial judge made clear legal errors in her approach and ordered a new trial. The case is currently under appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Sarah McEachern is another Vancouver partner that gained considerable traction in the arbitration and construction sphere. “I view her as one of the real upcoming leaders in that office now,” asserts a peer, “as well as Michelle Maniago for class actions and Allison Foord on some of the life insurance work.”