Borden Ladner Gervais’ Vancouver office is home to litigators in various capacities, but is particularly noted for those attending to arbitration, environmental and land-use, construction and class-action cases. “It’s especially remarkable how much international arbitration work they do,” observes one direct peer. “Robert Deaneparticularly – he’s all over the place. He’s such great counsel that so many clients want him involved, so he is actually doing more than just arbitration these days, getting pulled in all kinds of directions, but he seems to be able to handle it all.
Craig Chiasson is [BLG’s] primary arbitration counsel now. Craig is also sitting as an arbitrator – and getting more appointments than I am getting now, which is annoying!”
In one such example of Deane’s ever-broadening spectrum of work, he and
Michelle Maniago work on a constitutional rights-focused suit concerning the family of a Vancouver woman who was forced to transfer hospitals before she could receive medical assistance in dying, a case that also exemplifies Maniago’s versatility; Maniago is most often recognized for her class-action work. “[Seasoned Vancouver class-action counsel]
Brad Dixon is still there and still doing great, but Michelle is really stepping it up and appearing on a lot more lead roles,” notes a peer.
Sarah McEachern is also cheered for “really building up her [construction, commercial and arbitration] practice over there and doing quite nicely.”
