Called to Bar: 1993
As counsel or as arbitrator, Bryan focuses exclusively on the resolution of corporate and commercial disputes.
As lead or sole counsel, he represents international and domestic corporations (commonly the largest and leading in their industries), but also privately-held start-ups and individuals.
In 2014, Bryan was appointed as Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel), and as a Fellow of the UK-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In 2018, he was inducted as one of the maximum of twelve Alberta Fellows of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. In 2019, Bryan was appointed for a five-year term as one of three members of the Dispute Resolution Panel for the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator. In 2020 and 2021, he was shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation as the Alberta Litigator of the Year. Bryan is also a member and a director of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society.
In 2023, the ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. granted Bryan the Lionel J. McGowan National Award of Excellence in Dispute Resolution, which is awarded only to one person in Canada annually, recognizing Bryan’s outstanding contributions in supporting, developing, and promoting ADRIC on a national scale and over the long term.
Bryan has extensive experience as an advocate and advisor, including as arbitration counsel, trial lawyer and appellate counsel on high stakes and high profile matters before all levels of the courts of Alberta, arbitral panels, sole arbitrators, the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), and the Federal Court of Canada and has acted on both sides of applications for leave to the Supreme Court of Canada, including an early 2015 decision that he obtained on behalf of Shell Canada Limited, dismissing an application for leave to appeal.
Often, Bryan is retained on complex, factually- and document-intensive disputes involving at least tens of millions of dollars.
In his counsel work, Bryan focuses primarily on construction, corporate/commercial acquisitions, power, international, and oil and gas disputes.
Updated April 2024
