Krista M. Johanson is a Vancouver‑based partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP whose practice focuses on resolving construction disputes. She acts for clients in litigation and domestic and international dispute proceedings, including before project tribunals. Krista regularly represents contractors, owners, design professionals and sureties, and her industry‑focused experience enables her to assist clients in avoiding and resolving disputes on active projects. Her work includes disputes involving procurement, delays, design deficiencies, construction defects, contract termination, cost escalation, insurance coverage and bonding claims. She has experience with P3 and other public projects, mining projects, hydro‑electric and other infrastructure projects, as well as large residential and institutional developments. Krista has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of court in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
Krista is the past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s British Columbia Construction Section and the current Chair of the national Construction and Infrastructure Section. Prior to joining BLG as an articling student, she clerked for two justices of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia. She also serves on the board of the Vancouver Opera.
She was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2011 and the Saskatchewan Bar in 2019.
