McEwan Partners brings together Ken McEwan K.C., Bob Cooper K.C., and Craig Dennis K.C., three leading Chambers Canada and Lexpert-ranked litigators, to lead a new corporate, commercial, and securities litigation boutique.
Our 15 lawyers include six former judicial clerks and members of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers, and Litigation Counsel of America. Our lawyers are consistently recognized by peer review agencies including Lexpert, Benchmark, Who’s Who, Canada’s Best Lawyers, and Martindale Hubbell, with recent industry highlights including ranking among the top 50 trial lawyers in Canada, a 2018 class action lawyer of the year in British Columbia, a 2018 administrative lawyer of the year in British Columbia, a 2018 top 500 leading lawyers in Canada and a 2018 top 100 leading cross-border litigators in Canada.
In addition to all our lawyers acting as counsel, our senior lawyers also arbitrate and mediate disputes. Two are members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and one an author of Commercial Arbitration in Canada and contributing author to A Practitioner’s Guide to Commercial Arbitration.
Our lawyers are active in the legal community, regularly contributing to publications and to student and continuing education programs, including authoring the third edition of Sopinka on the Trial of an Action and serving as an adjunct professor of law teaching advanced trial advocacy at the University of British Columbia. Our lawyers are involved in legal organizations, including the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) and the Advocates’ Society, both as members, on committees, and in leadership roles, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Advocates’ Society.
Although we now practice as a litigation boutique, many of our lawyers have experience in full service corporate commercial firms working closely with business lawyers on complex securities and corporate litigation and arbitration. We are focused on client results, equipped for both complex and straightforward matters, and have the experience and judgement to know the difference.