Daniel McDonald
Academic Qualifications:
B.Sc. (with Distinction), LL.B., FCIArb
Professional Memberships:
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Full Member, ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) and ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC)
Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC), CCC Arbitration Committee, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and ICC Canada
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Calgary Bar Association
Director, Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society (WCCAS)
Past President, Sopinka Cup Society, 2011-2012, Member, 2008-present
Arbitration Experience:
Arbitrator, mediator and Counsel
| ADR Specialization:
Energy |
Firm: | McDonald ADR / Western Arbitration Chambers |
| Address: | 501, 308 – 4 Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta T2P 0H7 | |
| Phone: | 403-680-3645 | |
| Email: | dan@mcdonaldadr.com | |
| Website: | westernarbitrationchambers.ca/daniel-j-mcdonald-q-c |
Honours & Recognition
Named as Best Lawyer’s Calgary Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year, 2015
Named in Expert Guides -The Legal Media Group Guides to the World’s Leading Lawyers, in Litigation, 2014
Named in Lexpert’s Special Edition on Litigation, as one of Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers, December 2013 & 2014
Named in Lexpert’s Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, 2013
Named to America Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell’s selected list of Canada’s Top Rated Lawyers, 2013
Named in Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys, as a leading litigator in Alberta and Canada, 2012-2014
Named as Best Lawyers Calgary Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year, 2012
Named in Chambers Global Clients’ Guide to the World’s Leading Lawyers in the area of Dispute Resolution, annually since 2007
Named in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, as a consistently or repeatedly recommended leading lawyer in the areas of Class Actions annually since 2009 and in the areas of Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and Directors & Officers Liability, annually since 2004
Named in The Best Lawyers in Canada, in the areas of Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labour Law and Securities Litigation, annually since 2006 and in Bet the Company Litigation, annually since 2008
Named in the Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, in the areas of Corporate Commercial, Director/Officer Liability and Securities Litigation annually since 2007
Named in Which Lawyer, Yearbook 2012 listing world-wide leading lawyers, as a recommended leading practitioner in Dispute Resolution
Community Involvement
Former Chair and Director, The Calgary Learning Centre
Former Vice-Chair and Member, Alberta Press Council
Professional & Firm Involvement
Member, Executive Committee, BD&P
Member, Associates Committee, BD&P
Past Sessional Instructor, Mount Royal College, Oil and Gas Law for Professional Landmen
Guest Speaker, Canadian Bar Association and University of Calgary Faculty of Law
Past Lecturer, University of Calgary, Trial Advocacy Course
Recent Representative Work
Alberta Securities Commission Insider Trading Hearing – Counsel to corporate executives in a 2012 insider trading hearing before the Alberta Securities Commission
Poison Pill Hearing – Counsel for an acquiror in a 2011 successful application to the Alberta Securities Commission to cease trade a Shareholder Rights Plan in a bidding war in the pharmaceutical industry
Aviation Litigation – Counsel for a low cost carrier in a complex lawsuit against a legacy airline in the Ontario Supreme Court
Energy Arbitration – Counsel for an independent power producer in arbitrations with its coal supplier
Presentations
The Grande Cache Coal Case: Lessons on Materiality, Trading & ASC Enforcement Proceedings, CBA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, (with Andrew Sunter) May 23, 2013
Written and presented papers for client and public presentations on oil and gas, class actions, complex litigation, employment, labour arbitration and occupational health and safety matters
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