Jill Bishop

Jill Bishop is a Calgary-based Partner whose practice focuses on litigation. She has extensive experience in complex commercial proceedings, construction disputes, insolvency and insurance litigation. Jill is a tenacious advocate for her clients and never loses sight of practical and efficient resolution options.

Jill represents a broad range of clients throughout Alberta and British Columbia, including individuals, directors, shareholders and companies of various sizes across multiple industry sectors. She is results-oriented and has a proven track record of achieving successful outcomes for her clients.

Jill has experience across a broad range of dispute matters, including:

• Commercial transactions involving matters of corporate authority and self-dealing
• Defending complex oppression claims by minority shareholders relating to corporate governance
• Prosecuting and defending derivative actions by corporations
• Injunctions to protect corporate and personal assets until the dispute is resolved
• Contract enforceability where changes in the energy sector have made the contract impossible to perform
• Debt recovery and insolvency proceedings
• Insurance matters, including professional liability, directors and officers liability, bodily injury, coverage and subrogation
• Commercial and personal liability for occupiers and builders and adherence to the Alberta and British Columbia Building Codes
• Defending and prosecuting construction disputes, including construction lien claims, surety bonds, project delay and force majeure clauses