Matt Vernon

Matt Vernon is a Calgary-based Partner whose practice focuses on commercial civil litigation. He has extensive experience providing legal services to clients on matters including oil and gas, shareholder disputes, directors’ and officers’ liability and employment disputes. He has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Alberta and before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. Matt also represents clients in numerous forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, Judicial Dispute Resolution and mediation.

Matt’s litigation experience spans a broad range of industries and matters, with a focus on complex commercial disputes. Matt’s representative matters and primary areas of practice include:

• Independent counsel for the lead witness in an international treaty arbitration involving a major Canadian company and a foreign state concerning arbitral proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands
• Counsel for various midstream oil and gas service providers in relation to ownership and contractual disputes, production accounting matters and audit claims under co-ownership and processing agreements for facilities located throughout Alberta
• Counsel for a major oilfield services supplier in relation to numerous contract disputes, employment matters and complex oilfield builders’ liens, including oversight of an extensive forensic investigation and litigation in relation to allegations of misappropriated confidential information
• Extensive experience with corporate shareholder disputes, including oppression litigation, derivative actions and matters of liability concerning directors and officers, including rights to indemnification and advancement
• Counsel for employers and employees in various complex employment disputes involving wrongful dismissal, pension valuations, commission disputes and related matters