Craig Chiasson

Partner

Location: Vancouver
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 604.640.4221

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Margaret MacAulay

Practice Assistant

Location: Vancouver
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 604.687.1415
Phone: 604.687.5744

Craig has extensive experience in international and domestic commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, as well as considerable experience in complex commercial disputes and construction and energy disputes.

He has appeared as counsel in ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, HKIAC, LCIA, SIAC, BCICAC and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, and in the British Columbia Appeal Court, Provincial Courts of British Columbia and Supreme Court of Canada.

Craig began his practice with BLG in 2002. From 2006 to 2011, he worked in the International Arbitration Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in Paris before returning to BLG.

Craig provides legal services through a Law Corporation.

Testimonials

Chambers Canada 2019

Recognised the world over by commentators who highlight him as a "very capable and very knowledgeable counsel" who "really knows what he is doing," concluding: "He absolutely is someone to note in this field." He is active in international commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes.

Experience

Party Appointed Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and Korea relating to a design engineering agreement.
Appointed Sole Arbitrator in an ICC international arbitration between companies from the United States and China relating to a loan transaction.
Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a BCICAC domestic arbitration relating to a license agreement.
Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a BCICAC domestic arbitration relating to a medical services agreement.
Appointed Sole Arbitrator in a domestic institutional arbitration arising out of a royalty agreement relating to wind farms, resulting in a final award.
Appointed Sole Arbitrator by the BCICAC in an international arbitration in relation to a dispute over the termination of a consultancy agreement between parties from New York and Vancouver.
Represented a government-owned entity with respect to a dispute over the interpretation of a contract relating to the parties’ intellectual property rights.
Represented a Canadian international power company in an SCC arbitration relating to geothermal power generation and the construction of an iron smelter.
Represented a joint venture contractor in an UNCITRAL arbitration arising from construction-related disputes for a major project.
Represented a contractor in its dispute with a design engineer in a domestic BCICAC arbitration.
Represented domestic and international parties in an ad hoc arbitration related to health and nutrition products.
Represented a Chinese manufacturing company in a dispute with a North America distributor of construction-related materials in an international arbitration under the BCICAC Rules.
Represented a government-owned entity in a number of domestic and international arbitration proceedings, including construction disputes relating to site preparation and the purchase and sale of power generation equipment.
Represented a turnkey contractor in an international arbitration proceeding arising from the construction of a nuclear power plant.
Represented a ship-building contractor in its arbitration with an owner.
Represented a Canadian pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration.
Represented a UK marine procurement company in an ICC arbitration.
Represented a Canadian mining company in an UNCITRAL arbitration.
Represented a Portuguese cement company in an ICC arbitration.
Represented a US satellite manufacturer in an ICC arbitration and ad hoc international arbitration proceedings.
Represented an international mining company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding brought by a company from a South American state.
Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding in which there was a parallel proceeding in Europe.
Represented an engineering company in a British Columbia Supreme Court proceeding against a contractor.
Represented a Russian energy company in an ICC arbitration.
Represented an international energy company in an ICSID proceeding against a South American state.
Represented an international energy company in two ICSID proceedings against a former CIS state.
Represented states in Europe and Africa in ICSID proceedings arising out of the Energy Charter Treaty and an investor’s claims relating to mining rights, respectively.
Acted as tribunal secretary to Jan Paulsson in Pantechniki S.A. Contractors & Engineers v. Republic of Albania (ICSID Case No ARB/07/21) with respect to the construction of a highway.
Acted as tribunal secretary in an ICC case relating to the dismantling, transportation and reconstruction of a steel plant.

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Professional Involvement

Vice-Chair and Member, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee
Member, Roster of Arbitrators, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
Advisory Board Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC)
Member, and included in Database of Arbitrators, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Member, International Bar Association, International Arbitration Section

Community Involvement

Current Member of the Board of Directors of Vancouver United Football Club

Awards & Recognitions

Recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Arbitration Award from the Vancouver International Arbitration Centre.
Recognized in the 2023 edition (and since 2019) of Chambers Canada — Canada's Leading Lawyers (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - Nationwide).
Recognized by Global Arbitration Review for inclusion in Who's Who Legal: Arbitration 2022 (and since 2016).
Recognized in the 2022 (and since 2015) editions of the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (International Commercial Arbitration).
Recognized in the 2021 (and since 2019) editions of Expert Guides as a "Star in Commercial Arbitration".
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Dispute Resolution – Arbitration).
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2018) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (International Arbitration).
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys (Arbitration).
Recognized in the 2022 edition (and since 2020) of Lexpert Special Edition: Litigation
Recognized in the 2018 edition (and since 2016) of Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a Litigation Star in British Columbia: Arbitration, and as a "Future Star in British Columbia" in 2014 and 2015 (Arbitration).
Recognized in the 2018 (and since 2013) editions of Expert Guides as a "Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration".

Bar Admission & Education

England and Wales, 2011 (non-practising member of the roll of solicitors)
British Columbia, 2002

LLB, University of Alberta, 2001
B.Ed., University of British Columbia, 1995
BA, University of British Columbia, 1992

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