Peter Banks

Peter D. Banks

Associé

Calgary
[email protected]
403.232.9781

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Peter D. Banks is a partner in BLG’s Calgary office, practicing commercial and construction litigation and arbitration. With over 20 years of experience, Peter has acted on many significant matters in litigation and in domestic and international arbitration, particularly large industrial and infrastructure projects.

Peter has experience in the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, and in arbitration matters under ICC, UNCITRAL, ADRIC rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations.  He acts in significant cases involving claims of breach of contract, engineering issues, deficiencies, change orders, delay, liquidated damages, warranty, indemnity, and tendering issues on large projects.  These matters include a wide variety of infrastructure and industrial projects such as airports, highways, bridges, LRTs, tunnels, pipelines, municipal buildings, concert halls, potash plants, carbon capture plants, sour gas processing facilities, and other industrial plants.

Peter also has experience in large cases involving contract disputes, constitutional issues, shareholder disputes, and injunctions.

Peter is a former chair of The Advocates’ Society’s Construction Law Practice Group and the CBA’s Civil Litigation South Section.  He is currently the co-lead of BLG’s Calgary regional appellate group.  He is also a contributor to Arbitration Matters.

Peter has a BCL (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and an LLB (with distinction and gold medallist) and BEd (with distinction) from the University of Alberta.  He clerked for the Hon. Justice Major at the Supreme Court of Canada and has since appeared at the Supreme Court as counsel on four cases.

Peter fournit des services juridiques par l’intermédiaire d’une société professionnelle.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Secrétaire, Collège canadien des avocats en droit de la construction, 2018-2019
  • Member, The Advocates’ Society
  • Fellow, Collège canadien des avocats en droit de la construction, depuis 2014
  • Member, Society of Construction Law North America
  • Membre, Association du Barreau canadien, section Droit de la construction
  • Associé directeur régional et membre, Comité de gestion national de BLG, 2006-2017
  • Associé directeur régional et président, Comité de gestion régional (bureau de Montréal), 2006-2017

Community Involvement

  • Président et président du conseil d’administration, The Pillars Trust Fund Inc., depuis 2013
  • Membre du conseil d’administration, 21CCC, 2015-2018

Awards & Recognitions

  • Professional Recognition
    • The Best Lawyers in Canada® Appellate Practice – since 2024
    • The Best Lawyers in Canada® Construction Law - since 2022
    • The Best Lawyers in Canada® Corporate and Commercial Litigation – since 2021
    • The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Commercial Arbitration) – since 2024
    • The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Construction Law) – since 2022
    • Lexpert® Special Edition: Infrastructure – since 2022
    • Benchmark Canada Future Star – since 2021
    • Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada - “Litigation Lawyer to Watch” (2008)
    • Lexpert’s® Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2008)
  • Academic Awards (Selected)
    • Allen & Overy Prize for the Best Performance in Global Comparative Financial Law at the University of Oxford (University of Oxford)
    • Viscount Bennett Scholarship (Law Society of Alberta)
    • Horace Harvey Gold Medal in Law (highest overall grade point average in LL.B. degree) (University of Alberta)
    • Louise McKinney Scholarship (exceptional academic achievement) (University of Alberta)
    • Parlee Scholarship (outstanding merit in both first and second year law) (University of Alberta)
    • Chief Justice S. Bruce Smith Prize (highest standing in first year law) (University of Alberta)

Admission au Barreau et formation

  • Saskatchewan, 2016
  • Alberta, 2003
  • Certificat, University of Oxford, 2004
  • Certificat Leadership in Law Firms, Université de l'Alberta, 2002
  • LL. B., Université de l'Alberta, 1997