Peter Banks

Peter D. Banks

Associé

Calgary
PBanks@blg.com
403.232.9781

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Peter D. Banks is a litigation partner in BLG’s Calgary office, practicing complex 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 also has experience in large cases involving contract disputes, constitutional issues, tax issues, shareholder disputes, and injunctions. He has acted 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.

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 & Recognition

  • Professional Recognition
    • Benchmark Canada Litigation Star – since 2025
    • 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 U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada - “Litigation Lawyer to Watch” (2008)
    • Lexpert’s® Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40 (2008)

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