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Dionysios practices in the areas of shipping & transportation, environmental, and energy law. He represents clients in a variety of transactional, regulatory, and dispute-related matters.
He has represented clients before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal, all levels of court in British Columbia and before a number of administrative tribunals.
Prior to joining the firm, he served as a judicial law clerk to several justices of the British Columbia Supreme Court.
Dionysios frequently speaks and publishes on a wide variety of legal subjects. He has been interviewed by national media outlets such as Global News Television, and his work has appeared in general interest publications (including the Vancouver Sun and Business in Vancouver), trade publications, and in legal publications (including the Irwin Law Canadian Maritime Law reference work, The Transportation Lawyer, The Lawyers Weekly, The Verdict, and in various Continuing Legal Education Society of BC works).
Experience
Overview
Counsel to shipping and transportation clients in dispute-related matters (vessel arrest and sale, cargo arrest, casualty incidents, spill response, regulatory investigations, and judicial reviews), transactional matters (the negotiation of charter party agreements, contracts of affreightment, terminal services agreements, tug service agreements, confidential railway contracts, trucking contracts, and vessel construction agreements), and regulatory approvals (permits, licenses, authorizations).
Counsel to major project proponents (including Translink, Woodfibre LNG, Ridley Terminals, B.C. Hydro, Petronas, and Apache Corporation) on matters involving environmental assessments, regulatory approvals, and the allocation of environmental risks and liabilities in infrastructure projects.
Counsel on a wide range of environmental law matters in the transactional, regulatory and litigation contexts, including: the environmental assessment process (federal and provincial), civil cost-recovery proceedings, the contractual allocation of environmental risks and liabilities, pollution-related matters (air, water, and soil), spills, and regulatory compliance and enforcement (including criminal prosecutions).
Counsel to energy industry clients in proceedings before the National Energy Board (now the Canada Energy Regulator), the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission, the British Columbia Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, the British Columbia Utilities Commission, and the British Columbia Surface Rights Board.
Recent Matters
Counsel to Kirby Corporation in ongoing Canadian Federal Court and British Columbia Supreme Court civil proceedings and British Columbia Provincial Court regulatory proceedings arising from the grounding of the M/T Nathan E. Stewart in October 2016, and subsequent bunker fuel spill.
Counsel to Bel Excavating and Shoring Limited Partnership in British Columbia Provincial Court regulatory proceedings arising from the $200 million expansion of Fairview Terminals.
Counsel to Parkland Fuels in the negotiation of a tug services agreement for its Burnaby Refinery, and other vessel charter party issues.
Counsel to Filld Inc. on all aspects of the commencement and operation of its mobile fuel delivery service in Canada.
Counsel to Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd. in all Canadian Federal Court and British Columbia Supreme Court proceedings arising out of its US$10.5 billion foreign insolvency in 2016.
Counsel to the City of Vancouver in Federal Court proceedings arising out of the 2015 M/V Marathassa oil spill in Burrard Inlet.
Counsel to the two largest container terminals in Port Metro Vancouver in Federal Court judicial review proceedings arising from the 2014 Joint Action Plan imposed to end a commercial trucking strike.
Counsel to a member of the Jordanian royal family in Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal, and British Columbia Supreme Court proceedings to enforce a US$28.8-million foreign judgment, in a matter involving the arrest of 144-foot tri-deck luxury yacht and subsequent insolvency of a local shipyard.
Counsel to a shipowner in Federal Court proceedings seeking combined damages of C$33 million arising out of a collapsed stow of containerized uranium cargo during a voyage from Vancouver, Canada to Zhangjiang, China.
Counsel to a shipowner in successful Federal Court trial and appeal proceedings holding that the Hague Visby Rules do not compulsorily apply to sea waybills under Canadian law, and enforcing a C$50,000 contractual limitation of liability, in a C$1.5-million action for damage to cargo, following a derailment.
Co-author, "Environmental Law" chapter, Annual Review of Law and Practice, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLE BC), 2008 – 2020 editions.
PUBLICATION
Co-author, "Maritime Law" chapter, Annual Review of Law and Practice, The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLE BC), 2010 – 2020 editions.
PUBLICATION
Speaker, "Regulation and the Resource Sector," B.C. Legal Innovation Forum, November 2019.
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker/Author, "Responding to Regulatory Inspections and Investigations," Environmental Industry Association of B.C. Better Environmental Stewardship & Technology Conference, May 2019.
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker/Author, "West Coast Legal Update: Recent Developments in Injunctive Relief Concerning Natural Resource Projects," Canadian Maritime Law Association Annual Legal Seminar, June 2018.
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker/Author, “If You Build It They Will Come: Civil Disobedience and Natural Resource Development,” Environmental Industry Association of B.C. Better Environmental Stewardship & Technology Conference, May 2018.
PRÉSENTATION
Co-author, “SCC to Decide on Insolvent Companies’ Environmental Liabilities” The Lawyer’s Daily, March 2018
PUBLICATION
Co-Author, "More Amendments to B.C. Spill Reporting and Response Regime," The Lawyer's Daily, February 2018.
PUBLICATION
Speaker/Author, "The New Normal? Energy Development, Civil Disobedience, and Injunctive Relief," Canadian Energy Law Foundation Jasper Seminar, June 2017.
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker/Author, "A Lawyer's Guide to Marine Emergency Spill Response," Environmental Industry Association of B.C. Better Environmental Stewardship & Technology Conference, May 2017.
PRÉSENTATION
Speaker/Author, "Maritime Incidents and Indigenous Communities," Standard P&I Club Canada Members Forum, (Montreal and Vancouver) April 2017.
PRÉSENTATION
Quoted, "Conti Seeks to Sell Boxship Arrested Over Hanjin Debts," TradeWinds News, January 2017.
PUBLICATION
Speaker/Author, "Environmental Case Law Update: The Year in Review," Environmental Managers Association Legal Update Session, January 2017.
PRÉSENTATION
Quoted, "ING Takes Helm in Hanjin Scarlet Case," TradeWinds News, January 2017.
PUBLICATION
Speaker/Author, "Recent Developments Regarding Expert Evidence and Environmental Consultant Liability," GeoEnviroPro Annual Conference on B.C. Contaminated Site Regime, June 2016.
PRÉSENTATION
Co-Author, "Equivalency Challenge May Have National Implications," The Lawyer’s Daily, June 2016.
PUBLICATION
Author, "Federal Court Clarifies Limitation of Liability in Barge Turbine Splash Case," Western Mariner, Vol. 14 No. 3, May 2016.
PUBLICATION
Interviewed by Global News Television for national television program "16 x 9" on the subject of ship-source oil pollution resulting from historical wrecks ("An Oil Spill a Day," January 2016).
PUBLICATION
Speaker/Author, "Environmental Case Law Update: The Year in Review," Environmental Managers Association Legal Update Session, January 2016.
PRÉSENTATION
Quoted, "North Coast Tanker Ban Faces Possible Legal Hurdles," Vancouver Sun, January 2016.
PUBLICATION
Beyond Our Walls
Professional Involvement
Director, Environmental Law section, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Canadian Maritime Law Association
Member, Law Society of British Columbia
Member, Vancouver Bar Association
Past chair and former director, Maritime Law section, Canadian Bar Association
Past director, Canadian Transportation Lawyers Association
Past vice-president (communications) and former director, Environmental Managers Association
Past director, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Community Involvement
Supervising Lawyer, Pro-Bono Students of Canada & UBC Law Homeless ID Clinic
Volunteer, UBC Law School Moot Court judge
Volunteer, UBC Law School mentor program
Awards & Recognitions
Awarded the highest Martindale-Hubbell® designation of AV® Preeminent™ (4.9 out of 5 in client and peer reviews).
Recognized in the 2021 edition (and since 2018) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Environmental Law and Maritime Law).
Recognized in the 2021 edition (and since 2018) of Chambers Canada — Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Transportation: Shipping).
Recognized in the 2021 edition (and since 2019) of The Legal 500 (Transport: Shipping).
Recognized in the 2020 edition (and since 2018) of Benchmark Litigation — The definitive guide to litigation firms and attorneys in Canada.
Recognized in the 2020 edition (and since 2016) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Shipping and Maritime Law).
Bar Admission & Education
Colombie-Britannique, 2007
LLB,
Université de la Colombie-Britannique, 2005
MA (History),
Simon Fraser University, 2004
BA (History),
Simon Fraser University, 2001
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