Burnet. Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Daniel J. McDonald, Q.C., FCIArb

Daniel J. McDonald, Q.C., FCIArb

Partner (403) 260-5724

djm@bdplaw.com

Practice Focus

• Commercial & General Litigation

• Broad experience in corporate , commercial, construction , intellectual property,

tax, estate and other areas of litigation

• Arbitration and Mediation

• Actively involved in the arbitration and mediation of commercial and energy

disputes, as arbitrator, mediator and counsel

• Securities Litigation

• Acted as counsel to corporations, shareholders, directors and officers in

securities litigation and corporate reorganizations

• Acted as counsel in proceedings before Securities Commissions of Alberta ,

British Columbia and Ontario; represented investment dealers and individuals in

securities administrative proceedings and litigation

• Defence of class action shareholders' claims and securities claims against

issuers and investment dealers

• Energy Litigation

• Extensive experience in energy litigation, many involving complex valuation ,

engineering , geological , tax and accounting matters

• Labour Law

• Experience involving employment and labour relations

• Counsel to employers and unions in pension disputes

• Counsel to employers, employees and unions before the Alberta , British

Columbia and federal Labour Relations Boards, Workers' Compensation Board ,

arbitration boards and courts

• Other Court and Board Experience

• Appearances before trial and appellate courts in Alberta, British Columbia and

Ontario, the Federal Court of Canada, and other tribunals including the

Securities Commissions, the Competition Tribunal, Public Utilities Board , Surface

Rights Board, Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board , professional

disciplinary tribunals and others

Practice Areas • Commercial & General Litigation

• Commercial Arbitration

• Mediation

• Securities Litigation

• Energy Litigation

• Labour

• Class Actions

Education

• Queen's University, Bachelor of Laws, 1975

• University of Alberta, Bachelor of Science (with Distinction) , 1971

Bar Admission

• Queen's Counsel 1994

• Alberta 1978

• British Columbia 1977

Professional Associations

• Fellow, American College of Tria l Lawyers

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

• Member, Law Society of Alberta

• Member, Canadian Bar Association

• Member, Calgary Bar Association

• Director, Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society (WCCAS)

• Full Member, ADR Institute of Alberta (ADRIA) and ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC)

• Member, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Ccq, CCC Arbitration Committee ,

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and ICC Canada

• Member, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society (TCAS)

• Past President, Sopinka Cup Society, 2011-2012

Honours & Recognition

• Named as Best Lawyer's Calgary Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year,

2015

• Named in Expert Guides -The Legal Media Group Guides to the World's Leading

Lawyers, in Litigation, 2014

• Named in Lexpert's Special Edition on Litigation, as one of Canada's Leading

Litigation Lawyers, December 2013 & 2014

• Named in Lexpert's Guide to the Leading u.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation

Lawyers in Canada, 2013

• Named to America Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell's selected list of Canada's

Top Rated Lawyers, 2013

• Named in Benchmark Canada, the Guide to Canada's Leading Litigation Firms &

Attorneys, as a leading litigator in Alberta and Canada, 2012-2015

• Named as Best Lawyers Calgary Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the

Year, 2012

• Named in Chambers Global Clients' Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers in the area

of Dispute Resolution , annually since 2007

• Named in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, as a consistently or repeatedly

recommended leading lawyer in the areas of Class Actions annually since 2009 and

in the areas of Corporate & Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and Directors &

Officers Liability, annually since 2004

• Named in The Best Lawyers in Canada, in the areas of Corporate & Commercial

Litigation, Employment & Labour Law and Securities Litigation , annually since 2006

and in Bet the Company Litigation, annually since 2008

• Named in the LexpertlAmerican Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada,

in the areas of Corporate Commercial, Director/Officer Liability and Securities

Litigation annually since 2007

• Named in Which Lawyer, Yearbook 2012 listing world-wide leading lawyers, as a

recommended leading practitioner in Dispute Resolution

Community Involvement

• Former Chair and Director, The Calgary Learning Centre

• Former Vice-Chair and Member, Alberta Press Council

Professional & Firm Involvement

• Member, Executive Committee, BD&P

• Member, Associates Committee, BD&P

• Past Sessional Instructor, Mount Royal College, Oil and Gas Law for Professional

Landmen

• Guest Speaker, Canadian Bar Association and University of Calgary Faculty of Law

• Past Lecturer, University of Calgary, Trial Advocacy Course

Recent Representative Work

• Alberta Securities Commission Insider Trading Hearing - Counsel to corporate

executives in a 2012 insider trading hearing before the Alberta Securities Commission

• Poison Pill Hearing - Counsel for an acquiror in a 2011 successful application to the

Alberta Securities Commission to cease trade a Shareholder Rights Plan in a bidd ing

war in the pharmaceutical industry

• Aviation Litigation - Counsel for a low cost carrier in a complex lawsuit against a

legacy airline in the Ontario Supreme Court

• Energy Arbitration - Counsel for an independent power producer in arbitrations with its

coal supplier

Presentations

• The Grande Cache Coal Case: Lessons on Materiality, Trading & ASC Enforcement

Proceedings, CBA Canadian Corporate Counsel Association , (with Andrew Sunter)

May 23, 2013

• Written and presented papers for client and public presentations on oil and gas, class

actions, complex litigation , employment, labour arbitration and occupational health

and safety matters

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