Paul Chiswell

First Year of Call
Alberta, 2011

Areas of Practice
Class Actions

Description
Paul’s practice focuses on complex, high-stakes corporate and commercial litigation. He has appeared before trial and appellate courts in Alberta and the Supreme Court of Canada, and other tribunals, including the Alberta Securities Commission and the Law Society of Alberta.

Paul’s focus is on:

Corporate litigation

Broad experience representing shareholders, directors and officers in corporate disputes and oppression actions, including matters involving breaches of shareholder agreements, breaches of fiduciary duties, taking of corporate opportunities and share valuations
Securities litigation

Experience acting for and against investment advisors and dealers, and defending companies and individuals in Canadian Securities Commission investigations and hearings
Energy litigation

Extensive experience litigating oil and gas and electrical industry disputes of all types
Class actions

Experience acting on behalf of plaintiffs in investor and product liability class proceedings.

Community involvement
Paul serves as the chair of the Board of Directors of the Alberta Law Foundation and of the Calgary Marathon Society (Run Calgary). He is a former member of both the University of Alberta Senate and Board of Governors and a past director of Vertigo Theatre.

Paul also volunteers at the Calgary Court Assistance Program (King’s Bench Amicus) and as an instructor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law Trial Advocacy Course. Paul is a former executive of the CBA Alberta South Civil Litigation Subsection and was a member of the Advocates’ Society’s Task Force on the Rules of Court Committee Summary Trials Consultation (2020).