Alexandra Cocks
Canada Guide 2025
Band 4 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Alexandra Cocks
Practice Areas
Alex is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Litigation Group and the National Class Actions Group.
Alex is an experienced commercial litigator and has appeared in courts in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario. Alex has significant arbitration experience, in domestic and international arbitrations. Her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and class action defence. She is experienced in litigating contractual claims, partnership and shareholder disputes, fraud and breach of trust claims, real estate disputes, product liability claims and privacy claims. She represents clients from a broad array of industries, such as financial services, consumer and retail, technology and manufacturing.
Career
British Columbia, 2011
Professional Memberships
She previously acted as the Co-Chair of the Class Actions subsection of the Canadian Bar Association of the BC Branch and was a board member of the Vancouver Bar Association.
Publications
Contributing author to the fourth and fifth editions of Defending Class Actions in Canada, published by Lexis Nexis. Contributing author to Virtual Advocacy published by LexisNexis.
Chambers Review
Canada
Alexandra Cocks of McCarthy Tétrault's Vancouver office has a growing litigation practice, representing notable clients in the mining, aerospace and technology sectors. Her disputes experience covers a range of commercial contexts, including privacy breaches, as well as M&A and joint venture litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Alexandra is a very capable litigator and arbitrator. She works well with client executive team members."
"Alex has always been extremely available to discuss any matters that come up. She can digest large amounts of complex information very quickly and provide solid recommendations on how to proceed."
"Alex is a pleasure to work with and very responsive."
"Alex is very smart and strategic."
"Alex is a terrific lawyer and litigator."
"Alexandra is a very capable litigator and arbitrator. She works well with client executive team members."
"Alex has always been extremely available to discuss any matters that come up. She can digest large amounts of complex information very quickly and provide solid recommendations on how to proceed."
"Alex is a pleasure to work with and very responsive."
"Alex is very smart and strategic."
"Alex is a terrific lawyer and litigator."