Brendan Bowles

Practice Areas

Brendan is a partner with the firm Glaholt Bowles LLP and has specialized in construction law since his graduation from Queen’s University Faculty of Law in 1998. He acts regularly for a variety of clients in the adjudication, mediation and arbitration of construction disputes, and has also litigated at all levels of Ontario courts, up to and including the Court of Appeal. He has significant experience in various types of construction claim cases, including: construction liens, construction deficiencies, contract disputes, delay claims, and professional negligence.

Career

Brendan is is certified as a Specialist in Construction Law by the Law Society of Ontario, and was the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association’s 2021 Award of Excellence in Construction Law.

Brendan is rated as “Most Frequently Recommended” in construction law by Lexpert, and is consistently ranked in publications including Best Lawyers, Who's Who Legal, and Lepert/ALM 500. In 2004 he was designated as an Associate in Canadian Surety Bonding by the Surety Association of Canada. Brendan was formerly a lecturer in construction law at Ryerson University and George Brown College and has also served as a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Presently, he is Vice-Chair of The Advocates’ Society Arbitration and Mediation Practice Group, and editor of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers' Legal Update newsletter. Brendan has also completed Harvard Law School Programs on Negotiation: Negotiation and Leadership, 2022, and Mediation and Conflict Management, 2021.

Professional Memberships

Brendan is the Past Chair of the OBA Construction and Infrastructure Law Section, as well as a member of the Surety Association of Canada, the ADR Institute of Canada, and the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers. Brendan is also the Chair for the 2023-2024 Arbitration & Mediation Advocacy Practice Group.

Publications

Brendan is a frequent speaker and published writer on construction law topics, most notably as the author of Conduct of Lien, Trust and Adjudication Proceedings (Thomson Reuters, 2022).