Geoffrey Holub
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Geoffrey Holub
Practice Areas
Geoff Holub is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on the areas of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on oil and gas, construction and manufacturer's liability. Geoff has acted for companies, shareholders, directors and officers in a wide variety of corporate and securities disputes, including directors’ and officers’ liability, oppression, dissent rights and corporate opportunity cases.
Geoff is involved in a wide range of commercial matters including contract drafting, negotiation and interpretation, corporate plans of arrangement, strategic advice and contractual risk analysis primarily in the energy generation, transmission and distribution industries.
He has appeared before the Provincial Court, the Court of King's Bench and the Court of Appeal in Alberta. Geoff represents and advises companies in international and domestic arbitrations conducted under a variety of rules, including the ADRIC, ICC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Rules and regularly appeared before Panels of Commissioners at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, Switzerland. As well, he has been counsel on matters before the Yukon Supreme Court, including most recently on a contested proxy battle relating to control of a company incorporated in the Yukon Territory.
Chambers Review
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Geoffrey Holub is based in Stikeman Elliott's Calgary office and is noted for his experienced handling of contentious cases arising in the oil and gas, natural resources and construction sectors. His commercial practice, which includes arbitration, covers contractual, lease and shareholder litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is thorough in his handling of complex discovery-related issues and provides well thought-out legal advice."
"Geoffrey is very practical and renders very good advice. There's that trust there that he has been thorough, rational and reasonable. I would recommend him unreservedly."
"He is thorough in his handling of complex discovery-related issues and provides well thought-out legal advice."
"Geoffrey is very practical and renders very good advice. There's that trust there that he has been thorough, rational and reasonable. I would recommend him unreservedly."