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About
Provided by Jill Yates
Practice Areas
Partner in and Practice Lead of the firm’s Litigation Group in Vancouver. Chair of the firm’s National Class Actions Group. Experienced trial lawyer and commercial. Has expertise leading complex commercial litigation involving a variety of types of claims and in a broad range of industries, and particular expertise in defending class actions. Has significant trial experience and success, including trial of common issues. Trusted advisor to large national and multi-national companies on mandates posing significant risk. Frequently represents financial institution clients on a variety of matters including in relation to fraud, de-marketing, contract terms and mortgage issues. Frequently represents clients in consumer protection, product liability and privacy claims.
Career
British Columbia Bar, 2002
Professional Memberships
International Association of Defense Counsel, Canadian Bar Association and Vancouver Bar Association.
Publications
Editor, ‘Defending Class Actions in Canada, Fifth Edition’ (2020).
Personal
Board Chair of BGC South Coast (formerly Boys and Girls Club of South Coast BC).
Chambers Review
Canada
National class action chair Jill Yates is based in the firm's Vancouver office. She assists multinationals, financial institutions and manufacturers with a range of class proceedings, with particular strength in competition, privacy and product liability cases.
Jill Yates is practice lead of McCarthy Tétrault's Vancouver litigation group. She regularly represents financial institutions and industrial clients in complex class actions and commercial litigation. She has notable experience defending clients in fraud and money laundering related cases. She also represents clients in arbitration proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jill is decisive and firm but courteous."
"Jill is a brilliant class actions lawyer, but she is also a very good general commercial litigation advocate."
"Jill is a fantastic lawyer and gets named on the most significant class action work in the province."
"She's a very good lawyer who has a powerful combination of being able to advise clients in a friendly manner but then switch to a game face when needed."
"Jill is a fantastic person to have in your corner."
"Jill is decisive and firm but courteous."
"Jill is a brilliant class actions lawyer, but she is also a very good general commercial litigation advocate."
"Jill is a fantastic lawyer and gets named on the most significant class action work in the province."
"She's a very good lawyer who has a powerful combination of being able to advise clients in a friendly manner but then switch to a game face when needed."
"Jill is a fantastic person to have in your corner."
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