Michael Theroux
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Litigation: General Commercial
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About
Provided by Michael Theroux
Practice Areas
Mike is Co-Head of the firm's Commercial Litigation Practice and carries on a practice involving complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with a focus on energy industry disputes. He resolves disputes through both trials and domestic and international arbitrations. Mike has deep energy industry experience, particularly in disputes involving oil sands and LNG projects in western Canada and major offshore oil and gas projects. He also has significant experience in securities litigation including shareholder disputes, contested Plans of Arrangement involving the right of shareholders to vote on arrangements, the oppression remedy and other complex securities litigation matters. In addition, Mike handles environmental claims and intellectual property disputes involving various technologies used in the energy industry.
Career
Admitted to the British Columbia bar, 1996 and the Alberta bar, 1999.
Personal
Mike was a longtime member of the firm's Board of Directors and has served as its Lead Director. He is on the board of directors of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that guides the fight to end homelessness in Calgary.
Chambers Review
Canada
Michael Theroux represents clients across a wide array of energy contractual disputes, offering additional experience in domestic and international arbitration. He operates out of the Bennett Jones' Calgary office.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mike was a very quick study and picked up the difficult subject matter quickly. He was able to craft and excellent legal strategy and was very prepared for our arbitration hearing."
"I really like working with Mike. He balances technical skills with practicality and utilises juniors appropriately."
"Mike is an incredibly strong litigator with a mix of technical skills and pragmatic skills that allows him to distil complicated arguments into their simple components, and to make them articulately."
"Mike is creative and resourceful."
"I enjoyed working with Mike and was very impressed with his financial acumen and knowledge of the subject industry."
"Mike was a very quick study and picked up the difficult subject matter quickly. He was able to craft and excellent legal strategy and was very prepared for our arbitration hearing."
"I really like working with Mike. He balances technical skills with practicality and utilises juniors appropriately."
"Mike is an incredibly strong litigator with a mix of technical skills and pragmatic skills that allows him to distil complicated arguments into their simple components, and to make them articulately."
"Mike is creative and resourceful."
"I enjoyed working with Mike and was very impressed with his financial acumen and knowledge of the subject industry."
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