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Brook Greenberg Lawyer Vancouver

Brook Greenberg, KC

Partner Fasken
A client’s business objectives must be the primary focus of the litigation strategy.
Jurisdiction British Columbia, 1998
Language(s) English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Brook Greenberg, KC is a leading British Columbia litigator with a stellar reputation in complex commercial litigation, including banking and forestry litigation. He has also been counsel in numerous proceedings relating to substantial construction disputes. Brook has significant experience both regionally and nationally and has appeared before all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Clients seek Brook out for representation in civil litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters. Brook ensures that clients' business objectives are the primary focus of the litigation strategy. 

Brook has been an elected Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia since 2016. He is currently serving as First Vice President of the Law Society, as well as Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, Chair of the Trust Review Task Force, and a member of both the Executive Committee and the Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Committee. He has previously served as Chair of the Law Society Discipline Committee, Chair of the Mental Health Task Force, Vice Chair of the Lawyer Development Committee, Vice Chair of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, as well as a member of the Ethics Committee, the Access to Legal Services Advisory Committee, the Complainants’ Review Committee, and the Unauthorized Practice Committee. Brook is also currently the Law Society of British Columbia’s nominee to serve on the Council of the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, where he serves on a number of Federation Committees, including Chairing the Federation’s Standing Committee on Wellness.

Brook taught Civil Procedure as an Adjunct Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at The University of British Columbia from 2006 to 2022. He was a member of the planning committee and a featured presenter in the videos used to create the Advocacy Toolkit; an award winning learning resource provided by CLE BC. Brook frequently appears as a guest instructor at professional ethics courses at both the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. He also often presents at CLE courses related to civil litigation, forestry, professional ethics, mental health and substance use issues, and other topics.

Achievements

Client Work

  • GCM Mining Corp. and Aris Gold Corporation complete arrangement to create Aris Mining Corporation, [Deal - Aris Gold Corporation], GCM Mining Corp. and Aris Gold Corporation Complete Arrangement to Create Aris Mining Corporation
  • Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals entirely successful in defending claims made against them and in their counterclaims brought against a contractor, [Case - Imperial Metals Corporation and Mount Polley Mining Corporation], We represented Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals Corporation in an arbitration regarding claims by and against a dredging contractor engaged to remove tailings which had been stored in mine pit while the tailings storage facility was rebuilt.
  • Fasken intervenes on behalf of BC aggregate producers association in critical appeal about the authority of municipalities to regulate quarries, [Case - BC Stone, Sand and Gravel Association], The BCSSGA succeeded in its intervention, emphasizing the importance of and provincial interest in a secure supply of aggregate as a key economic resource.
  • Defense of a $14M USD claim brought against a major contractor by a material supplier, [Case - Major International Contractor], $14M USD claim brought by the material supplier
  • Change order dispute with respect to the Seymour-Capilano twin tunnel project, [Case - Seymour-Capilano Partnership]
  • Thompson Creek Metals and Terrane Metals Corp. in disputes over the construction of the Mount Milligan Mine, [Case - Thompson Creek Metals and Terrane Metals Corp.]
  • Ongoing litigation-related matters for Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals Corporation, [Case - Imperial Metals Corporation and Mount Polley Mining Corporation], We represent Mount Polley Mining Corporation and Imperial Metals Corporation in multiple litigation-related files relating to the tailings dam for the Mount Polley mine, which collapsed in August 2014.

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB, Gold Medallist University of British Columbia
  • BA, Highest Honours Carleton University

Accreditations

  • Course, Mediation of Disputes Harvard Law School, Executive Education

Community involvement

  • Law Society of British Columbia
    • Bencher (2016-present)
    • Chair, Discipline Committee (2022-present)
    • Chair, Mental Health Task Force (2022-present)
    • Vice Chair, Lawyer Development Task Force (2022-present)
    • Member, Executive Committee (2022-present)
  • MOSAIC (Multilingual Orientation Services Association for Immigrant Communities)
    • Past President (2011-2012)
    • Director (2005-2012)
    • President (2009-2011)
    • Vice-President (2008-2009)
  • Greater Vancouver Law Students Legal Advice Society
    • Past President (2015-present)
    • Member of Board of Directors (2012-present)
    • President (2013-2015)
    • Secretary/Treasurer (2012- 2013)
  • UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program
    • Supervising Lawyer (1999-present)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Civil Litigation, Computer, Intellectual Property, Media and Communication, Construction, and Aboriginal Law Sections, Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
  • Director, British Columbia Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (BCSSGA)

Events

  • Symposium 2022 - National Study on the Mental Health of the Legal Profession in Canada, 11/3/2022
  • Symposium 2021 - A.I. and Legal Ethics For In-House Counsel and Other Lawyers (Ethics) [Previously recorded in 2020], 11/17/2021
  • Mental Health and the Legal Profession, 6/17/2021

News

Publications

  • British Columbia Civil Trial Handbook, 10/18/2022
  • Introducing Evidence at Trial: A British Columbia Handbook - 4th Edition, 12/16/2020
  • The Enemy of the Good: Perfectionism, Self-Doubt and Mental Health in the Legal Profession, 10/9/2019

Speaking Engagements

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