Lawyer Profile
Clarke Hunter
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
Clarke Hunter, KC is a Senior Partner at Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP in Calgary. He has practised litigation and dispute resolution since 1980 after clerking for Chief Justice Bora Laskin at the Supreme Court of Canada. His work spans domestic and international arbitration, mediation, appellate and commercial litigation, energy and natural resources, securities, product liability, Indigenous matters, director and officer liability, shareholder remedies, professional negligence, intellectual property and tax. He holds a BA from the University of Lethbridge and an LLB from the University of Alberta and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1981. His current Norton profile and 2024 official arbitration publication confirm the active senior-partner affiliation, Calgary location and contact details.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1981 (AB); 2007 (AB)
Professional Details
Education
LLB, University of Alberta, 1979
BA, University of Lethbridge, 1975
Associations
Supreme Court of Canada Advocacy Institute
Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society
The Advocates' Society
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, inducted 2009
Law Society of Alberta Conduct Committee, 2009-2012
Law Society of Alberta Professional Responsibility Committee, 2006-2008
Past instructor of advocacy skills through the Legal Education Society
YMCA Calgary board of directors, 2007-2014; chair 2011-2013
YMCA Canada board of directors, 2013-2016
Past board member, Calgary Kiwanis Music Festival
Awards & Recognition
Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2006-2026; Bet-the-Company Litigation and Aboriginal / Indigenous Practice, 2013-2026; Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2018-2026; International Arbitration, 2023-2026
Chambers Canada, Alberta: Litigation - General Commercial, 2017-2026
Legal 500 Canada: Dispute Resolution - Alberta, Hall of Fame, 2023-2025
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2018-2025: recommended in Corporate Commercial, Directors' and Officers' Liability, Securities and Product Liability; Aboriginal Law recommended in 2018 and 2021
Chambers Global, Canada: Dispute Resolution - Litigation, 2022-2024
Benchmark Litigation Canada: Litigation Star, 2021-2024; Canadian Arbitration Counsel of the Year, 2013; Energy and Resource Litigator of the Year, 2015
Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, 2022: Most Frequently Recommended - Litigation, Corporate Commercial
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers, 2022
Legal 500 Canada: Dispute Resolution - Alberta, Leading Lawyer, 2016-2022
Lexpert Special Edition: Energy, 2021
Acritas Stars, 2019-2021
Who's Who Legal: Canada - Arbitration, Energy and Litigation, 2020
Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year, 2014; Alternative Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year, 2019
Martindale-Hubbell client and peer rating: AV Pre-eminent
Articles & Speeches
Co-author with Lucy L'Hirondelle, Exceptions to the enforceability of arbitration agreements in the Canadian context, Norton Rose Fulbright International Arbitration Report, Issue 21, 2024
Selected Decisions
Represented Chevron Corp. in defending enforcement in Canada of a US$9.5-billion Ecuador judgment and in related international arbitration
Represented the Government of Canada in oil and gas claims brought by Alberta First Nations through Federal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada proceedings
Represented Deer Creek Energy Limited in defending claims exceeding C$1 billion following a takeover bid
Represented the Canadian subsidiary of B.J. Services in the Tax Court of Canada on deductibility of investment banking advisory fees and break fees
Represented Masterpiece Inc. in a successful trademark appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
Represented energy industry participants in arbitrations involving pipeline tariffs, Crown royalties and natural gas liquids pricing
Advised corporations and special committees on historical stock-option grants and securities commission investigations