Lawyer Profile
Laura Cundari
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Laura is an experienced advocate and one of Benchmark Litigation's Top 100 Women in Canadian Litigation. She has extensive experience litigating and arbitrating disputes in the energy, mining, technology, hospitality, fashion, construction and infrastructure sectors. She also regularly advises or acts as dispute resolution counsel regarding disputes in the private equity and investment fund sector.
Laura is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers and the Construction Lawyers Society of America. She has extensive expertise in the arbitration of complex domestic and international disputes and has been appointed by the Government of British Columbia to serve as a roster member for BC's Bid Protest Mechanism, and for the dispute resolution panels established under the New West Partnership Trade Agreement and the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Although she primarily acts as arbitration counsel, she occasionally serves as an independent neutral and has been appointed to the rosters of several arbitral institutions.
Laura is a member of the ICCA 2028 Advisory Committee, ICDR's Canada Advisory Committee and ITA's Advisory Board, and a member of ICC Canada's Arbitrator Nominations Commission. She also sits on the board of CanArbWeek.
Arbitration counsel to an owner in respect of a C$1-billion ICC arbitration claim regarding pipeline construction
Arbitration counsel to a major utility corporation in a C$350-million dispute involving delay and disruption claims in connection with the construction of significant energy infrastructure
Arbitration counsel to an energy company with respect to a dispute in respect of its political risk insurance policy
Arbitration counsel in a LCIA arbitration involving the sale of mining assets in Mongolia
Arbitration counsel to a pipeline operator in respect of disputes with Indigenous groups in connection with construction and operation
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2008 (BC)