Andrew Kavanagh Associate | Vancouver

Andrew's recent experience includes acting as counsel to:

• An owner in defending a C$1.25-billion ICC arbitration claim regarding construction of energy infrastructure, including defending an ICC Emergency Measures Application

• An owner in respect of a C$1-billion ICC arbitration claim regarding pipeline construction

• A forest products company in an ad hoc arbitration regarding wood product pricing

• A luxury hotel group in ad hoc international arbitration involving disputes under a hotel management agreement

• Lyft, in defeating an injunction application which would have prohibited Lyft from operating in British Columbia, and defeating the subsequent application for judicial review of Lyft's passenger transportation licence

• The Silver Star Resort Association, in defeating a judicial review application that challenged the existence of the Association, which had been created by ministerial order

• An LCIA arbitration between Canadian, Bermudian and Czech entities involving dispute over the sale of mining assets in Mongolia

• The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as intervenors before the Supreme Court of Canada in Uber v. Heller

• A contractor in a C$100-million arbitration claim regarding the construction of a high- voltage transmission line

• Leading pharmaceutical manufacturers with respect to product liability, consumer protection and labelling/marketing class actions

• Various clients in respect of urgent construction and infrastructure issues such as lien claims, project disruptions and bond claims

Andrew is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Vancouver Bar Association and The Advocates' Society. He serves as a regional representative for North America for the ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum.

Admitted to the British Columbia Bar – 2019
JD, Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia – 2017
BComm (With Distinction), University of Alberta – 2013