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About Randell

Randell specializes in corporate and commercial litigation, with a focus on securities, M&A, and governance disputes. He regularly provides risk-management counsel and acts in matters involving contested transactions, shareholder claims, and directors' and officers' liability.

Randell also maintains a significant practice in complex industrial and commercial construction disputes, often in relation to energy production facilities, oil and gas pipelines, and power generation infrastructure. He has broad experience with claims brought in commercial contract, professional negligence, and product liability, as well as significant knowledge in relevant specialties such as insurance law.

Randell regularly appears before all levels of court in Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the Alberta Securities Commission. He also has experience with proceedings before the Municipal Government Board and a background in civil service with terms at Alberta's Ministry of Energy and the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.

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  • Acting for a leading private equity firm before the Alberta Securities Commission to cease trade a shareholder rights plan and to dismiss an application to cease trade a share purchase transaction

  • Defending a large international technology company against a significant claim related to the design and construction of a hydrogen production facility

  • Representing a Crown corporation in an appeal to overturn an injunction involving international enforcement of security interests in aircraft

  • Acting for a leading private equity firm before the Alberta Securities Commission to dismiss an application to cease trade a hostile takeover bid

  • Acting for a significant international lender to prosecute a claim of creditor oppression related to the financing of a high-profile tourism, retail, and entertainment complex

  • Representing a major oil and gas producer in shareholder dissent proceedings

  • Representing a leading global investment firm to recover losses related to the termination of a long-term commercial lease

  • Acting for an owner of a large pipeline project in various disputes with prime contractors regarding construction scope, deficiencies, and delays

  • Representing joint operators in oil and gas operation and accounting disputes, including issues related to the assignment of interests

  • Defending a national telecommunications corporation against claims involving third-party fraud and theft of cryptocurrency

  • Representing a multinational banking and financial services corporation to prosecute claims involving mortgage fraud

  • Representing multinational investment banking and financial services corporations to defend claims involving third-party wire fraud

  • Representing creditors in relation to asset recovery, including matters involving fraudulent conveyances and preferences

  • Advising on insurance indemnification, coverage, and reinsurance issues under policies of directors' and officers' liability, professional errors and omissions, commercial general liability, all-risk property, and builders' risk

Reported decisions in which Randell has been involved include:

  • Re Greenfire Resources Ltd, 2024 ABASC 170

  • Secure Energy Services Inc v 1331616 Alberta Ltd, 2024 ABKB 604

  • Avmax Aircraft Leasing Inc v Air X Charter Limited, 2022 ABCA 252

  • Re Osum Oil Sands Corp, 2021 ABASC 81

  • Chemtrade Electrochem Inc v Stikeman Elliott LLP, 2020 ABCA 322

  • Broda v Alberta, 2020 ABQB 221

Awards & Recognition

Randell has been recognized in the following publication:

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada – 2023–2025 (Corporate and Commercial Litigation)

Professional Activities

Randell is a member of The Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association.

He is also a volunteer with Calgary Legal Guidance and the King's Bench Amicus Court Assistance Program.

Education

Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2018
JD (With Distinction), University of Alberta – 2017
BA (With Distinction, Economics and Mathematics), University of Alberta – 2013

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