Joanne Luu, partner at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, is a leading disputes lawyer with a practice focused on complex commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration. She has extensive experience acting in high‑stakes disputes involving energy and natural resources, construction, joint ventures, securities, and corporate and shareholder matters. Joanne regularly appears as counsel in arbitration proceedings seated in Canada and abroad, as well as before Canadian courts and regulatory tribunals.
Joanne is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is widely recognized as a thought leader in the arbitration space. She has authored and co‑authored leading publications on international arbitration and oil and gas disputes and is one of a select group of Canadian lawyers named to the Arbitration Place NextGen Arbitrators Roster. Her practice also includes acting as tribunal secretary and advising on arbitration strategy and clause drafting.
Successful leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of Peace River Hydro Partners – Lead counsel in Peace River Hydro Partners, et al. v. Petrowest Corporation, et al., involving the question of whether a receiver can disclaim an arbitration clause while still enforcing the underlying contract.
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P's $6.8 billion acquisition of Inter Pipeline Ltd. – Counsel to Inter Pipeline Ltd. in its $6.8 billion acquisition by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement.
- Whitecap Resources Inc.'s $560 million combination with TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. – Counsel to Whitecap Resources Inc. in its business combination with TORC Oil & Gas Ltd. from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and others for approximately $560 million.
- Class action
- Commercial
- Commercial disputes
- Construction
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and construction
- Government and regulatory
- International arbitration
- Securities
- Construction and materials
- Energy
- Financial services
- Government and public policy
- Industrials
- Natural resources
- Oil and gas
- Law Clerk, Court of Appeal of Alberta, 2011–2012
- University of Calgary, 2011
- Bachelor of Arts & Science (Honours, with Distinction), Biology and Political Science, University of Lethbridge, 2008
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Director, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Canada Branch)
- Director, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC)
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Member, Arbitration Place's NextGen Roster
- Member of the Advisory Board and Co‑Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee; Former Member of Executive Committee and Treasurer (2016–2020), Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (YCAP)
- Member, Arbitration Committee, International Chamber of Commerce (Canada)
- Member, Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society (WCCAS)
- Director, Vertigo Theatre
- Member, Advocates Society
- Co‑Chair for the International Chamber of Commerce (Canada) conferences for 2019 and 2020
- Alberta, 2012
- British Columbia, 2023