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Marko Vesely, KC, FCIArb

Lawson Lundell

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Litigation Star
Practice Areas:
Entertainment
Intellectual property
Commercial
Media
Defamation
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Media
Entertainment
Profile

Marko has over 25 years of experience assisting clients with contentious business disputes in civil litigation and commercial arbitration.

His broad practice includes a particular focus on class actions, cross-border disputes, shareholder litigation, and defamation and media law. Marko also has extensive experience in administrative law, including representing clients before administrative agencies and in the judicial review and appeal of administrative decisions. He has appeared as lead counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, and at all levels of court in British Columbia and Alberta. He has also served as an arbitrator.

Marko was appointed a King’s Counsel in 2023 and made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2025.

Key practice areas:

  • Arbitration
  • Class action
  • Commercial disputes
  • Dispute resolution
  • Intellectual property
  • Product liability and recall
  • Securities

Sector expertise:

  • Financial services
  • Media

Bar Admissions:

  • Alberta, 2015
  • Saskatchewan, 2005
  • British Columbia, 2000
Address:
Suite 1600 Cathedral Place,
925 West Georgia Street,
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3L2, Canada
Tel:+1 604 631 9260 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.lawsonlundell.com/bio/marko-vesely