Shannon Hayes practices commercial litigation and arbitration and is the Leader of the Litigation & Dispute Resolution Group in the firm’s Calgary office. She has been practicing for more than 20 years in dispute resolution and has a broad range of experience on commercial and business dispute matters, working with companies in a wide range of industries, including energy, power, real estate, and technology.
Shannon has appeared as counsel before all levels of court in Alberta and acted in many private arbitrations. She is keen to take on neutral arbitration work.
Clients regularly request Shannon to act on complex contractual and business tort disputes. Shannon is known for creative and think outside-the-box solutions to achieve her client’s goals in the most practical way.
Shannon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a member of the Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society, the ICC Canada Arbitration Committee and the International Bar Association, and is recognised by Chambers, Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Lexology, and as a Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyer.
- Arbitration
- Commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution
- Energy
- Oil and gas
- Real estate
- Technology and telecommunications
- Utilities
- Alberta, 2004
- Yukon, 2025