David Edinger^*

General Representative Experience
• Acted for a general contractor in relation to litigation which arose from a project to install a turbine, generator, switchgear, and new control systems at a hydro plant in Yukon Territory owned by a crown corporation. The litigation has proceeded to trial, an appeal and a second trial is scheduled for the fall of 2019
• Acted for a general contractor in relation to a $40 million multi-unit residential tower project substantially completed 9 months late, where responsibility for the delays are in issue
• Acted for a joint venture developing a 44-storey residential tower in a dispute with its initial curtain wall contractor arising from the contractor’s decision to abandon the project
• Acted for a developer in relation to the formation of its contract with a general contractor for a 3 phase, 6 tower mixed commercial and residential development
• Acted for a surety in relation to a suite of bonds totaling over $250 million, including labour and material payment, performance and advance payments bonds, provided to an insolvent civil contractor involved in projects across Western Canada, including a large power project in BC
• Acted for an Alaskan engineer in relation to her professional liability on a steam metering project conducted on three US Army bases in Alaska
• Defended the directors, officers, and trustees of a real estate investment trust which consisted of 170 interrelated companies and limited partnerships, against representative action by investors seeking over $230 million in damages for breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of care, and negligence
• Defended the directors of a company against an oppression claim arising from consecutive private placements of shares by a TSXV listed company, , followed by a takeover bid and going private transaction
• Acted for the shareholders of a fertilizer company with business dealings in BC and Pakistan in a dispute concerning the ownership, control and appropriate financing of the business
• Defended a large Japan-based auto parts manufacturer in three related competition law class actions involving three different auto parts
• Advanced claims fueled by Vancouver’s rising housing market for two strata lot owners in disputes with the same developer who sought to purchase the clients’ properties following alleged misrepresentations
• Acted for a law firm which was alleged to have failed to properly protect a patent claim related to sporting equipment which became the de facto standard for the sport
• Acted for an educational institution in relation to various matters, including the development of new buildings on its campus, its leasing of property from third party and of its own space, its cybersecurity; and its process for tendering for its new enterprise software system
• Acted as litigation and transactional counsel for a company developing and carrying on the business of coffee supplier to large BC retailers

Entertainment Industry Representative Experience
• Defended a California-based film production company pursuant to its errors and omissions insurance against claims of copyright infringement with respect to a series of four thematically related films shot in BC
• Defended a BC film production company against a fraudulent preference and conveyance claims arising out of the alleged improper use of tax credit receipts
• Defended a BC film production company against various contractual claims related to a co-production agreement contemplating certification as a Canadian-German co-production, as well as financing and distribution agreements
• Provided advice to a BC animation film producer on its disputes and potential disputes in multiple areas, including borrowing and financing, rights acquisition, errors and omissions insurance, and software licensing
• Advanced a claim on behalf of an Ontario-based secured lender against a BC film production company which failed to repay a loan intended to be repayable by a tax credit refund
• Represented two prominent musical artists in separate and contractual disputes with their respective managers and management companies, in one case in concert with the artist’s New York based litigation counsel.