Bryan Walker
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Related services
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Litigation and disputes
- Rail
- Food and agribusiness
- Energy
- Regulation and investigations
- Oil and gas
Key industry sectors
Biography
Bryan Walker practises in our litigation group, with a focus on complex commercial litigation, construction, and indigenous law. He is also the local chair for Norton Rose Fulbright’s national Pro Bono Committee.
Bryan has acted on a broad range of matters, including joint venture disputes, contractual disputes in the energy, real estate, and construction sectors, actions involving breaches of fiduciary and trust duties, and royalty audit disputes for various oil sands operators.
Bryan has appeared at all levels of court in Alberta and the Tax Court of Canada. He has also acted as counsel in a number of arbitrations and mediations.
Professional experience
Collapse all- LL.B., University of Alberta, 2009
- B.A., University of Calgary, 2005
- Alberta 2010
Mr. Walker has acted recently for the following clients:
Commercial Disputes
- Representing a large petrochemicals company in defence of joint venture disputes involving alleged breaches of an operating agreement. This ongoing dispute has been the subject of many months of trial before the Alberta King’s Bench, and has involved attendances before the Alberta Court of Appeal. See, for instance, 2018 ABQB 484.
- Representing the Government of Canada in several multi-billion dollar oil- and gas-related claims brought by several Alberta First Nations.
- Representing a number of clients in land contamination disputes.
Construction Disputes
- Representing a frac sand supplier to prosecute claims pertaining to the collapse of a storage silo.
- Representing numerous contractors in defence of claims arising from deficient work and/or fire. See, for instance, 2023 ABCA 276.
- Representing general contractors in private arbitrations relating to construction delay claims.
Royalty Disputes
- Representing oil sands and natural gas companies on appeals and judicial reviews of Alberta’s audits of their claimed revenue and costs for royalty calculation purposes. See, for instance, 2023 ABKB 317 and Oil Sands Information Bulletins 2012-19 and 2020-01.
Advisory
- Advising rail shippers on railway carrier level of service obligations.
- Advising on food labelling, food safety, and importation guidelines.
- Advising landlords and property owners on building safety obligations.
- Best Lawyers Canada: Corporate and Commercial Litigation, 2024
- “The anatomy of an arbitration agreement” (co-author: C. Slogrove), Norton Rose Fulbright, International Arbitration Report, November 2022.
- "How Canada is streamlining the food supply chain" (co-author), The Lawyer's Daily (published by LexisNexis Canada), April 29, 2020.
- “Recent Judicial Decisions of Interest to Energy Lawyers" (co-author: L. L’Hirondelle), Alberta Law Review, Vol 57, No. 2: Energy Law Edition.
- Canadian Bar Association
- Law Society of Alberta
- Calgary Bar Association
- Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy
Insights
The anatomy of an arbitration agreement
Publication | November 01, 2022