Described by clients as extremely capable, proactive, and very responsive, Laura’s reputation as a leading commercial litigator and arbitrator is well-known among Canada’s major energy sector players and high-profile corporate clients requiring superb counsel and practical business solutions.

Laura M. Gill is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group in Calgary. Laura has received numerous recognitions, including a ranking in Chambers Canada, inclusion in Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List, recognition as a Legal 500 Canada Next Generation Lawyer, and being named a Lexpert Rising Star. Her track record of success in corporate commercial litigation is well-established and continues to advance. Laura's creativity and insight provide clients with a competitive advantage in both the courtroom and boardroom. Additionally, her expertise in arbitration enables her to offer practical and effective advice for resolving highly complex and confidential disputes.

Laura specializes in resolving disputes in Canada's energy sector, including joint ventures, purchase agreements, royalties, and First Nations priorities. She offers expert commercial litigation advice on McCarthy Tétrault’s national dispute resolution platform, assisting with appeals and judicial reviews. Laura also advises on environmental disputes, such as contaminated sites claims, and handles securities litigation, director liabilities, and shareholder disputes.

Laura’s recent representative work includes:

• Teine Energy Ltd., in enforcement and appeal proceedings relating to a domestic arbitration award involving equalization procedures for crude oil: Inter Pipeline Ltd v Teine Energy Ltd, 2024 ABKB 740
• Confidential client, in multiple domestic arbitration proceedings relating to pipeline operations involving claims exceeding CAD$70 million
• Cenovus Energy and Encana Corporation, in a complex litigation matter and appeal involving an CAD$80 million claim relating to accounting for the net revenue realized from primary production development of an oilfield: IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc v EnCana Midstream and Marketing, 2022 ABKB 807 and IFP Technologies (Canada) Inc v EnCana Midstream and Marketing, 2024 ABCA 384
• Confidential client, in multiple international arbitration proceedings relating to contractual audit claims exceeding CAD$75 million
• Schlumberger Canada Limited, in complex civil claims relating to well operations
• Confidential client, as lead counsel in prosecuting a successful complex breach of contract claim exceeding CAD$11 million in an arbitration governed by the ADR Institute of Canada Rules
• Confidential client, in a dispute relating to CAD$20 million in unpaid natural gas processing fees
• Enerflow Industries Inc, in a successful four-month trial before the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta relating to allegations of misrepresentation and breach of a purchase and sale agreement with claims in excess of CAD$80 million: NOV Enerflow ULC (NOV Pressure Pumping ULC) v Enerflow Industries Inc, 2020 ABQB 347
• Karve Energy Inc., in a successful application for judicial review of two decisions of the Alberta Surface Rights Board: Karve Energy Inc v Drylander Ranch Ltd, 2019 ABQB 298
• Chief of the Calgary Police Service, in relation to multiple applications for judicial review before the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta and fatality inquiries before the Alberta Court of Justice

Laura is on the executive of the Calgary Bar Association. She also serves on the boards of directors of The Calgary Zoo and The Wilder Institute, including their respective Finance and Risk Management Subcommittees.

Laura obtained her LLB from the University of Alberta and holds a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Ottawa, where she graduated as the silver medallist. She was a judicial law clerk at the British Columbia Supreme Court.