Joanne Luu

Practice Focus

• Securities Litigation
  • Represents and advises on cases before the Alberta Securities Commission in connection with alleged misconduct, including insider trading, tipping, market manipulation, misrepresentations and other securities-related offenses
  • Represents shareholders, directors and officers in private disputes and actions, including securities class actions, oppression claims and director/officer liability
  • Represents issuers and boards of directors in proxy contests and disputes
• International Commercial Arbitration
  • Acts as counsel to a state entity in a telecommunications and tax dispute
  • Acts as counsel to a consortium of energy companies in relation to a royalty dispute against the government
  • Acts as tribunal secretary in international arbitrations, including an UNCITRAL arbitration seated in London, England involving a construction dispute in Eastern Europe
• Commercial & General Litigation
  • Broad experience in complex disputes, involving among other things, oil and gas and joint venture claims, class proceedings, contractual disputes, alleged breaches of trust and/or fiduciary duty, conspiracy, alleged misuse of confidential information, negligence claims and economic and intentional torts such as interference with economic interest, unjust enrichment
  • Represents parties on summary judgment and interlocutory injunction motions
• Blockchain and cryptocurrencies
  • Focus on applying existing and developing legal and regulatory frameworks to blockchain and emerging distributed ledger technology