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Scott H. D. Bower

Partner

Co-Head of Research + Opinions Practice

Co-Head of Research + Opinions Practice |

T: 403.298.3301

Calgary

Bower Scott
 
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T: 403.298.3301


Calgary

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

National Co-Head of the Legal Research and Opinions group, Scott Bower advises clients in complex corporate, commercial, securities and energy litigation matters. He appears before all levels of court in Canada and before administrative tribunals.

Scott's experience in dispute resolution includes assisting businesses who are contemplating or facing traditional court proceedings as well as those considering arbitration or mediation. He handles matters including energy ownership and royalty disputes before the Supreme Court of Canada and has also appeared before that court assisting clients with constitutional cases.

Scott advises police agencies on policing and administrative law and has done so for over 29 years. His clients include police services, chiefs of police, police commissions, and municipalities throughout Western Canada.

An active member of the community, Scott has served as a volunteer director and president for Calgary Legal Guidance, a charitable organization providing free legal services to the disadvantaged, a director of BlockWatch, and currently is a member of the Joint Law Society of Alberta and Canadian Bar Association Legislative Review Committee. Scott is also an Associate American Bar Association member.

Education

University of Calgary, BA (Hons), 1988, gold medallist University of Toronto, LLB, 1991 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 1992

Recent Experience

Calgary Police Service, with their Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act matters, including appearing before the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta’s office on freedom of information inquiries, as well as handling FOIP-related judicial reviews and appellate proceedings before the courts.
Morgan Stanley, in the formation of North Haven Real Estate Fund IX.
Repsol S.A., in the proposed $15.1-billion acquisition of Talisman Energy Inc.
Anderson Energy Ltd., an Alberta-based oil and gas company, in its acquisition by Freehold Royalties Ltd. and related reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement.
Parkland Fuel Corporation, in its $110-million acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of SPF Energy Inc.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
ProspEx Resources Ltd., in its $186-million acquisition by Paramount Resources Ltd. by way of plan of arrangement.
Encana Corporation, which had an enterprise value of approximately US$50 billion, in its division into two independent publicly traded companies - one new Encana Corporation, an unconventional natural gas company and the other Cenovus Energy Inc. an integrated oil company.
Acted for successful party in a multi-million-dollar expedited arbitration involving a significant recreational resort property in the interior of British Columbia with the arbitration involving a consideration of construction delay claims as well as First Nations issues.
Alberta Provincial Court Judges' Association, in the Supreme Court of Canada case, in a constitutional case regarding judicial independence. Provincial Court Judges (No. 2) (1998), 155 D.L.R. (4th) 1 (S.C.C.)
Alberta Provincial Court Judges' Association, in the Supreme Court of Canada case, in a constitutional case regarding judicial independence. Provincial Court Judges (No. 1) (1997), 150 D.L.R. (4th) 577 (S.C.C.)
Luscar Coal Income Fund, in litigation related to unsolicited/hostile takeover bids involving shareholders rights plans/poison pills, and shareholder lists in connection with its $1-billion sale to Sherritt Coal Partnership, following an unsolicited takeover bid.
Supreme Court of Canada case concerning overriding oil and gas royalties and whether they constitute interests in land. Bank of Montreal v. Dynex Petroleum Ltd. (2002), 208 D.L.R. (4th) 155 (S.C.C.).

Recent Recognition

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
Received a BV Distinguished Peer Review Rating

Insights, News & Events

Blog

Supreme Court of Canada: Silence Can Breach the Contractual Duty of Good Faith Honesty

January 05, 2021
       

Blog

Litigation Privilege Protects Against Disclosure of Database of Records

December 18, 2020
       

Blog

Bill 38: Alberta to Expand the Powers of First Nations Police Services

November 04, 2020
       

Blog

Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Anti-Deprivation Rule

October 05, 2020
       

Blog

COVID-19: Material Adverse Change in a Canadian M&A Context

April 01, 2020
       

Blog

When Does Litigation Privilege Extend to Related Proceedings?

February 13, 2020
       

In the News

Scott Bower in Canadian Lawyer: Surrounding Circumstances of a Contract

January 31, 2020
       

Blog

What Constitutes Surrounding Circumstances in Contractual Interpretation? The Alberta Court of Appeal Weighs In

January 22, 2020
       

Blog

Supreme Court of Canada Reforms Judicial Review

January 03, 2020
       

Blog

Legal Privilege, Email and the Continuum of Communication

July 29, 2019
       

Blog

Not All Breaches of Contract Are Created Equal

March 07, 2019
       

Blog

Internal Investigations and Privilege: The Alberta Court of Appeal Weighs In

July 19, 2017
       

Blog

What Communications Between a Lawyer and Client are Protected by Solicitor-Client Privilege?

June 28, 2017
       

Blog

When is an Environmental Contamination Claim Too Old to Extend the Limitation Period?

April 05, 2017
       

Blog

Alberta Court of Appeal Revisits Contractual Good Faith Principles

January 06, 2017
       

Guides

Legal Privilege

December 2016
       

Blog

Supreme Court of Canada Revisits Oppression

November 21, 2016
       

Guides

Alberta's Limitation Laws

October 31, 2016
       

Blog

When is Communication Between a Client's Accountant and Lawyer Privileged?

October 05, 2016
       

Blog

Canadian Contractual Interpretation Just Got More Difficult

September 16, 2016
       

Blog

Whole Agreement Clause Upheld by Court of Appeal

September 08, 2016
       

Guides

Host Liability, 10th Edition

June 13, 2016
       

Blog

Host Liability for Social Events

June 13, 2016
       

Blog

Internal Investigations and Privilege: A Redux

May 17, 2016
       

Blog

Trial Court's Interpretation of a Contract Much Harder to Overturn, the Supreme Court of Canada Confirms

May 09, 2016
       

In the News

Scott Bower in The Lawyers Weekly on Res Judicata

March 25, 2016
       

Blog

One Arbitration Binds the Next: Alberta Court of Appeal Says Res Judicata Applies to Arbitrations

January 25, 2016
       

In the News

Scott Bower and Christopher Petrucci in Law Times on SCC Builders' Lien Decision

January 18, 2016
       

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