Education

University of Alberta, BA, 1991, with honours University of British Columbia, LLB, 1994 Mediating Disputes Program, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School, 2017 

Bar Admissions

Alberta British Columbia Saskatchewan Ontario

Munaf Mohamed KC

Lead Director and Partner

T: 403.298.4456 / T: 416.777.6237 / E: mohamedm@bennettjones.com

Calgary / Toronto

Munaf Mohamed has been recognized as one of Canada's leading trial and appellate counsel, specializing in complex, high stakes disputes in virtually every area of corporate and commercial litigation, including international fraud, energy, product liability, infrastructure and construction, securities and defamation. He maintains a national practice and has been lead counsel in numerous trials, appeals, arbitrations and judicial review hearings across the country, including a number of multi-month trials. He is head of the firm's economic and financial crimes practice and has repeatedly been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the top 50 trial lawyers in Canada, and is an inducted Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. 

Ranked Band 1, Chambers recently quoted a source commenting on his extensive trial experience in the commercial litigation field, "He is incredibly good strategically and deadly with a witness. He is very good on his feet in front of judges and arbitrators." 

In the economic and financial crimes area, Munaf has extensive experience leading fraud and asset recovery proceedings domestically and internationally, obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions (Mareva orders), Norwich Pharmacal orders, Anton Piller Orders and seeking asset recovery and enforcement in over 20 countries. He has been counsel in some of the largest fraud litigation claims in Canada and abroad.

Munaf also maintains an active arbitration practice having led arbitration proceedings both domestically and internationally under the Rules of the International Chambers of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association, including the ICDR Canada as well as the CPR, International Institute for Conflict Prevention Resolution, in Canada, the United States, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe. 

In the white collar defence and investigations area, Munaf is regularly asked to advise on and lead investigations on behalf of boards and special committees on issues of accounting fraud, bribery (CFPOA/FCPA), money laundering, and other sensitive matters. These frequently involve domestic regulators and law enforcement, as well as working and coordinating with colleagues in different jurisdictions on multi-jurisdictional investigations involving various agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, the UK Serious Fraud Office and others.

As well, Munaf is regularly called upon to advise upon, prosecute and defend claims in defamation. Munaf has defended a number of high profile politicians accused of defamation and, most recently, Munaf defended former Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, in respect of a $6-million defamation claim advanced by a developer relating to comments made relating to election financing laws.

With over 125 reported cases, Munaf has extensive trial and appellate experience across Canada. Since serving as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Willis O'Leary, with the Alberta Court of Appeal, he has appeared as lead counsel before the Superior Courts, both trial and appellate, in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, the Federal Courts, with multiple appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada.

Munaf has been named in virtually every legal reporting agency including Chambers Global, the Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert Guides to Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers, Who's Who Legal: Canada, as a leading practitioner in the Business Crime practice area, The International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers 2011, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2011, The International Who's Who of Business Crime Defence Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers 2012 as a leading specialist globally, Global Investigations Review, the Legal 500, Benchmark Canada: the Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada and Best Lawyers in Canada.

In addition to having taught at the Bar Admission courses, Munaf regularly speaks on trial and appellate practice, as well matters relating to fraud, investigations and defamation. He was former Chair of the Board of Directors of Inn from the Cold, an organization dedicated to ending family and child homelessness in Calgary and also served on the Economic Advisory Board of the Jesuits of Canada. Munaf is a member of the Bennett Jones Partnership Board and serves as its lead director.

Select Experience

• Sakab Saudi Holding Company. - Leading proceedings, including obtaining various extraordinary orders (Mareva injunctions and Norwich relief) on behalf of a group of Saudi entities against a former Saudi government minister alleged to have misappropriated, in conspiracy with members of his family and others, $5.36 Billion USD from the plaintiff companies through various offshore structures.   
• Defending a global investment firm specializing in the metals and materials industry in an action claiming specific performance and damages of $300 million USD relating to an alleged breach of an agreement to sell a mining royalty. Lithium Royalty Corporation v. Orion Resource Partners et. al.  2023 ONCA 697
• Defending an action on behalf of an international engineering firm relating to allegations about the inadequacy of the design and construction of a buried, high temperature oil bitumen pipeline where claims now exceed $700 million. CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v. ITP SA, Wood Group Canada Inc. 2023 ABKB 689
• Leading appellate proceedings on behalf of a North American Railway in respect of a judgment for over $200 million relating to a failed real estate transaction and the claimed opportunity for a real estate development. Remington Development Corporation v. Canadian Pacific Railway, 2023 ABKB 493
• NEP Canada ULC, as plaintiff's counsel, in a successful $185-million judgement, after a three-and-a-half month trial, for fraud and breach of contract arising from misrepresentations made by the vendor in selling infrastructure assets—a judgment that included one of the largest loss of opportunity awards ever made in Alberta (NEP Canada ULC v MEC OP LLC et al, 2021 ABQB 180).
• NEP Canada ULC. Prosecution of a claim of breach of contract and fraud relating to the purchase of substantial oil and gas assets in Canada with claims in excess of $500 million culminating in a 3-month trial.
• Wood Group Mustang (Canada) Inc., in defence of an action commenced by Canadian Natural Resources Limited, relating to the failure of an underground emulsion pipeline in 2009. Amounts claimed are in excess of $80 million. Canadian Natural Resources Limited v. ShawCor Ltd., 2013 ABQB 230; Canadian Natural Resources Limited v. ShawCor Ltd., 2014 ABCA 289; Canadian Natural Resources Limited v. ShawCor Ltd., 2016 ABCA 21.
• A major financial institution in a fraud recovery lawsuit to seek recovery of losses arising from a sophisticated cheque-kiting scheme involving the cycling of hundreds of millions of dollars in Canada and the United States – Bank of Montreal v. Mair Faibish et al.
• Bank of Montreal v. Cochrane, 2010 ABQB 430
  Bank of Montreal v. Cochrane, 2010 ABQB 541
  Bank of Montreal v. Cochrane, 2010 ABQB 542
  Bank of Montreal v. Cochrane, 2010 ABQB 545
  Bank of Montreal v. Cochrane, 2010 ABQB 548
• Compton Petroleum Corp. v. Alberta Power Ltd., [1999] A.J. No. 218 ABQB 1999/01/15 Alberta Judgments
• Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd. v. Performance Industries Ltd., [1999] A.J. No. 741 ABQB 1999/06/17 Alberta Judgments
  Performance Industries Ltd. v. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd., [2000] A.J. No. 408 ABCA 2000/04/17 Alberta Judgments
  Performance Industries Ltd. v. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd., [2002] 1 S.C.R. 678 CASCC 2002/02/22 Supreme Court Reports
  Performance Industries Ltd. v. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd., [2002] S.C.J. No. 20 CASCC 2002/02/22 Supreme Court of Canada Judgments
  Performance Industries Ltd. v. Sylvan Lake Golf & Tennis Club Ltd., [2000] S.C.C.A. No. 260 CASCC 2000/05/25 Supreme Court of Canada Rulings on Applications for Leave to Appeal and Other Motions
• O'Fearghail Holdings Ltd. v. Bignold, [2001] A.J. No. 793 ABQB 2001/06/18 Alberta Judgments
• Refco Alberta Inc. v. Nipsco Energy Services Inc., [2002] A.J. No. 659 ABQB 2002/05/15 Alberta Judgments
  Refco Alberta Inc. v. Nipsco Energy Services Inc., [2002] A.J. No. 1427 ABCA 2002/11/07 Alberta Judgments
  Refco Alberta Inc. v. Nipsco Energy Services Inc., [2002] A.J. No. 1567 ABCA 2002/12/05 Alberta Judgments
  Refco Alberta Inc. v. Nipsco Energy Services Inc., [2003] A.J. No. 455 ABCA 2003/03/27 Alberta Judgments
• Booth v. Knibb Developments Ltd., [2002] A.J. No. 957 ABCA 2002/07/26 Alberta Judgments
• Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2002] A.J. No. 1124 ABQB 2002/09/20 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2002] A.J. No. 1354 ABQB 2002/11/04 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 62 ABQB 2003/01/17 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 276 ABQB 2003/02/25 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 286 ABQB 2003/02/27 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 288 ABQB 2003/02/28 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 531 ABQB 2003/04/17 Alberta Judgments
  Bank of Montreal v. Lysyk, [2003] A.J. No. 1724 ABQB 2003/07/03 Alberta Judgments
  
• Ramias v. Johnson, [2009] A.J. No. 709 ABQB 2009/06/24 Alberta Judgments
• Lyons v. Creason, [2009] A.J. No. 723 ABQB 2009/06/26 Alberta Judgments
• Monette v. Nieuwenburg, [2003] A.J. No. 643 ABQB 2003/05/06 Alberta Judgments Monette v. Nieuwenburg, [2003] A.J. No. 643 ABQB 2003/05/06 Alberta Judgments
• Petro-Canada Products Ltd. v. Dresser-Rand Canada Inc., [2003] A.J. No. 1579 ABQB 2003/06/30 Alberta Judgments
  Petro-Canada Products Inc. v. Dresser-Rand Canada Inc., [2004] A.J. No. 488 ABCA 2004/04/30 Alberta Judgments
  Petro-Canada Products Inc. v. Dresser-Rand Canada, Inc., [2004] A.J. No. 1019 ABCA 2004/09/22 Alberta Judgments
• Alliance Pipeline Ltd. v. Smith, [2003] A.J. No. 1299 ABQB 2003/10/21 Alberta Judgments
  Alliance Pipeline Ltd. v. Smith, [2009] F.C.J. No. 407 CAFCA 2009/04/08 Federal Court Judgments
  Smith v. Alliance Pipeline Ltd., [2009] S.C.C.A. No. 239 CASCC 2009/10/13 Supreme Court of Canada Rulings on Applications for Leave to Appeal and Other Motions
  Yaworski v. Alliance Pipeline Ltd., [2001] A.J. No. 1772 ABQB 2001/02/06 Alberta Judgments
  Alliance Pipeline Ltd. v. Seibert, [2003] A.J. No. 1436 ABQB 2003/10/29 Alberta Judgments
• Canada (Attorney General) v. Livingstone, [2003] A.J. No. 1638 ABQB 2003/12/18 Alberta Judgments
  Canada (Attorney General) v. Livingstone, [2004] A.J. No. 790 ABCA 2004/06/18 Alberta Judgments
• Engle Estate v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada , 2010 ABCA 18
  Engle Estate v. Aviva Insurance Co. of Canada, [2008] A.J. No. 1193 ABQB 2008/10/21 Alberta Judgments
  Engle Estate v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, [2008] I.L.R. I-4751 ABQB 2008/10/21 Canadian Insurance Law Reporter
• The Canadian Indemnity Company v. The Royal Insurance Company of Canada, [1998] I.L.R. I-3506 ABQB 1997/09/18 Canadian Insurance Law Reporter
• Baillie v. Crown Life Insurance Company, [1998] I.L.R. I 3552 ABQB 1998/03/02 Canadian Insurance Law Reporter
• Tichit v. Jones, [2002] B.C.J. No. 3248 BCSC 2002/06/12 British Columbia and Yukon Judgments
• Roque v. Bane, [2002] A.J. No. 1714 ABQB 2002/01/10 Alberta Judgments Roque v. Bane, [2003] A.J. No. 1550 ABQB 2003/12/15 Alberta Judgments
• Sieben v. Rewcastle Estate, [2002] A.J. No. 491 ABCA 2002/03/15 Alberta Judgments
  Rewcastle Estate v. Sieben, [2003] A.J. No. 670 ABCA 2003/05/26 Alberta Judgments
  Rewcastle Estate v. Sieben, [2003] A.J. No. 670 ABCA 2003/05/26 Alberta Judgments
• Aetna Insurance Co. of Canada v. Mason and Co., [1998] A.J. No. 1374 ABQB 1998/12/18 Alberta Judgments
• Inter-Rail Auto Handling Inc. (c.o.b. Inter-Rail Canada) v. Canadian Pacific Ltd., [2000] B.C.J. No. 1297 BCSC 2000/06/28 British Columbia and Yukon Judgments
• Ainsworth Lumber Co. v. KMW Energy Inc., [2001] B.C.J. No. 1444 BCSC 2001/07/10 British Columbia and Yukon Judgments
• Anderson v. Amoco Canada Oil and Gas, [1998] A.J. No. 805 ABQB 1998/07/15 Alberta Judgments
• Devon Canada Corp. v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co., [2009] A.J. No. 275 ABQB 2009/03/06 Alberta Judgments
• Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), [2008] F.C.J. No. 541 CAFC 2008/03/27 Federal Court Judgments
  Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Ltd. v. Canada (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), [2008] F.C.J. No. 749 CAFC 2008/05/14 Federal Court Judgments
• The Canadian Indemnity Company v. The Royal Insurance Company of Canada, 1997 CanLII 14884 (AB Q.B.)
• Standen's Ltd. v. Commercial Union Assurance Co. of Canada, 1997 CanLII 14822 (AB Q.B.)
• Robyn Walker v. Herbert Mellor and Michael Ellefson (September 1999)
• Bonnie Beaulieu v. Ana Neufeld, Marta Gray et al. (September 15, 1999)
• Sinclair v. Stehr, 2002 ABQB 374
• Vancouver (City) v. Lam, [1994] B.C.J. No. 1582
• Triple D & G. L. Ranches Ltd. v. Duncan, [2011] A.J. No. 720
• Cogent Group Inc. v. EnCana Leasehold Limited Partnership, [2011] A.J. No. 585;
  Cogent Group Inc. v. EnCana Leasehold Limited Partnership, [2014] A.J. No. 616;
  Cogent Group Inc. v. EnCana Leasehold Limited Partnership, [2014] A.J. No. 1077
• Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership v. Propak Systems Ltd., [2012] A.J. No. 1367
• Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Co. of Canada v. Araujo, [2013] B.C.J. No. 1529

Recent Recognitions

• Who's Who Legal: Business Crime Defence
  
  Recommended, Business Crime Defence - Corporates
• Chambers Canada
  
  Ranked, Litigation: General Commercial – Alberta
  Ranked, White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
• Who's Who Legal: Thought Leaders
  
  Ranked, Crime & Business Defense
• Best Lawyers in Canada
  
  Recognized for Corporate and Commercial Litigation
• The Legal 500: Canada
  
  Recommended as a leading lawyer, Dispute Resolution
  
  
• The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
  
  Consistently recommended, Litigation - Corporate Commercial
  
  
• Global Investigations Review 100
  
  Recognized as a prominent investigation practitioner - GIR 100
• Benchmark Litigation: Canada
  
  Selected 2017-2023 as one of the Top 50 Trial Lawyers
  Recognized as a Litigation Star
  
  
• Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
  
  Recognized as one of Canada's leading cross-border litigators
  
  
• Lexpert Special Edition
  
  Recognized as a leading energy lawyer in Canada
  Recognized as a leading litigation lawyer in Canada
• Who's Who Legal: Canada
  
  Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of asset recovery
  Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of business crime defence
  
• Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
  
  Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of Asset Recovery
  
  

Recent Insights, News & Events

• Bennett Jones Top Ranked in Chambers Canada 2024
  Announcements / September 28, 2023
  Bennett Jones has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading law firms across 39 practice areas, with 124 lawyer rankings in Chambers Canada 2024. In this year's guide, Bennett Jones has 11 Band 1 practice rankings, 21 Band 1 lawyer rankings and 10 newly-ranked lawyers. In addition to this year's rankings, Bennett Jones was awarded Real Estate Law Firm of the Year and was a finalist in Projects and Energy Law Firm of the Year.
• 52 Lawyers Recognized in Lexpert Special Edition: Energy 2023
  Announcements / September 25, 2023
  52 Bennett Jones lawyers have been recognized for their legal expertise in the Lexpert Special Edition: Energy 2023. This issue highlights the latest industry developments, trends and legal issues including oil and gas, renewables, environmental regulation and Indigenous consultation.
• Bennett Jones Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada 2024
  Announcements / August 24, 2023
  104 Bennett Jones lawyers have been recognized across 46 practice areas in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada. The recognized lawyers work in Bennett Jones' offices across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver, highlighting the firm's national expertise.
• Bennett Jones Partners Lead Benchmark Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada Rankings
  Announcements / May 03, 2023
  Bennett Jones has five lawyers ranked in Benchmark's Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada for 2023, more than any other firm. 
• Forty Bennett Jones Lawyers Recognized In Benchmark Canada 2023
  Announcements / April 26, 2023
  Bennett Jones is Highly Recommended in the 2023 Benchmark Canada rankings, with 40 individual lawyers ranked this year—30 Litigation Stars and 10 Future Stars. Benchmark Litigation's law firm and lawyer rankings based on extensive interviews with litigators, dispute resolution specialists and their clients as well as analysis of the market’s most important cases and firm developments.
• Alberta Gains New Tort of Harassment and Limits Defamation By Government Actors—Online and IRL
  Blog / April 24, 2023
  A bold Alberta Court of King's Bench decision, Alberta Health Services v Johnston, 2023 ABKB 209, declined to follow Ontario appellate authority on the issue and established the tort of harassment in Alberta to fill a "gap in the law".
• Munaf Mohamed New Lead Director of Bennett Jones Partnership Board
  Announcements / February 07, 2023
  Bennett Jones is pleased to announce that Munaf Mohamed was elected Lead Director of the firm's Partnership Board. Munaf is national Co-Head of Bennett Jones' economic and financial crimes practice specializing in complex, high stakes disputes in virtually every area of corporate and commercial litigation. He has served on the Partnership Board for X years.
• Bennett Jones Shines In Legal 500 Canada Rankings
  Announcements / November 09, 2022
  Bennett Jones has been recognized as a top-tier firm in five practice areas in the 2023 Legal 500 Canada guide: Aviation, Cannabis, Dispute Resolution: Alberta, Environment and Oil and Gas.
• Is It Getting Harder to Get a Worldwide Freezing Injunction In Alberta?
  Blog / September 23, 2022
  In Henenghaixin Corp v Deng, 2022 ABCA 271, the Alberta Court of Appeal sent a clear warning that counsel applying for extraordinary remedies must be careful when relying on hearsay evidence to ground their claims. In this case, the applicants relied on hearsay evidence without explaining why they were required to do so. The result was that the order was set aside on appeal.
• Ten Takeaways for Buyers and Sellers in Private M&A Transactions
  Articles / July 22, 2022
  Gary Solway, Munaf Mohamed, John Mercury, Michael Mysak and Paul Romaniuk write "Ten Takeaways for Buyers and Sellers in Private M&A Transactions" in CVCA Central.
• Lexpert’s Leading Canadian Infrastructure Lawyers
  Announcements / June 22, 2022
  Thirty-eight Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in the 2022 Lexpert special edition of Canada’s Leading Infrastructure Lawyers. The issue profiles Lexpert-ranked lawyers in business-related litigation and appears in June’s Report on Business Magazine in the Globe and Mail.
• Bennett Jones Shines in the Benchmark 2022 Awards
  Announcements / May 10, 2022
  Bennett Jones won best-of-the-year honours as a firm, as litigators and for its work in the 2022 Canadian Benchmark Litigation Awards.
• Bennett Jones Highly Recommended in Benchmark Canada 2022
  Announcements / April 28, 2022
  Bennett Jones is Highly Recommended as a firm in the 2022 Benchmark Canada rankings, with 38 individual lawyers ranked this year—30 are Litigation Stars, with 5 ranked as a Top 50 Trial Lawyer, and 8 are Future Stars.
• Bennett Jones: "Top Tier" in Chambers Canada 2022
  Announcements / September 16, 2021
  Bennett Jones has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading law firms across 38 practice areas, with 111 lawyer rankings in Chambers Canada 2022. Bennett Jones has 8 Band 1 practice rankings and 14 Band 1 lawyer rankings in this year's guide.
• Bennett Jones' Best Lawyers in Canada 2022
  Announcements / August 26, 2021
  146 Bennett Jones lawyers have been recognized across 48 practice areas in the Best Lawyers in Canada 2022 edition, with 44 lawyers having earned recognition in multiple practice areas. The recognized lawyers work in Bennett Jones' offices across Canada in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver, highlighting the firm's national expertise.
• Ten Takeaways for Private M&A Sellers and Buyers in Canada from Recent Court Decision
  Blog / August 09, 2021
  A private M&A purchase agreement customarily includes extensive representations and warranties and indemnification provisions. Post-closing, if the buyer alleges a breach of those provisions claiming significant damages, and the seller disputes that allegation, that dispute could end up before the courts for resolution.
• Commercial Litigation Update
  Event / June 16, 2021
  Big Litigation, the Expanded Duty of Good Faith, and Litigating During a Pandemic. Please join members of our Commercial Litigation group in this three-part webinar as they discuss two recent large-scale litigation cases, the expanded duty of good faith and litigating during a pandemic.
• Bennett Jones Leads Benchmark Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada Rankings
  Announcements / May 06, 2021
  Bennett Jones has five lawyers ranked in Benchmark's Top 50 Trial Lawyers in Canada for 2021, more than any other firm. 
• Bennett Jones Highly Recommended in Benchmark Canada 2021
  Announcements / May 04, 2021
  Bennett Jones is Highly Recommended as a firm in the 2021 Benchmark Canada rankings, with 37 individual lawyers ranked this year—29 are Litigation Stars, 8 are Future Stars and 5 are Top 50 Trial Lawyers.
• Bennett Jones Nominated for 11 Benchmark Litigation Awards
  Announcements / April 12, 2021
  Bennett Jones is on the shortlist in 11 categories for the 2021 Benchmark Litigation Canada Awards. The awards celebrate the leading litigators and most impactful disputes across Canada and recognize [...]
• NEP Canada Awarded $185-million Judgement in Fraud Case
  Client Work / April 03, 2021
  Bennett Jones partners, Munaf Mohamed, Q.C. and Mike Mysak, successfully represented the plaintiff, NEP Canada, in obtaining a $185-million judgment, plus costs and interest which will have the total well over $200 million, for fraud and breach of contract arising from misrepresentations made by the vendor in selling infrastructure assets.
• 40 Bennett Jones Lawyers in Lexpert's Special Edition on Litigation
  Announcements / November 27, 2020
  Forty Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in the 2020 Lexpert Special Edition – Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers. This annual feature profiles Lexpert-ranked lawyers in business-related litigation and appears in the December issue of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine.
• Munaf Mohamed in Lexpert: The Impact of Fraud on Business During the Pandemic
  In The News / November 27, 2020
  Munaf Mohamed comments in Lexpert's Special Edition on Litigation on the impact of fraud on business during the pandemic. He says, “the incidence of fraud seems to increase because people will sometimes turn to desperate measures to address the financial stress, whether it’s individual or corporate.”
• Bennett Jones Leads Canada in Energy Law
  Announcements / October 27, 2020
  Bennett Jones has 52 lawyers ranked in Lexpert's Special Edition: Energy 2020—more than any other law firm in Canada. Ranked lawyers provide services in oil & gas, electricity, alternative and nuclear energy. Bennett Jones has been intimately involved in virtually every major energy development project in Canada in the past 20 years, representing project proponents, investors and other stakeholders.
• SLAPPed Around—Defamation, Anti-SLAPP Legislation and the Defence of Qualified Privilege
  Blog / September 14, 2020
  On September 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered judgment in Bent v Platnick, 2020 SCC 23, the first case interpreting the provisions under s. 137.1 of the Courts of Justice Act (CJA)—Ontario's "anti-SLAPP" legislation.
• Bennett Jones is Recognized in Chambers Canada 2021
  Announcements / September 10, 2020
  Bennett Jones has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading law firms across 38 practice areas, with 115 lawyer rankings in Chambers Canada 2021.
• Four Bennett Jones Lawyers Honoured with Queen’s Counsel Designation
  Announcements / March 05, 2020
  Bennett Jones congratulates four of its lawyers on being appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) in Alberta.
• Bennett Jones: Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers
  Announcements / November 29, 2019
  Thirty-five Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in the Lexpert special edition of Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers. 
• Bennett Jones is Top-Tier in The Legal 500
  Announcements / November 18, 2019
  Bennett Jones has been recommended as a Top-Tier firm in 5 practice areas in The Legal 500 Canada 2020 guide.
• Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Review: Fraud and Knowing Assistance
  Articles / November 01, 2019
  Munaf Mohamed, Michael Mysak and Aoife McManus write on the Supreme Court of Canada's (SCC) decision in Christine DeJong Medicine Professional Corp v DBDC Spadina Ltd, in Commercial Litigation and Arbitration [...]
• Bennett Jones' Leading Lawyers in Chambers Canada 2020
  Announcements / September 19, 2019
  Bennett Jones has been recognized as one of Canada’s leading law firms with over 100 recognized practitioners nationally in Chambers Canada 2020. Here are a few things clients have said: “The [...]
• Bennett Jones Leads Canada in Energy Law
  Announcements / September 03, 2019
  Bennett Jones has 49 lawyers ranked in Lexpert’s 2019 Special Edition—Canada’s Leading Energy Lawyers, more than any other firm. The rankings appear in the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine.
• Fraud and Knowing Assistance—Between the Innocents
  Blog / January 07, 2019
  Introduction Fraud continues to plague businesses and individuals in Canada and abroad, increasing at an alarming rate. Those involved in asset recovery frequently turn to the equitable doctrine of knowing [...]
• Bennett Jones—Lexpert’s Leading Canadian Litigation Lawyers
  Announcements / November 30, 2018
  27 Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in the Lexpert special edition of Canada’s Leading Litigation Lawyers. The issue profiles Lexpert-ranked lawyers in business-related litigation and appears in December’s Report on Business Magazine in the Globe and Mail.
• Bennett Jones in Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018
  Announcements / November 01, 2018
  64 Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in 19 areas of Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018. The guide identifies the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law for their annual publication.
• Norwich Relief—SCC Provides Guidance on Pre-Trial Disclosure Orders
  Blog / September 14, 2018
  On September 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in Rogers Communications Inc v Voltage Pictures, LLC, 2018 SCC 38 confirming the test set out in Leahy for obtaining [...]
• Munaf Mohamed Inducted as IATL Fellow
  Announcements / July 30, 2018
  Munaf Mohamed was recently inducted as a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at the Academy’s mid-year meeting in Colorado Springs. The Academy was founded in 1954 and limits Fellowship to 500 active trial lawyers from the United States, and just over 150 worldwide.
• Bennett Jones Fraud Law Team—Best in the Business
  Announcements / December 04, 2017
  Bennett Jones Fraud Law team is ranked as the best in Canada in Who’s Who Legal: Asset Recovery 2017. Team members are described as...
• Bennett Jones Litigation Lawyers—Lexpert’s Canadian Leaders
  Announcements / November 24, 2017
  18 Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in the Lexpert special edition of Canada's Leading Litigation Lawyers. The edition appears in the December edition of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine.
• Bennett Jones US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers—Canadian Leaders
  Announcements / November 24, 2017
  Twenty Bennett Jones lawyers are ranked in Lexpert’s Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada. The guide profiles peer-ranked lawyers in Competition/Antitrust Law, Insolvency and Financial Restructuring, Corporate Commercial, Securities, Intellectual Property, Corporate Tax, Defamation and Media, Product Liability and Class Actions as well as International Commercial Arbitration, Class Actions, and International Trade Regulation.
• Bennett Jones Selected to 2017 GIR 100
  Announcements / October 27, 2017
  Bennett Jones has been selected as one of the leading global law firms in Investigations, by The Global Investigations Review (GIR) 100, in the 2017 edition. The GIR 100 is the only publication to provide extensive qualitative analysis of the world’s international investigations marketplace and is independently compiled, written and researched by GIR editorial staff.
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Candour in Ex Parte Applications
  Blog / October 25, 2017
  A recent decision by the Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) reminds us that counsel must take care to provide a balanced view of both sides and not overreach in their asks when seeking an ex parte application, [...]
• Are Lawyers' Notes Privileged?
  Blog / June 08, 2017
  A recent English decision on privilege has cast doubt on the legal protection provided to lawyers' work product when assisting corporate clients with internal investigations. In The Director of the Serious [...]
• Pension May be Collapsed in the Face of an Admitted Fraud
  Blog / March 22, 2017
  In the recent decision of Alberta Motor Association v. Gladden, 2017 ABQB 174, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench clarified the limits to which employer-sponsored pension benefits will be immunized from [...]
• Munaf Mohamed Quoted in CBC on Alleged Fraud of AMA
  In The News / August 10, 2016
  In the CBC's article, "Lawsuit Alleges Alberta Motor Association Victim of $8.2-million Fraud," Munaf Mohamed's presentation to the Court of Queen's Bench on behalf of the Alberta Motor Association is noted. The AMA alleges that a former vice-president defrauded the association of at least C$8.2 million.
• Munaf Mohamed on White Collar Crime in Lexpert
  In The News / December 04, 2015
  Munaf Mohamed comments in the story "White-collar crime" on how Canada is slowly working to shed its image of being soft on fraud and white collar crime. Canada has a longstanding reputation of inaction in these areas.
• Global Investigations Review Names Bennett Jones One of Canada's Strongest Investigations Firms
  In The News / June 05, 2015
  In the Global Investigations Review article by Tom Webb, "Canada's Investigations Bar," the investigations practice at Bennett Jones is recognized as one of Canada's strongest. James Patterson, Munaf Mohamed, Lincoln Caylor and Milos Barutciski are named as key leaders of the firm's civil fraud, asset recovery and anti-corruption practices.
• Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery
  Speaking Engagements / November 18, 2013
  Munaf Mohamed and Jim Patterson present, "Comparing Developments in Ancillary Remedies for Use in Asset Recovery Cases in Canada and the U.S." at the 25th Forum Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference, November 18 and 19, 2013, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
• 2013 CBA Legal Conference
  Speaking Engagements / August 18, 2013
  At the 2013 CBA Legal Conference in Saskatoon, Munaf Mohamed co-presents, with David Debenham (McMillan LLP), "Litigating Civil Fraud Claims." The investigation and litigation of claims alleging dishonesty pose unique challenges for civil litigators. A panel consisting of two lawyers and one accountant will discuss three major challenges of dealing with civil fraud claims: effective detection and investigation of dishonest conduct, with a focus on considerations involved in searching for and securing evidence and interviewing the target; advancing claims of fraud and dishonesty in the courts, including when it is appropriate to plead dishonesty, problems of proof and potential costs; and strategic considerations in defending a civil fraud claim, such as whether and to what extent to cooperate during the investigation.
• Litigating Civil Fraud Harder Than It Looks
  Articles / August 16, 2013
  The civil justice system is set up to adjudicate honest disagreements between people who believe in their respective positions, and not for situations where one side is determined to use the system to delay justice in order to defeat it. Written by Munaf Mohamed and David Debenham and published in The Lawyers Weekly.
• Munaf Mohamed Discusses Expert Witnesses in Lawyers Weekly
  In The News / August 14, 2013
  In The Lawyers Weekly's Forensic Accounting & Fraud (Vol. 3 No. 1) article by Michael Benedict, "Not All Experts Are Created Equal," Munaf Mohamed comments on the care needed when choosing expert witnesses, especially following Justice Stathy's comments in Gould v. Western Coal Corp. [2012] O.J. No. 4291.
• Munaf Mohamed in Lexpert on Selecting Expert Witnesses
  In The News / June 05, 2013
  In the Lexpert article by Sheldon Gordon, "Selecting Expert Witnesses," Munaf Mohamed explains the difference between an expert witness declaration of impartiality and independence in Ontario and what is assumed under the Rules of Court in Alberta.
• Careful on the Plea of Conspiracy
  Updates / April 16, 2012
  Most fraud recovery claims involve a claim of conspiracy. Fraud by its nature is opaque and in many cases the victim knows it has been defrauded, knows that a number of parties were involved, knows that the money or assets have been hidden or moved outside of the jurisdiction beyond reach and knows that the ill-gotten gains can be moved faster than the victim can chase them. In looking to attach liability to the individuals behind the fraud, the plea of conspiracy is usually advanced. However, in many cases the particulars of the conspiracy are vague and difficult to ascertain. The recent decision in HSBC Bank of Canada v. 1100336 Alberta Ltd. (Incredible Electronics Wholesale), 2011 ABQB 748 is instructive on how parties must be careful in the manner in which they allege and marshal evidence to prove the “agreement” or “common design” necessary to establish a conspiracy. 
• CBA Civil Litigation Subsection Presentation
  Speaking Engagements / September 28, 2010
  For the Civil Litigation section of the Canadian Bar Association, Munaf Mohamed and Michael Mysak present, "You Can't Always Get What You Want: Extraordinary Recovery Remedies in Civil Litigation," in Calgary, AB.
• Munaf Mohamed Discusses Fraud Investigations
  In The News / April 12, 2010
  In his Lexpert article, “The Fraud Squad,” Julius Melnitzer examines the growing complexity of fraud investigations and the critical role lawyers play, using Munaf Mohamed as an example, “When the police showed up…seizing the couple's assets in Calgary…there was a lawyer on the scene in the person of Munaf Mohamed, now Co-Head of Bennett Jones LLP's National Fraud Law Group, who was there representing the Bank of Montreal."
• The Employer, the Bank and the Fraudster: Vicarious Liability and Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v C.I.B.C.
  Articles / January 03, 2005
  "The Employer, the Bank and the Fraudster: Vicarious Liability and Boma Manufacturing Ltd. v C.I.B.C.," 2005 20 B.F.L.R. 465
• Brilliance and Bromides: The Examination of Expert Witnesses
  Articles / August 03, 1998
  "Brilliance and Bromides: The Examination of Expert Witnesses," 1998 Canadian Bar Association National Papers
• The Summary Trial Procedure: Take the Long Way Home
  Articles / January 02, 1997
  "The Summary Trial Procedure: Take the Long Way Home," 1997 Canadian Bar Association Mid-Winter Papers