Celina Glabus

Associate

 glabusc@bennettjones.com
Education
Vancouver Island University, BA, 2019 (with Distinction)
University of Ottawa, Juris Doctor, 2023
Bar Admissions
Alberta, 2024
Overview

Celina maintains a general civil litigation practice with a growing focus on commercial disputes. She represents clients before the Alberta Court of King's Bench and has assisted with matters before the Alberta Court of Appeal, as well as domestic and international arbitration proceedings involving complex contractual disputes within the petrochemical industry. Celina has also assisted in advancing expropriation claims exceeding $1 billion.

In addition to her litigation practice, Celina is active in administrative law, particularly in the area of policing. She has also contributed to discreet matters involving novel constitutional and public law challenges, drawing from her previous role as a legislative development intern with the Senate of Canada.

Before becoming an associate with Bennett Jones, Celina summered and articled with the firm. She also brings valuable industry experience from her previous role in public affairs at a multinational engineering, procurement, and construction company.

Celina actively seeks opportunities to contribute to her community and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship for her contributions to social development initiatives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Select Experience
•  Pursuing a complex action on behalf of several mining companies claiming the Government of Alberta’s policy decision resulted in the de facto expropriation of their mineral freehold and leasehold rights
•  Representing the Chief of Police of the Calgary Police Service in proceedings involving complaint inquiries and applications under the Judicature Act (Alberta)
•  Bringing a successful application on behalf of two estate beneficiaries to summarily dismiss an action claiming an untitled interest in 6,000 acres of ranchland in southern Alberta