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Adam Williams is a strategic litigator with a focus on complex commercial, constitutional, administrative and regulatory disputes. He represents clients on matters across a range of industries, before trial and appellate courts across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada.

Overview

Known for his thoughtful approach and practical judgment, Adam helps clients navigate litigation risks with clear, realistic advice. He is especially sought after for matters involving constitutional and public law challenges, often with novel legal dimensions. Clients describe him as strategic and responsive, providing rigorous legal analysis with a focus on business and policy outcomes.

Adam’s experience includes proceedings before all levels of court in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, and before the Supreme Court of Canada. He played a key role in the firm’s recent successes in Reference re Impact Assessment Act, Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Petrowest v. Peace River Hydro Partners—cases that reshaped Canadian law on federal jurisdiction, contractual interpretation and the intersection of arbitration and insolvency.   Adam also litigates matters involving the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Adam contributes regularly to thought leadership. He has published for the Canadian Energy Law Foundation, Alberta Law Review, National Insolvency Review and Annual Review of Insolvency Law.

Before joining Bennett Jones, Adam served as a clerk at the Alberta Court of Appeal.

Client Work

Dow Chemical Canada in its successful C$3.56-billion claim against NOVA Chemicals for breaches of contract

Alberta Department of Energy, as co-counsel, in respect of its constitutional challenge to the federal Impact Assessment Act

The court-appointed receiver of Petrowest Corporation and related entities before the British Columbia Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Canada on novel points of law regarding the intersection of insolvency law with arbitration law 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, as receiver, in its sale of FGC Health LP et al's homecare business assets in British Columbia and Manitoba pursuant to a sales process under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada)

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Alberta, Bsc, 2010
  • Thompson Rivers University, Bachelor of Journalism (Gold Medalist), 2014
  • University of Calgary/University of Copenhagen, JD (Dean's List), 2020

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 2021