Aziz Aboudheir is a general and commercial litigator with experience in a wide variety of matters including construction disputes, contractual and shareholder disputes, franchise litigation, insurance defence, intellectual property and municipal law. Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Aziz practiced at a Western Canada law firm.
Aziz has successfully represented clients in many dispute resolution forums including the Alberta Court of King's Bench, the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench and Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada and in private commercial arbitrations.
Aziz is an adept negotiator having advocated for clients in dozens of mediations frequently securing settlements early in the dispute resolution process to the satisfaction of clients.
Aziz's litigation experience includes:
- In construction disputes, acting for owners of large care homes in defending delay claims and successfully advancing deficiency claims against contractors.
- In the agricultural space, acting for grain exporters and manufacturers of agricultural equipment in all manner of contractual and commercial disputes including real estate, export and government relations.
- With respect to local governments, acting for and against municipalities in terms of challenging tax bylaws and in terms of advising municipalities on governance and expropriation matters.
- In the intellectual property space, enforcing the patent and trademark rights of clients both at the Federal Court and Provincial Superior Courts including by acting for a multinational producer of chemicals to enforce patent and Plant Breeders Rights across the prairie provinces.
- For business owners, advocating for disputing shareholders and partners in the grain export and energy industries as well as for owners of small-to-medium sized businesses.
- In the franchise space, as advisor and litigation counsel to a national franchisor dealing with all litigation arising in Saskatchewan.
In the community, Aziz has served as board member of the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan and the Regina Food Bank.
Aziz completed his J.D. at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to that, he obtained his Business Degree in Finance with distinction.