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Overview

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.

Client Work

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.

Heartland Generation in its C$658-million sale to TransAlta

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.

Recognitions & Awards

Best Lawyers in Canada

Recognized for Administrative and Public Law

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell

Received a BV Distinguished Peer Review Rating

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

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

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 1992

News, Events & Speaking Engagements

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Scott Bower in The Lawyers Weekly on Res Judicata

March 25, 2016
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Scott H. D. Bower KC
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Scott Bower and Christopher Petrucci in Law Times on SCC Builders' Lien Decision

January 18, 2016
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