Michael D. Mysak
Partner
Outline
Clients, including public and private corporations, financial institutions, defrauded investors and retail brokers, rely on Michael for his extensive experience in high stakes, complex corporate and commercial litigation.
Overview
Client Work
Plains All American Pipeline in its C$5.15-billion sale of its NGL business to Keyera
Representing the landlord in a successful claim for breach of lease against a tenant who had leased an entire 37 story office building and then vacated it with 12 years left on the lease, claiming that a minute amount of hazardous materials in building materials from decades earlier justified that decision. CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v 801 Seventh Inc, 2025 ABKB 145; 2023 ABCA 97 ; 2021 ABQB 861; 2021 ABQB 81
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, including winning several important decisions on improper claims of privilege by the Plaintiff CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v ITP SA, 2022 ABKB 683; CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v ITP SA, 2023 ABKB 689, CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC v ITP SA, 2024 ABCA 139
The Chief of Police of the Calgary Police Service in many hearings involving member discipline and general litigation, including Green v Calgary (Police Commission), 2024 ABLERB 19, Morton v Calgary (Police Service), 2023 ABLERB 9, Barton v Calgary (Police Service), 2022 ABLERB 15, Alberta (Justice and Solicitor General) v Bassett, 2022 ABCA 280
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).
The Plaintiffs in an action for fraud, conversion, breach of trust and solicitor’s negligence arising from the misappropriation of over $1.7 MM by the former CFO; after a month long trial, judgment was successfully obtained against all defendants including the former officer, his wife (to whom much of the benefit of the misappropriated funds flowed) and a lawyer who had acted on one of the transactions at issue. Metalworks Canada Ltd v Warrack et al, 2018 ABQB 443
Recognitions & Awards
Chambers Canada
Ranked, Litigation: General Commercial – Alberta
Benchmark Litigation: Canada
Recognized as a Litigation Star
Legal 500 Canada
Leading Lawyer, Dispute resolution: Alberta
Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Consistently Recommended, Litigation - Corporate Commercial
Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
Recognized as a lawyer to watch in the area of Litigation
Lexpert Special Edition Litigation
Recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers in litigation
Related Services
Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- University of Saskatchewan, BA, 1999
- University of Saskatchewan, LLB, 2000
Bar Admissions
- Alberta, 2001
Insights
BlogSubmitting an Incident Response Report to a Regulator? Consider Privilege Waived
May 21, 2024
BlogIs It Getting Harder to Get a Worldwide Freezing Injunction In Alberta?
September 23, 2022
News, Events & Speaking Engagements
Counsel Comments: Alberta Take Five April Edition
May 10, 2023
Corporate Fraud Detection, Remedy, and Prevention Techniques: How to Defend Your Company
March 3, 2015
