Michael P. Theroux KC
Partner • Co-Head of Commercial Litigation Practice

Outline
Mike Theroux is the former Lead Director of Bennett Jones and currently Co-Head of the firm's Commercial Litigation Practice Group and carries on a practice involving complex commercial disputes, with a focus on the energy industry. He is a highly experienced trial and appeal lawyer and regularly handles cases in Alberta and British Columbia. Mike also regularly resolves disputes through arbitration (domestic and international) with a variety of arbitration rule systems.
Overview
Client Work
Teine Energy on an application to enforce, and resist an application to stay, an arbitration award against Inter Pipeline relating to the breach of an agreement for the transportation of Teine Energy's light crude oil on the Mid-Saskatchewan Pipeline System. Inter Pipeline Ltd v Teine Energy Ltd, 2024 ABKB 740
Questor Technology on an application to find the defendants in contempt in relation to a claim for breaches of fiduciary duty, taking of confidential information and trade secrets and appropriating corporate opportunities. Questor Technology Inc v Stagg, 2024 ABKB 377
Harvest Operations in successfully obtaining summary dismissal of a claim involving a complex Oil & Gas royalty arrangement. Enerplus Corporation v Harvest Operations Corp, 2023 ABKB 482, 2021 ABQB 634
Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $23.6-billion proposed acquisition of Husky Energy Inc.
Enerflow Industries Inc., in a four-month trial and multiple applications before the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta relating to allegations of misrepresentation and breach of a purchase and sale agreement with claims in excess of $80 million. NOV Enerflow ULC (NOV Pressure Pumping ULC) v Enerflow Industries Inc., 2020 ABQB 347.
Bidell Equipment LP., in a successful claim for breach of contract for the supply of six custom gas compressors, Bidell Equipment LP v Caliber Midstream GP LLC, 2020 ABCA 478 (Court of Appeal), Bidell Equipment LP v Caliber Midstream GP LLC, 2019 ABQB 296.
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
Repeatedly Recommended, Energy (Oil & Gas)
Repeatedly Recommended, Energy (Oil & Gas)
Lexpert Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Litigation Lawyers in Canada
Recognized as one of Canada's leading cross-border litigators
Lexpert Special Edition Litigation
Recognized as one of Canada's leading lawyers in litigation
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Education & Bar Admissions
Education
- University of Calgary, BA, 1991
- University of Alberta, LLB, 1995
Bar Admissions
- British Columbia, 1996
- Alberta, 1999