Adnan Habib is a Fellow of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.
As an experienced litigation lawyer and mediator, Adnan is dedicated to resolving construction and complex commercial disputes. These disputes include construction law cases related to bonds, contaminated sites, delay claims, deficiency claims, insurance coverage, liens, leaky buildings and priority disputes. A significant component of Adnan’s practice involves insolvency matters including secured and unsecured realizations, receiverships, foreclosures, CCAA matters, lease defaults, bankruptcy, breach of trust and fraud.
Adnan graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Laws. He received intensive mediation training from the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. He was called to the Bar in 1993 and has been a partner since January 2000.
He has helped private and public owners, first nations, developers, general contractors, consultants, insurers, financial institutions, private lenders, receivers, strata corporations, subcontractors and suppliers in a wide variety of matters.
Adnan negotiates resolutions, acts as a mediator and acts as counsel in the mediation, arbitration and litigation of construction and complex commercial disputes.
Adnan is active with various associations. He is a member of the Construction Law, Insolvency and Insurance Subsections of the Canadian Bar Association, Vancouver Regional Construction Association, the Young Insolvency Professionals Group and the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.
Adnan contributes numerous articles on construction-related topics. He is a frequent lecturer at conferences and seminars sponsored by a variety of associations including the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, the Pacific Business and Law Institute and the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers.