David Edinger*

*Personal Law Corporation

Partner

(604) 673-7515 | dedinger@singleton.com | |

Sophia Lee, Assistant
(604) 673-7470 | slee@singleton.com

Cool, calm and collected … but don’t let that fool you; he is powerful and persuasive in the courtroom.

Risk Manager
Construction Company

Working with David was a fantastic experience. He was incredibly responsive and his critical insight shaped our legal strategy. He is client focused and provided me with tremendous comfort in challenging circumstances.

President
Film Production Company

David Edinger is widely considered to be a leading commercial litigator in D&O liability, construction, entertainment and employment law.

Who's Who Legal

David is professional, hard-working, dedicated, and incredibly smart. He is well prepared and presents a fulsome approach in general.

Benchmark Canada

Professional Background

David Edinger is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation, Construction, Insurance and Workplace Law Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He is also chair of the firm’s Conflict Committee, and a Member of the Management Committee.

David specializes in uniquely tailored and effective approaches to dispute prevention and resolution, which includes advising on contract and procurement strategy, crafting creative risk management solutions, and resolving matters through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation at all levels of court in British Columbia.

His broad range of expertise and experience includes resolving commercial and construction disputes involving owners, sureties, general contractors and consultants in relation to builders lien claims, claims for extras, delay, deficiencies and tendering/RFP issues. Recently, David has focused on assisting procurement and contracting processes on larger construction projects and is particularly knowledgeable with respect to the unique commercial considerations and context of public institutions.

David also regularly advises on matters involving directors and officers liability, shareholders, joint venture and partnership agreements, employers and employees in relation to hiring, termination, severance, confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation, Human Rights Code and Employment Standards Act matters, and entertainment industry matters.

David’s expertise includes cross-border litigation, conflict of laws issues including jurisdictional matters and the recognition and enforcement of judgments and the securing of evidence across borders. He is very experienced working with United States-based counsel on such matters.

David’s broad range of commercial expertise allows him to act as a knowledgeable advisor to clients operating in a complex commercial context who may have a diversity of legal issues.

Education

Master of Law, University College London, 1992
Called to the British Columbia Bar, 1991
Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1990
Bachelor of Arts, University of British Columbia, 1987

Rankings + Recognitions

Recognized in Chambers Canada — Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Recognized in Who’s Who Legal – Commercial Litigation.
Recognized as Entertainment Lawyer of the Year (Vancouver) by Best Lawyers Canada®.
Ranked in the areas of Entertainment Law and Corporate and Commercial Litigation by Best Lawyers Canada®
Recognized in Benchmark Canada – The Definitive Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys as a “Litigation Star”

Memberships

Member, Advocates’ Society
Member, Canadian Bar Association

Community + Volunteering

Pro Bono Advisor, Arts Club Theatre

Rankings

David Edinger is top-ranked by Leading Global Rankings Agencies and Directories.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

Founded in 1982 on a construction litigation platform, Singleton Reynolds has established itself as a leading construction firm in Canada, and continues to draw a large volume of assignments related to all aspects of the construction and infrastructure sectors.

Experience

General Representative Experience

Acted for a general contractor in relation to litigation which arose from a project to install a turbine, generator, switchgear, and new control systems at a hydro plant in Yukon Territory owned by a crown corporation. The litigation has proceeded to trial, an appeal and a second trial is scheduled for the fall of 2019
Acted for a general contractor in relation to a $40 million multi-unit residential tower project substantially completed 9 months late, where responsibility for the delays are in issue
Acted for a joint venture developing a 44-storey residential tower in a dispute with its initial curtain wall contractor arising from the contractor’s decision to abandon the project
Acted for a developer in relation to the formation of its contract with a general contractor for a 3 phase, 6 tower mixed commercial and residential development
Acted for a surety in relation to a suite of bonds totaling over $250 million, including labour and material payment, performance and advance payments bonds, provided to an insolvent civil contractor involved in projects across Western Canada, including a large power project in BC
Acted for an Alaskan engineer in relation to her professional liability on a steam metering project conducted on three US Army bases in Alaska
Defended the directors, officers, and trustees of a real estate investment trust which consisted of 170 interrelated companies and limited partnerships, against representative action by investors seeking over $230 million in damages for breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of care, and negligence
Defended the directors of a company against an oppression claim arising from consecutive private placements of shares by a TSXV listed company, followed by a takeover bid and going private transaction
Acted for the shareholders of a fertilizer company with business dealings in BC and Pakistan in a dispute concerning the ownership, control and appropriate financing of the business
Defended a large Japan-based auto parts manufacturer in three related competition law class actions involving three different auto parts
Advanced claims fueled by Vancouver’s rising housing market for two strata lot owners in disputes with the same developer who sought to purchase the clients’ properties following alleged misrepresentations
Acted for a law firm which was alleged to have failed to properly protect a patent claim related to sporting equipment which became the de facto standard for the sport
Acted for an educational institution in relation to various matters, including the development of new buildings on its campus, its leasing of property from third party and of its own space, its cybersecurity; and its process for tendering for its new enterprise software system
Acted as litigation and transactional counsel for a company developing and carrying on the business of coffee supplier to large BC retailers

Entertainment Industry Representative Experience

Defended a California-based film production company pursuant to its errors and omissions insurance against claims of copyright infringement with respect to a series of four thematically related films shot in BC
Defended a BC film production company against a fraudulent preference and conveyance claims arising out of the alleged improper use of tax credit receipts
Defended a BC film production company against various contractual claims related to a co-production agreement contemplating certification as a Canadian-German co-production, as well as financing and distribution agreements
Provided advice to a BC animation film producer on its disputes and potential disputes in multiple areas, including borrowing and financing, rights acquisition, errors and omissions insurance, and software licensing
Advanced a claim on behalf of an Ontario-based secured lender against a BC film production company which failed to repay a loan intended to be repayable by a tax credit refund
Represented two prominent musical artists in separate and contractual disputes with their respective managers and management companies, in one case in concert with the artist’s New York based litigation counsel.

Publications

Co-author, “Construction Management Contracts and the Builders Lien Act: Lien Rights and Holdbacks,” Journal of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, May, 2024
Co-author, “Construction Management Contracts and B.C.’s Builders Lien Act: Lien Rights and Holdbacks,” Construction Law Letter, May/June, 2024
Co-author, “Disputing Jurisdiction: A Review of Recent Case Law on Territorial Competence,” The Advocate, March, 2024
Co-author, “All’s Fair in the Tendering Process – what are an owner’s obligations when faced with deficient bids?,” ReNew Canada, May, 2023
Co-author, “Employers’ Use of Social Media to Monitor and Evaluate Employees,” PeopleTalk Magazine, Spring, 2022
Quoted in Canadian HR Reporter article, “Temporary layoff not dismissal when worker agrees,” February, 2022
Co-author, “A Whole New World during and post COVID? Virtual Examination Discovery in B.C.,” July, 2020
Author, “Uber v Heller – Who Gets to Decide?,” July, 2020
Co-author, “Virtual Series – Virtual Oral Advocacy in British Columbia,” July, 2020
Co-author, “UPDATE: Government of British Columbia Issues New Ministerial Order Confirming All BC Builders Lien Act Limitation Periods Continue to Apply,” April, 2020
Co-author, “Government of British Columbia Issues Order Suspending Limitation Periods,” March, 2020
Author, “L&M Payment Bonds: You May Have New Obligations,” December, 2017
Co-author, “Putting the Content Cat Back in the Bag,” Letter of the Law, Winter, 2017
Author, “How Far Can a Court Reach Across the Internet,” July, 2017
Author, “Choice of Law & Today’s Employment Contracts,” March, 2017
Author, “Non-Competition Clauses in the Age of E-Commerce,” December, 2016
Author, “The Autonomous Car – Self-Driving but Not Self-Regulating,” December, 2016
Author, “Lifting the curtain on bitcoins and other virtual currencies,” Martindale, January, 2016
Author, “Courts’ Potent Tools Can Protect E-Commerce Rights,” Martindale, October, 2015
Author, “Why a “Lord of the Wings” Trademark Could Confuse Consumers,” Martindale, March, 2015
Author, “How Far Can a Court Reach Across the Internet?,” Letter of the Law, Fall, 2014
Co-author, “Chapter 15, Canadian Law and Procedure,” Robert W. Grant, H. David Edinger, Melanie Ash and Christina Bulbrook, in Entertainment Litigation, ed. Charles J. Harder, Oxford University Press, 2011, 2014
Google’s Appeal of the Worldwide De-Indexing Order
The Puzzles of Partial Settlements in Complex Litigation

Presentations

Co-Chair, “Construction Projects: Latest Trends in Lifecycle Risk Management,” Pacific Business & Law Institute, March, 2024
Co-presenter, “In Real Life (IRL): Managing Tomorrow’s Challenges in the Office Environment,” (with Melanie Samuels), Singleton Reynolds’ Workplace Law Webinar, November, 2022