David Paul Douglas Konkin

David is a Senior Associate in Dentons’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution group in Calgary. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, judicial review, and white-collar defence and compliance. David works closely with clients to understand their business objectives and provides strategic, commercially focused advice to help them identify and manage contractual and regulatory risks, resolve disputes efficiently and protect their business interests.

David has significant experience litigating and arbitrating high-value disputes across multiple provinces and territories. He has represented clients in a range of industries, including oil and gas, power, technology, cannabis, pharmaceuticals, health, banking and payments, and has appeared before trial and appellate courts, arbitration tribunals and regulatory bodies across Canada. His experience includes matters before the Alberta Court of King’s Bench and Court of Appeal, British Columbia Supreme Court, Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, as well as domestic and international arbitration panels.

In addition to his dispute resolution practice, David advises organizations on regulatory compliance, investigations and risk mitigation. He leads and assists with sensitive internal investigations involving allegations of business misconduct, including anti-corruption and bribery, conflicts of interest, kickback payments, procurement fraud and data breaches. He also advises clients on anti-corruption, economic sanctions and modern slavery matters. David has led investigations across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Western Africa and Mongolia, and has significant experience negotiating complex resolutions with regulators and enforcement authorities. His experience includes advising on Canada’s first and only remediation agreement under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act , negotiated with federal prosecutors.