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Civil Law · Ontario, Canada

Munaf Mohamed

Lawyer · Bennett Jones LLP · Calgary

4500-855 2 St SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 4K7
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About

Munaf Mohamed has been recognized as one of Canada's leading trial and appellate counsel, specializing in complex, high stakes disputes in virtually every area of corporate and commercial litigation, including international fraud, energy, product liability, infrastructure and construction, securities and defamation. He maintains a national practice and has been lead counsel in numerous trials, appeals, arbitrations and judicial review hearings across the country, including a number of multi-month trials. He is head of the firm's economic and financial crimes practice and has repeatedly been named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the top 50 trial lawyers in Canada, and is an inducted Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Ranked Band 1, Chambers recently quoted a source commenting on his extensive trial experience in the commercial litigation field, "He is incredibly good strategically and deadly with a witness. He is very good on his feet in front of judges and arbitrators."

In the economic and financial crimes area, Munaf has extensive experience leading fraud and asset recovery proceedings domestically and internationally, obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions (Mareva orders), Norwich Pharmacal orders, Anton Piller Orders and seeking asset recovery and enforcement in over 20 countries. He has been counsel in some of the largest fraud litigation claims in Canada and abroad.

Munaf also maintains an active arbitration practice having led arbitration proceedings both domestically and internationally under the Rules of the International Chambers of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the American Arbitration Association, including the ICDR Canada as well as the CPR, International Institute for Conflict Prevention Resolution, in Canada, the United States, South America, the United Kingdom and Europe.