Gerry Ghikas has over 35 years of experience as a trial lawyer, appellate advocate, arbitration counsel and commercial arbitrator. He has appeared as an advocate in numerous complex cases before Canadian courts, before administrative and regulatory tribunals and before international and domestic commercial arbitration tribunals seated in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Gerry Ghikas has also served as an arbitrator in approximately 100 international and domestic cases. His experience spans a broad range of business and legal subject matters including, but not limited to, mining, oil and gas, electrical energy, forestry, banking, corporations and shareholders, securities regulation, officers and directors liability, intellectual property, technology, real estate, manufacturing and distribution, competition and anti-trust, partnerships, joint ventures and other contractual arrangements.

Gerry spent the first three years of his legal career as a solicitor, drafting leases, joint venture agreements, limited partnership agreements, financing and other documents. He is former managing partner of the Vancouver law firm Ladner Downs, and for many years chaired its Compensation Committee.

• 35 years of experience as counsel and commercial arbitrator, and occasionally as mediator
• Advocate in numerous complex cases
• Completed the Fellowship Accreditation course in International Arbitration of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) to be qualified as a Fellow
• Completed accreditation course of BCAMI/ADRIC to be accredited as a Chartered Arbitrator
• Arbitrator (sole arbitrator, chair or co-arbitrator) in over 100 international and domestic cases, either ad hoc or administered by VanIAC, ADRIC, ICC, ICDR etc.
• Completed Commercial Mediation training offered by the CLE Society of British Columbia and served as mediator of complex commercial and partnership cases.

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.)
• Chartered Arbitrator (CArb.)
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (FACTL)
• Recipient of National Award for Excellence in Dispute Resolution
• Chair, Canadian National Arbitration Committee of International Chamber of Commerce
• Canadian Delegate to UNCITRAL Working Group (Arbitration Rules Revision)
• Member, CBA, ABA, IBA, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, ADRIC
• Author of numerous articles on dispute resolution
• Chambers Global, World’s Leading Lawyers for Business
• Martindale Hubbell, AV Peer Review Rating

University of Calgary, Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, 1970
University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Laws, 1973