Josef Kruger Email & Phone Number

Josef Krüger is a partner in our Commercial Litigation Group in our Calgary office. He was Regional Manager of our Commercial Litigation Group from January 2007 to July 2011, and a member of our Partnership Board from 2011 to 2016.Josef focuses his practice on bankruptcy and insolvency, commercial litigation and international arbitration. He has more than 35 years' experience in commercial litigation and insolvency law, and is a veteran of more than 400 trials and arbitrations. He has extensive experience arguing matters on appeal, and has acted in numerous insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings, including cross-border restructurings. He was appointed to the Insolvency Institute of Canada in 2010, and appointed Queen's Counsel that same year. Josef's experience also includes: oil & gas litigation, international arbitrations, arbitration of commercial disputes, the unravelling of international commercial frauds, and the recovery of assets across borders, Mareva injunctions and Anton Pillar Orders and defending auditors' liability claims.Prior to moving to Calgary in 1998 and joining one of BLG's founding firms, Howard Mackie, Josef articled and practised as a barrister in South Africa for a total of 18 years.

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Insolvency, Restructuring, and Oil And Gas.

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  Partner

  Borden Ladner Gervais Llp

  1998 - Present - Calgary, Alberta

  Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is a pre-eminent full-service, national law firm focusing on business law, commercial litigation and intellectual property solutions for our clients. With more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals in six Canadian cities, BLG assists clients with their legal needs, from major litigation to financing and patent registration. For further information, visit blg.com.

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  Potchefstroom University (South Africa),

  Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)