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Allen Soltan

Allen Soltan

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He's thorough, thoughtful, very knowledgeable, careful to ensure options and risks are clearly understood, and impeccable in following up and through.

It would be hard to surpass the level of service that he has given me.

[He has an] encyclopaedic knowledge of labour and employment law.

client quotes, Chambers Canada
About

Allen Soltan focuses his practice on administrative law, professional regulatory law, employment and labour law, human rights, and education law.

Allen has served for many years as the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Canadian Education Group and the Canadian Professional ‎Governance and Regulation Group.‎

Between 2012 and 2015, Allen served as the Head of the Firm’s Vancouver Litigation ‎and Dispute Resolution Department. Between 2015 and 2022, Allen served as the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Employment and Labour Group.

Allen has been recognized as a leading lawyer in Canada in Administrative and Public Law, Alternative ‎Dispute Resolution, and Employment and Labour Law.‎

Allen’s practice in employment and labour law includes the representation of management in all aspects of ‎the employment relationship, including counselling and litigation involving statutory claims, common law ‎actions, restrictive covenants, fiduciary duty, termination of employment, confidentiality and related ‎intellectual property issues, privacy, sexual and personal harassment, human rights, executive ‎compensation, organizing activity, collective bargaining, collective agreement administration and ‎arbitration, and interest arbitration of collective agreements. He also regularly advises on the employment ‎and labour issues involved in merger and acquisition transactions.‎

Allen’s practice in administrative and public law includes advising professional regulatory clients and other ‎public sector institutions on professional regulation and discipline, corporate governance, bylaw and ‎policy development, regulatory compliance, contractual issues, risk management, human rights, and access to information ‎and privacy.‎

Bar admissionsBritish Columbia, 1984Yukon, 2013
Languages
  • English
Education
  • LL.M., Columbia Law School, 1990 

    LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1983

    B.Com. (First Class Honours), University of British Columbia, 1980

    Certifications in Negotiation and ‎Mediation, Harvard Law School ‎‎(Program of Instruction for Lawyers, ‎‎1995-1997)‎

Awards

  • Honourary Life Member, BC Principals’ & Vice-Principals’ Association (2022)‎
  • Best Lawyers in Canada (Administrative and Public Law), 2015-2025; (Alternative Dispute Resolution), 2017-2022
  • Chambers Canada (Employment and Labour Law - British Columbia), 2018-2021
  • The Legal 500 Canada (Labour and Employment), 2016-2022
  • Martindale-Hubbell, Distinguished® Peer Review Rated

Seminars

  • Moderator, 2021 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Cross-Canada Employment and Labour Law Update
  • Speaker, 2019 DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Canadian Employment and Labour Law Conference

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Former Member, Professional Issues Committee, BC Branch of Canadian Bar Association‎
  • Former Director, Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference
  • Former BC Regional Chair, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference
  • Study Group Chair, Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference
  • Former Member, Advisory Board, UBC Sauder School of Business
  • Former Member, Advisory Board, UBC Law Alumni Magazine
  • Former Director, Vancouver Bar Association
  • Editorial Board, Education Law Reporter
  • Member, International Bar Association and Canadian Bar Association

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