Brad Armstrong, KC,

Brad regularly assists clients with environmental assessment reviews, including the public hearing phases. He is well versed in acting for mining and oil pipeline companies, particularly with regard to projects located in the Canadian North.

- Chambers Canada, 2021 Guide

Brad has extensive experience in civil litigation, Indigenous law, administrative and constitutional law, and environmental law. He represents clients involved with land use issues, project development, regulatory approvals, environmental assessments, Indigenous consultation, and litigation, in a range of natural resource industries including mining, forestry, agriculture, aquaculture, energy, independent power projects, oil and gas, and transportation. His practice extends through Western Canada and the North (including Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut).

Brad acts as counsel in court hearings and in public review hearings, in all levels of the British Columbia Courts and the Federal Courts, and before federal, provincial and territorial boards, panels and commissions.

Brad also has extensive experience in corporate and commercial litigation, injunctions, and environmental prosecutions, as well as competition law.

Brad was the firm’s Managing Partner from 2000 through 2003.

Brad is also a regular contributor to the Project Law Blog, a resource that updates proponents on developments in the law and policy that applies to the development of major projects in Canada. 

Brad also teaches a course at the University of British Columbia – Natural Resources Law (2010-2011 and 2017-present), Oil and Gas Law (2013-2016).

• Canadian Bar Association, Member
• Canadian Bar Association, Administrative Law Section (BC Branch), Chair (1990-92)
• Canadian Bar Association, Constitutional Law Section (BC Branch), Co-Chair (1992-93)
• Elected Member of the Provincial Council of the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association from 1999 through 2001
• Project Law Blog, Contributor

• Chairman, St. George’s School Foundation, 1990 to 1992 (Director, 1988-1992)
• Chairman and President of Family Services of Greater Vancouver Society, 2004 to 2006 (Director, 1998-2007)
• Member of the Environment Committee of the British Columbia Business Council
• Member of the Board of Governors of Crofton House School and Chair of the Risk Management Committee (2010-2016)
• Geoscience BC, Board Member (2014-2018)

• Chambers Canada
  • Aboriginal Law - Nationwide (Senior Statespeople) and Environment - Nationwide (Senior Statespeople), 2025
  • Aboriginal Law - Nationwide (Band 3) and Environment - Nationwide (Band 1), 2024
• Best Lawyers in Canada: Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice and Environmental Law, 2006-2025
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Aboriginal Law and Environmental Law (Leading Practitioner), 2023-2024
• Chambers Global: Aboriginal Law - Nationwide (Band 3) and Environment - Nationwide (Band 1), 2023-2024
• The Legal 500 Canada: Environment (Leading Individual), 2021-2025
• Who's Who Legal:
  • Environment & Climate Change (Global Guide), 2024
  • Environment & Climate Change (Canada) and Energy (Canada), 2023
• Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada: Environmental Law, 2022-2023
• Benchmark Canada: The Guide to Canada’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys - Litigation Star, 2019-2021
• Lexpert Special Edition: Leading Canadian Lawyers in Energy, 2020
• Lexpert Special Edition: Leading Canadian Lawyers in Global Mining, 2016-2017
• Lexpert Zenith Award: recognized for Corporate and Law Firm Social Responsibility for his contributions to Family Services of Greater Vancouver, 2011

• Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated

• Represented a major diamond mining company in environmental assessment and project approval in the Northwest Territories
• Advised government agencies in connection with the regulatory review process for hydroelectric projects in Nunavut
• Represented a major marine transportation agency in Federal Court proceedings involving Indigenous and environmental issues
• Represented a major industrial company in an extensive public environmental review of a hydroelectric project
• Represented a mining company in Federal Court proceedings respecting federal environmental assessment compliance
• Represented various industrial corporations in defending charges under environmental laws and regulations
• Represented a mining company in environmental assessment and project approval in Nunavut
• Represented various resource and industrial companies, and governments, in litigation involving First Nations, Indigenous law, treaty law and constitutional law
• Represented various natural resource companies in obtaining injunctions to prohibit interference with project development and activities
• Represented corporate and shareholder interests in litigation concerning contractual issues, amalgamations and arrangements, take-over bids, proxy materials and oppression remedies
• Represented various businesses in litigation and compliance issues relating to the Competition Act