John C. Fiddick

John Fiddick joined Whitelaw Twining in 2012 as Litigation Counsel and the Chair of the Commercial Litigation Group. His practice involves a broad range of commercial and business litigation matters with a particular emphasis on insolvency and restructuring matters. He regularly represents senior and subordinate lenders, trustees and receivers and debtors in complex, multi-party litigation. These matters often involve the enforcement of security or court judgements. He has represented shareholders, joint venture partners, general and limited partners, directors and officers and creditors in complex matters relating to allegations of oppressive conduct and derivative actions for wrongs done to both publicly-traded and private companies. John has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia and has extensive experience in commercial arbitrations and mediations. He has also appeared before the BC Securities Commission and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

John's representative work includes:

• Representing commercial and industrial landlords in leasing and commercial disputes
• Representing senior and subordinate secured creditors on commercial and residential property insolvency matters
• Representing the trustee in bankruptcy for a large architectural firm in dealing with contested claim by commercial landlord
• Successfully representing a commercial landlord in action brought by a tenant for a declaration that the tenant has an enforceable right to purchase the property
• Acting as supervising solicitor in the enforcement of an Anton Pillar Order made in proceedings in which a Mareva injunction was granted
• Representing the trustee in bankruptcy in the wind-up of an insolvent motor vehicle dealerEnforcing foreign judgements for a federal government agency
• Representing a major bank in commercial foreclosure proceedings often with the appointment of a receiver
• Representing a publicly-traded company in an action against former officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty
• Enforcing security and personal guarantees for creditors
• Representing a global tire manufacturer in a breach of contract case
• Representing minority shareholders in a lengthy shareholders' dispute