Paul Dicks, K.C., is counsel to the firm. He has extensive corporate and commercial experience
both as a litigator and solicitor, including acting as local counsel in substantial mining sector
acquisitions.

Paul has litigated at all court levels in the province and in the Supreme Court of
Canada on various matters including administrative law challenges; bankruptcies; mechanics lien and construction claims; class actions; contractual disputes; corporate; banking; minority
shareholder oppression applications; wrongful dismissals; environmental law; estate law; family
law; personal injury; municipal assessment appeals; will interpretations; and debt recovery.

Paul has also acted for and advised on aboriginal and indigenous matters including reserve
creation; an application to injunct the Muskat Falls in the early stage of its development; and a
successful challenge to a band election. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada for his work in Corporate and Commercial Litigation.

Paul is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School and Memorial University of Newfoundland and
Labrador. He was a Member of the Provincial Legislature for 12 years serving as Minister of
Justice and Attorney General; Minister of Finance; President of Treasury Board; Minister of
Mines and Energy; and Speaker of the House of Assembly. He served 2 terms as a Director of
the Bank of Canada and is past Chair of the Boards of Directors of Newfoundland Hydro and
Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited. Currently, he is a director of Atlantic Lottery
Corporation as well a number of privately held corporations.