Dentons is pleased to announce that David Wotherspoon has joined the Firm as a partner in and lead of our Litigation and Dispute Resolution group in Vancouver.

David’s practice focuses on corporate and commercial disputes, and encompasses all areas of litigation and dispute resolution. He has extensive experience in matters that relate to injunctions and Anton Piller orders, defamation and free speech, intellectual property and software disputes, crisis management, professional liability, shareholder disputes and fraud investigations.

David acts for large institutional clients in a broad range of industry sectors, as well as many early-stage companies and individuals, with particular experience in areas such as technology and intellectual property. His experience in commercial litigation is guided by the understanding that litigation must first serve the client’s business purposes.

“We are pleased to welcome David to Dentons,” said John Sandrelli, Managing Partner of Dentons’ Vancouver office. “With more than two-and-a-half decades of experience in a multitude of areas in litigation and dispute resolution, our clients and colleagues will benefit from David’s unique skill set, which will further enrich the top tier legal counsel our team already provides, both locally and nationally.”

To complement his litigation practice, David is extensively engaged in pro bono cases, taking on several opportunities to represent those who would otherwise have limited access to the justice system. Many of his cases have involved protecting businesses that have been targeted in a way that requires intense and swift action and often injunctions to safeguard clients' rights.

David earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 1986, an MA (Psychology) from UBC in 1998, and an LLB from University of British Columbia in 1991. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1992.