Allen Soltan

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.‎