Resolving complex disputes privately, quickly and with finality.
Lura Bechtel provides an efficient, confidential, and fair path to resolution of commercial and employment disagreements through arbitration in the United States and Canada.
Lura Bechtel provides an efficient, confidential, and fair path to resolution of commercial and employment disagreements through arbitration in the United States and Canada.
From personal experience, Ms. Bechtel understands the distraction, strain, and cost that litigation in public courts imposes on individuals and businesses. This is especially true for disputes involving high-level executives and their employers. Reputations, livelihoods, and commercial viability are often at stake and jeopardized by protracted public proceedings.
As a Qualified Arbitrator (Q.Arb.) exclusively focused on alternative dispute resolution, Ms. Bechtel is committed to providing an efficient, fair, confidential and cost-effective alternative to traditional litigation. Her arbitration process provides a fast path to finality by hearing the parties' positions and providing a reasoned and readable award on a tight time-frame, enabling all involved to get on with their lives, businesses, and ambitions.
Ms. Bechtel leverages over 20 years of extensive experience in business litigation, workplace law, executive compensation, corporate governance, and international mergers and acquisitions. This deep expertise allows her to bring pragmatism and fairness to even the most complex or acrimonious disagreements.
Her commitment to every disputant is to give them a full and fair opportunity to present their claims and defenses so that each party is assured that their positions have been thoroughly considered. A reasoned and readable award will be issued promptly, providing the parties clarity and the ability to move forward.
Comprehensive command of labour and employment issues, including executive compensation, wrongful dismissal, harassment, discrimination, wage & hour disputes, class & collective actions, non-competition/non-solicitation, trade secret ownership, labour relations, and collective bargaining.
Experience with litigated claims involving IP and trade secrets, breach of contract, business torts, consumer class actions, competition claims, and shareholder disputes.
Direct insight into intricate executive compensation structures, including various forms of short- and long-term incentive plans, equity and stock options grants.
Expertise in the human capital aspects of cross-border M&A transactions and regulatory compliance, particularly advantageous for US-Canadian jurisdictional matters.
Invaluable insight into the complexities and high-stakes nature of disputes within the financial services and public company sectors, gained from managing litigation portfolios and advising boards.
Cultivated incisive judgment and robust decision-making skills through providing strategic legal counsel on sensitive investigations, internal complaints, workplace policies, and collective bargaining.
Discuss how my distinct experience and commitment to efficient resolution can bring your complex dispute to a definitive conclusion.
Email: connect@bechteladr.com
Phone: (416) 226-4224
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada (Serving US & Canada)