Siobhán O'Sullivan Associate Vancouver Tel : 604.691.6863 Fax : 604.893.2946 Email : siobhan.osullivan@mcmillan.ca VCard :

Practice Background

Siobhán is an associate in the Transportation and Competition & Trade groups of the firm's Vancouver office. Siobhán's practice focuses primarily on railway rate and service negotiations, regulatory proceedings (before the Canadian Transportation Agency), project management and corporate and commercial transactions. In this capacity she assists senior counsel in representing many of the largest shippers and rail users in their dealings with Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad and has gained significant experience in final offer arbitrations under the Canada Transportation Act and in the negotiating and drafting of large-scale commercial agreements for users of rail infrastructure. In addition to railway work, Siobhán has also acted for shippers in their dealings with port and terminal facilities across Canada, including the drafting of terminal services agreements.

Siobhán also serves as counsel to Dress for Success Vancouver (a charitable organization that provides professional attire and career counselling services to low income women looking to enter the workforce) on a pro bono basis.

Memberships

• Vancouver Bar Association
• Canada Transportation Research Forum
• Canadian Bar Association

Community Service

• Teck Coal Limited v Canadian Pacific Railway Company, final offer arbitration (May 2009) 
• Teck Coal Limited v Canadian Pacific Railway Company, final offer arbitration (June 2009) 
• Teck Coal Limited before the Cost of Capital Review, Canadian Transportation Agency (2010)
• Teck Resources Limited and affiliates before the Federal Rail Freight Service Review, <br>Transport Canada (2010)
• Teck Resources Limited, agreement with Westshore Terminals Limited (2010)
• Teck Resources Limited, ten year agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Company (2010)
• (Not Publicly Disclosed) Numerous negotiations and final offer arbitrations on behalf of bulk shippers (forest, mineral and grain products) and passenger/commuter rail operations with various Class I Railways; submissions to federal legislative review panels

May 2011 Investment in Canada's Asia-Pacific Gateway Infrastructure for Bulk v. Container Traffic Transportation and Innovation: the Roles of Governments, Industry and Academia, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Gatineau, Québec