Helmut Johannsen is Associate Counsel in the Vancouver office of Singleton Urquhart LLP and is a lawyer, professional engineer and chartered arbitrator. Helmut has acted and continues to act as an Arbitrator (including chair of 3 person tribunals), Dispute Review Board Member and Project Adjudicator on various projects in Canada.

Helmut is a member and director of ADRBC, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a Professional Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. He is also a Fellow and Past President of the Canadian College of Construction Lawyers, a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers, a Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers, and a vice-chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association. His practice includes all aspects of law related to construction, engineering and procurement, including transactional work and dispute resolution. He is recognized and listed in Who’s Who Legal (under both Construction and Public Procurement), as well as in Lexpert, Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, Martindale-Hubbell and the Euromoney Expert Guides to World’s Leading Lawyers.