Arend Hoekstra, CPA, CA, is a partner in the Business Law Group at Cassels. Arend is also a Chartered Professional Accountant. Arend provides advice on the duty to consult, treaty negotiations, project-related environmental and regulatory matters, mining projects, legislative drafting, litigation matters including judicial review proceedings, use of Reserve lands including Section 53(1) easements, Section 28(2) tenures, and rights-of-way, drafting of Impact Benefit Agreements and Capacity Funding Agreements, and financing and acquisition of mineral resource properties. His previous experience includes acting as a Senior Advisor for one of Canada’s largest mines and acting as a controller for a large helicopter services company serving the mineral exploration and mining industry in the NWT. As a Chartered Professional Accountant, Arend worked with governments, including Indigenous governments and communities, across the NWT and Nunavut.
Arend’s publications include:
- Implementing UNDRIP in Canada: Challenges with Bill C-262, House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs (co-authored with Thomas Isaac)
- Identity and Federalism: Understanding the Implications of Daniels v Canada, Supreme Court Law Review (co-authored with Thomas Isaac)
- Uncertainty in Dealing with Private Property Rights and Aboriginal Title, British Columbia Real Estate Law Developments (co-authored with Thomas Isaac)
Arend earned his J.D. from the University of British Columbia and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration co-conferred by Okanagan College and the University of British Columbia-Okanagan.
Arend is recognized as “Up & Coming” by Chambers Canada for his work in Aboriginal Law.
