Best Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada for Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Jeff is a business lawyer focusing on mergers and acquisitions, day-to-day commercial matters, corporate governance and structuring matters, reorganizations, and debt and equity financings. He is known for providing pragmatic advice to high-growth businesses, private equity groups, founders and entrepreneurs on their complex commercial and M&A needs in the middle market, including private financings other strategic transactions, whether at the start-up or operating stage of their business...
Companies need practical solutions when they’re looking to develop unique financings or navigate stringent securities regulations. Alex works to deliver sound business strategies essential for growth. He is effective at helping his clients raise capital and access instruments of debt. They rely on him to provide proactive and timely advice that is aligned with their commercial goals. Alex has successfully undertaken a number of complex transactions for publicly traded companies in the m...
Gosia focuses on getting the best results for her clients and closing transactions in a timely and efficient manner. She maintains a broad securities and M&A practice. Gosia provides strategic advice to public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, capital markets, regulatory compliance, start-up matters and corporate governance. She has solid experience in closing complex commercial transactions, preparing relevant documents and managing stakeholder...
Aamir Chherawala practises in our business law group with a focus on securities law. Aamir’s practice focuses on advising public issuers and dealers on domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions, M&A transactions and other business combination transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Aamir also works with public issuers on their day-to-day securities compliance and disclosure matters, including advising mining clients of their mineral project disclosu...
Megan O’Neill is a solicitor in Farris LLP’s Corporate Commercial group in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her practice includes Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, with a focus on corporate commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate finance, and real estate matters. She advises both private and public companies across a range of industries. Megan regularly acts for participants in the British Columbia hospitality and alcoholic beverage secto...
Maurice Wong is an associate in the Corporate/Commercial practice group in Fasken’s Vancouver office. Maurice acts on mergers and acquisitions (both domestic and cross-border), joint ventures, capital raisings, corporate structuring and corporate governance matters. Maurice also advises clients on issues spanning the lifetime of a company, from incorporation to dissolution. He has experience drafting and reviewing a variety of corporate and commercial agreements.
Jacqueline maintains a broad corporate law practice, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and business and commercial law. Jacqueline advises clients on a variety of domestic and international transactions, including public and private acquisitions and divestitures, financings, and corporate reorganizations. In addition to transactional work, Jacqueline advises clients on complex commercial agreements and securities regulatory matters. Jacqueline obtained her law degree in...
Andrew Kemp is a Partner in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell and a member of the firm’s Corporate Commercial Group. His practice focuses on assisting domestic and international clients on a broad range of corporate legal matters with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate transactions. He has experience advising public and private companies, private equity funds and syndicates of investors on share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations, fi...
Sarah Martin is a corporate and commercial lawyer in Fasken’s Vancouver office. Sarah works with clients on a wide range of mining, energy and infrastructure matters, with an emphasis on commercial transactions, procurement and regulatory issues. Sarah regularly advises clients and takes lead roles in royalty and stream finance, project finance and mergers and acquisitions in the natural resource space. Sarah also advises in respect of various other mining and energy-related arrangement...
Sean is a business lawyer who provides clients with practical and strategic legal advice on a variety of business transactions and situations, including acquisitions, divestitures, financings, shareholder agreements and general corporate matters. He regularly advises companies at various stages of growth and spanning a wide range of industries including in the technology, infrastructure, manufacturing and natural resource sectors. A key focus of Sean’s transactional experience is the pu...
Brendan advises clients on a broad range of real property matters, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, rezoning, subdivision, financing, commercial leasing, and licensing of real estate professionals. He regularly assists clients with corporate and partnership structuring, transactions and reorganizations, including drafting and negotiating partnership, joint venture, and shareholder agreements. Brendan has acted as lead development counsel on a variety of development projects ...
Chris is a Tax Partner in the Vancouver office. He advises clients on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, financings, and other business transactions. Chris has a strong professional reputation and network in the Canadian tax community. He is regularly invited to deliver presentations, publish papers, and serve on committees at the Canadian Tax Foundation, widely regarded as Canada’s leading source of insight on tax issues. He is also an active member...
Reina Mistry is a corporate/commercial lawyer providing strategic counsel to companies in the technology sector on a range of issues, from inception of the business to the growth and procurement phases. Reina assists with start-up and incorporation issues, debt and equity angel and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and IT licensing and development.
Rachelle is an associate in the Corporate Finance and Securities Group. She works with public and private companies in a variety of transactions, including debt and equity financings, share and asset acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and various other corporate proceedings. She also assists clients on corporate governance and securities regulatory matters, including public issuers with respect to their continuous disclosure obligations and listing requirements
Zaira’s experience includes assisting with corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, taxation issues affecting Indigenous Peoples, and tax litigation and dispute resolution. Zaira acts for both private and public companies across a range of industries, including mining, technology, financial services, and aviation. Zaira clerked at the Federal Court and interned with the Provincial Court of British Columbia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Prior to law s...
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