Best Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada for Real Estate Law

Zack is a business lawyer who maintains a broad corporate practice with a focus on real property transactions. Zack’s experience includes working as counsel on asset and share transactions, lending transactions (for both lender and borrower clients), mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and similar matters. His experience includes drafting and reviewing purchase agreements, financing and mortgage documents, shareholders’ agreements, co-ownership agreements, leases, e...

Andrew is a real estate partner in the firm's Vancouver office. His practice focuses primarily on commercial leasing transactions. Andrew works with landlords, tenants and developers to draft and negotiate commercial leases and all related documentation. Andrew obtained his law degree in Australia and practiced in Perth, Western Australia prior to moving to Canada. He was called to the bar in British Columbia in 2015 after completing his articles with Lawson Lundell.

Andrew assists clients with all aspects of commercial, mixed-use, and residential real estate developments, including REDMA compliance and obtaining the requisite municipal approvals and entitlements. Andrew has extensive experience with real estate transactions, including development sites, land assemblies, and income-producing properties. He also helps clients with negotiations of purchase agreements, due diligence, structuring, and borrower-side work for all manner of real estate-related f...

Cassandra is an associate in Farris’ Corporate Commercial and Real Estate practice groups. She maintains a broad practice, including real property transactions, asset and share transactions, developments and financing, leasing, partnerships, and general corporate and commercial matters. Cassandra obtained her Juris Doctor from Thompson Rivers University and graduated on the Dean’s List. Cassandra remains a mentor to first year students entering the Faculty of Law at Thompson River...

In British Columbia’s competitive commercial real estate sector, clients value integrity, efficiency, and specialized insight to help them navigate through ever-changing challenges and opportunities. Bhagwant encapsulates these values with his solutions-based, client-first approach. Bhagwant advises clients at every stage of a commercial real estate acquisition, sale or development. Regardless of the project, Bhagwant’s attention to detail at every stage allows him to identify pos...

Adam Lazar is a partner at Koffman Kalef LLP, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. He offers comprehensive guidance and advice as part of the Commercial Real Estate & Development and Corporate/Commercial teams. Adam is committed to helping clients navigate their legal challenges by implementing practical, business-oriented solutions to meet their objectives. His practice encompasses a broad array of real estate matters, including the acquisition, financing, leasing, development, and sa...

Julia is a commercial real estate lawyer, providing practical and strategic advice to developers, landlords, tenants, lenders, borrowers and First Nation governments on a wide array of real estate matters, including: Real Estate Transactions: conducting lease and title due diligence; structuring equity and debt financing; and negotiating purchase and sale transactions. Commercial Leasing: negotiating and advising on leases in both market and non-market environments. Land Development: advising...

Winkie Chan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Winkie, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Winkie is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Hourak Rahmani is an associate in Gowling WLG's Vancouver office with broad experience in corporate & commercial and real estate matters. In the corporate & commercial space, Hourak assists clients with a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, asset and share purchase transactions, joint ventures and debt and equity financings. She also works on a wide range of general corporate matters, including incorporations, shareholder's agreem...

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 ...

Jessica Ma is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Jessica, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jessica is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Lucky Johal is an associate in the Real Estate Law practice group. He advises clients on a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, financings, commercial leasing (including retail, office and industrial) and joint ventures. Lucky also advises clients on a wide-range of corporate matters including the purchase and sale of businesses, business entity formations, reorganization and restructuring of private companies and various types of commercial agreements.

Aman Bindra and his team assist clients with all real estate, banking, and corporate matters, including the purchase and sale of real estate and businesses, borrowing and lending, land development and construction, and leasing. Aman regularly advises on and prepares agreements relating to land, asset, and share purchases, financings, construction projects, leasing, incorporations, partnerships, corporate reorganizations, and more. Aman grew up in Richmond, BC, and received both his undergradu...

I became a lawyer because I like taking care of people so they can relax and focus on living their lives. Before law school I spent years as a government relations professional, explaining the effects of laws and policies to politicians so they could understand how their decisions affect people- from students to small business owners. Through my professional and personal experience, I know first hand that the law is a blunt instrument and a skilled lawyer can make it work for an individual&rs...

Karoline Clarke is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Karoline, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Karoline is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Sunjeet is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate & Development team at Koffman Kalef LLP, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. She addresses clients' legal needs in the complex world of commercial real estate and development with a practical and business-focused approach. Sunjeet prioritizes understanding her clients' objectives and adapting to the dynamic nature of the real estate industry. She provides guidance to a diverse range of clients, such as entrepreneurs, corporations, dev...