Best Lawyers in British Columbia, Canada for Real Estate Law
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
Liam Oster is an associate practising in our real estate team and business law group. He represents a wide range of clients, and has particular experience with commercial leasing, hotel and shopping centre management, and specialty consumer product regulations, including cannabis, vaporizer and nutraceutical products. Liam has represented commercial property owners in a wide variety of transactions, including acquisition, sale, financing, leasing and operation of various hotel and shopping-ce...
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...
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...
Kaajal leads the real estate team at Coal Harbour Law. She is an experienced lawyer who assists with all real estate matters ranging from first-time home purchasers to complex commercial real estate development projects. Over her nearly twenty years of full-time practice, she has acted for thousands of home buyers, real estate developers, strata corporations, non-profit entities, and other stakeholders. Kaajal takes a great deal of pride in always achieving the best results for her clients an...
Emma is a real estate lawyer with a wide range of experience, including major projects and financings, infrastructure development, acquisitions and dispositions, partnerships, subdivisions, real estate development and leasing. Her clients primarily include First Nations, developers and lenders. A particular focus of Emma’s practice lies on aboriginal law matters and development of reserve and treaty lands. She is experienced in advising First Nations, developers and lenders on leases an...
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.
Nicholas is a real estate lawyer who assists clients with all aspects of real estate development, financing, commercial leasing and municipal planning. Nicholas’s experience includes assisting developers with the rezoning, subdivision, and marketing of development properties, acting for investors in connection with the acquisition and disposition of commercial properties, advising tenants and landlords in lease negotiations for industrial, retail and office properties. Nicholas also reg...
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