Best Lawyers Near You in West Vancouver, British Columbia

Donya is a corporate commercial lawyer and a shareholder of the firm. She joined the firm in 2014 and became a shareholder in 2021. Donya’s practice focuses on acquisition transactions with a focus on indigenous equity ownership and indigenous partnerships with industry. Donya is also the Alberta lead for the Indigenous Practice Group in the firm. Donya’s corporate commercial practice includes advising on business acquisitions, commercial arrangements and financing arrangements. S...

Lyndsay Schooley is Counsel in Farris' Corporate Finance and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions and Mining law practice groups. Lyndsay brings over ten years of experience advising both public and private clients in connection with corporate finance matters, securities regulation, mergers & acquisitions transactions, corporate governance and shareholder rights, with a strong emphasis on the natural resources sector. Lyndsay is the former Vice Chair of the Securities Law Section of the B...

As a member of the Technology and Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Fasken’s Vancouver office, Geoff advises emerging companies and the investors that fund them in connection with early-stage, venture capital, growth equity, private equity and M&A transactions. Focusing on the technology sector, Geoff advises entrepreneurs, start-ups and venture-backed technology companies, from ideation through business organization, capital raising and exit. Geoff provides a broad range of pragm...

Emma Ferguson is a member of our Wills, Estates + Trusts Practice Group. Emma has a broad wills, estates and trusts practice. She advises clients on all aspects of estate and incapacity planning, including wills, alter ego, joint partner and family trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare representation agreements. Emma has experience assisting clients with disabilities or their family members with planning to protect government disability benefits and advises clients on adult guardianship m...

Stephanie acts for a broad range of clients, both provincial and federal, in the public and private sectors. She advocates on behalf of clients and provides strategic advice on all aspects of workplace law, including human rights. Stephanie regularly represents clients at arbitration, before the BC Labour Relations Board and the BC Human Rights Tribunal. Her advocacy brings her before the British Columbia Courts (both levels) and various federal tribunals. She is frequently asked to conduct b...

Jeffrey Jay Kay is a Partner at Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. His practice focuses on Family Law, Family Law Mediation, Product Liability Law, and commercial litigation. He represents clients in complex family law matters involving property division, trusts, support disputes, and the preparation of asset protection and domestic agreements. Jeff has appeared as counsel before the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Provincial Court of Briti...

Lana practices corporate and commercial law with a particular emphasis on energy, Indigenous and environmental law. She works with public and private companies in a wide range of industries, including mining, energy, natural resources, technology and manufacturing. Within her corporate and commercial energy law practice, Lana negotiates and structures complex commercial arrangements for hydroelectric utilities and energy companies, including tariff arrangements, power purchase and sale agreem...

Geoff Cowper is a leading litigator with a national reputation and has been counsel in dozens of leading cases in a wide range of areas, including commercial litigation, class actions, constitutional law, and administrative law. Geoff’s experience includes conducting trials in several jurisdictions, ranging from summary trials to cases requiring over 200 days of hearing. He has appeared in over 150 appeals, including numerous appearances before the Supreme Court of Canada, and has repre...

Riley Burr's practice largely focuses on commercial tax work. Riley also advises clients on GST, PST and property transfer tax issues in the corporate, charitable and real estate sectors, both in structuring designed to minimize taxes as well as in handling administrative appeals, ruling requests and voluntary disclosures relating to such taxes. Riley also works with high-net-worth individuals with significant private company interests in a wide variety of industries to structure their affair...

Abigail is a partner in our health law and insurance law groups. Abigail is presently a partner in our Health Law group. She has a busy practice working in medical malpractice defense, administrative law and regulatory matters. Abigail has extensive experience working in the field of professional liability, predominantly in the medical field. Abigail has approximately 30 years of experience as a lawyer. Abigail was born in England but moved to Canada as a small child. She grew up in British C...

Arthur M. Grant is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice and Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Arthur M. practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Arthur M. Grant since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Arthur M. Grant is held by other lawyers.

Ravi practices in the areas of corporate & commercial transactions, mergers & acquisitions, property development, and real estate law. He works with a wide variety of clients from both the private and public sectors, including school boards, developers, financial institutions, private lenders, entrepreneurs, professional service firms and government entities. Ravi’s experience includes advising on a broad range of commercial real estate matters such as acquisitions, dispositions...

Michael Percival practises commercial and civil litigation. He advances his clients’ interests in a wide range of insurance and construction law matters. Michael has special interests in personal injury, property loss claims, product liability and insurance coverage. Michael is an advocate of finding cost-effective solutions through the use of mediation and other expedited negotiation tools. When it has been in the best interests of his clients, he has obtained desirable results in all ...

Neil’s preferred practice is in construction litigation, product liability and professional liability, including professional liability insurance coverage analysis. Called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1986, Neil spent five years in Ontario as a claims examiner with a professional liability insurer before moving to BC in 1992 to assume the position of Deputy Director of Insurance at The Law Society of British Columbia. At this time he acquired his CRM designation in risk management. Neil wa...

William is a senior partner at Harper Grey, the chair of our professional regulation group and co-chair of our health law group. William represents clients in both civil and regulatory matters. His primary areas of practice include professional regulation and discipline, civil sexual assault litigation, civil and billing fraud, credentials proceedings, human rights and discrimination in a professional context, privacy, professional ethics, and fitness to practice. He acts both for professiona...

Eric Clavier is a trusts and estate litigation lawyer in Fasken’s Vancouver office, assisting clients with resolving contentious matters related to wills, trusts, undue influence and incapacity claims, committeeship applications, unjust enrichment claims, breach of fiduciary duties cases, abuse of powers of attorney claims, breach of trust claims, and passing of accounts. Providing innovative solutions to disputes arising from estate planning, wills, trusts and personal documents, Eric&...