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Nigel is a partner at Harper Grey and chairs the insurance law group. Nigel’s defence practice focuses on large complex litigation matters ranging from class actions, to complex bodily injury claims, often including mass casualty events, to product liability cases. He has defended many high profile cases including professional athlete concussion cases and class actions for product liability and personal injury. He is our in-house expert on subrogated property insurance claims. He has se...

Peter R. Senkpiel, K.C. is a leading barrister in British Columbia with a broad commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and advisory practice. Peter has extensive experience as trial and appellate counsel in the BC Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeal in a broad range of matters including contract and business disputes, securities litigation, shareholder disputes, class actions, defamation, and trusts. In 2022, at just 38 and after only 12 years of call, Peter was appointed Kin...

Businesses regularly engage in a myriad of complex corporate, commercial and securities transactions. Mauro leverages over two decades of practice to provide creative, strategic and practical solutions to assist issuers, investors and entrepreneurs navigate the complex legal and regulatory issues on matters of commercial, corporate finance and securities law. Junior issuers and venture investors often negotiate creative corporate, commercial and securities transactions; transactions which req...

Claire Hunter, K.C. is an experienced litigator with a broad civil litigation, public and administrative law and appellate practice. She appears regularly as counsel at both the trial and appellate level, including all levels of court in British Columbia and the Supreme Court of Canada, and before arbitration tribunals and administrative boards. She has experience working on complex commercial matters, including conducting internal investigations and conducting trials and appeals in high prof...

Lindsay advises growing technology companies on a full range of corporate and commercial matters, including strategic and practical day-to-day advice on corporate governance and structuring, commercial matters, and equity compensation matters. Lindsay also helps clients prepare for and complete significant corporate transactions, including financing and M&A transactions. Lindsay enjoys working with management teams at client companies over the long term, and building teams with her Fasken...

Adriana works energetically, assertively and tirelessly to gain the best outcomes for her clients. She focuses on gaining a deep knowledge of her clients’ businesses and objectives, so that she can identify risks early on, offer strategic and cost-efficient advice about managing those risks, solve problems and take preventative steps for the future. With her clients, she is responsive and direct, and also creative, engaging and warm. Adriana provides on-going advice and advocacy to her ...

Asif Abdulla is a partner working out of the Vancouver office of Thorsteinssons LLP. He practices in the area of domestic and international tax planning for individuals, trusts, corporations and other private enterprises with a view to achieving tax efficiency across all aspects of his clients’ personal and business affairs. Asif’s practice is focused on advising individuals and businesses in respect of succession and estate planning, tax-driven corporate reorganizations, immigrat...

John is a partner at Harper Grey and a member of our Commercial Litigation Group, Family and Insurance Law Groups. He is also the Canadian Litigation and ADR Co-Chair for the TAG International Alliance. John has written and lectured on a variety of commercial litigation topics. He has been published in both Canada and the US in such journals as the Canadian Bar Review, The Washington Bar News, and the Oregon Creditor-Debtor Newsletter. He has been a guest lecturer for the Canadian Institute a...

David Garner is a Partner and a member of the firm’s Business Disputes, Construction + Engineering, Environmental, Health, Insolvency + Restructuring, Insurance and Maritime Practices. Mr. Garner recently completed a six and a half year term as the firm’s Managing Partner. David Garner’s practice is primarily litigation based with a considerable emphasis on alternate dispute resolution solutions including negotiation of settlements, releases and covenants, as well as standst...

Brian Y. Lee is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law. Brian Y., who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2013. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian Y. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.