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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 ...

Dean Dalke is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations Group. His practice is focused on commercial and civil disputes and regulatory matters. Dean brings over 15 years of litigation experience in serving his clients who include a wide range of businesses such as large corporations, forestry and energy companies, First Nations, and high-net worth individuals in a variety of industries, including forestry and e...

Mary Hamilton, K.C. is a Partner in the firm’s Wills, Estates + Trusts and Charities + Non-Profit Practice Groups. Mary has extensive experience in matters relating to wills, trusts and estate administration. She has held senior positions with various wills, estates and trusts groups in Vancouver and was named Vancouver Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers ® in Canada in 2011, 2017 and 2021. Mary has over 30 years of experience advising clients about t...

Rose’s deep and abiding care for her clients and their families is a hallmark of her practice. Rose is brings more than 15 years of experience to her practice, which is primarily focused on assisting families and businesses with their planning, succession and reorganization, estate, and business needs. She strives to make life’s inevitabilities, death and taxes, less daunting a topic for clients while being alert to the complications these raise from a legal, family, tax, probate ...

Martin Palleson practices in the areas of general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on insolvency and restructuring disputes. Martin also has significant experience in franchise, construction, and insurance litigation as well as environmental/natural resource law, and aboriginal law. Martin has appeared frequently at all levels of British Columbia and Federal Courts. Martin also has experience in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. Called to the British ...

Ronald's solicitor practice focuses on technology related transactions and matters and environmental matters. Ron's technology practice involves the drafting and negotiating of a variety of commercial agreements for clients in the biotechnology, transportation, and high technology fields, including pharmaceutical collaborative research and development agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements; distribution agreements; clinical trial agreements; analytical testing agreements; intellectua...

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...

Shaun Frost is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law and Personal Injury Litigation. Shaun, 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 Shaun is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

In the debt finance deals on which Rosemary acts, our clients, whether they be lenders or borrowers, are looking to structure a mutually beneficial relationship amongst themselves. Rosemary enjoys working collaboratively with clients to ensure that they obtain a workable and advantageous position in that relationship. Work Highlights Banks Acted for a major Canadian bank in its capacity as lender under a US$1.1billion syndicated loan Acted for a major Canadian bank in its capacity as lender o...

Paul McGivern is a senior litigator acting exclusively in plaintiffs' medical negligence and infant injury litigation cases. For the past 30 years his practice has been focused on complex catastrophic cases, especially infant birth trauma cases. He is frequently consulted by counsel throughout Canada for his expertise in this area. Paul is consistently recommended in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leader in medical malpractice cases, and was selected for inclusion in the 2007 ...