Dean O’Leary is a Partner at Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose practice focuses on Corporate Law, Energy Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. He advises clients on a broad range of business and commercial matters, including corporate reorganizations, corporate financings, business acquisitions and divestitures, share and asset purchase transactions, property rezoning, expropriations, and the drafting of legislation to facilitate complex transactions.
Dean works with businesses, investors, and organizations across a variety of industries on strategic transactions and ongoing corporate matters in British Columbia and throughout Canada. His experience includes advising on commercial agreements, corporate structuring, and transactions involving the energy and infrastructure sectors.
Dean has been recognized in several legal industry publications. The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory has identified him for his work in corporate and commercial law in British Columbia. He has also been included in Best Lawyers in Canada for Energy Law since 2020 and was recognized in Lexpert’s 2019 rankings for Infrastructure Law and Energy Law. In addition, Dean has received a “high to very high” legal ability rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
