Fiona Hunter

With an entrepreneurial spirit and vast network of business connections, Nafeesa helps our clients reach new pinnacles of commercial growth. She works to understand the goals of businesses and their stakeholders to create legal strategies leading to lucrative outcomes. If a company is looking to go public, Nafeesa can assist. She has helped numerous clients get listed on Canadian stock exchanges and execute on Initial Public Offerings, Reverse Takeovers and other going public transactions, sa...

Adrian Wan is a mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and corporate/commercial lawyer in Vancouver. His practice is focused on a broad range of transactions, including domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate reorganizations and commercial matters. Clients range from private companies and private equity funds to family offices and entrepreneurs. Bringing a wealth of experience to the table, Adrian handles a multitude of legal matters such ...

Chris Wilson acts as lead counsel in Canadian trademark, copyright, patent and trade secrets litigation, at trial and on appeal. His cases include precedent-setting decisions dealing with topics such as Internet keyword advertising and domain names, the constitutionality of Canada's official marks regime, contempt for violation of an intellectual property injunction, and one of the largest monetary judgments for breach of confidence in Canadian history. In his practice, Chris manages the inte...

Stuart Hankinson, K.C. is a Partner in the Construction and Infrastructure Practice Group at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. His practice is focused on the resolution of complex construction, commercial and insurance disputes. He has moderated many conflicts. He is an arbitrator and has been a sole Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB)/Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) member. He acts for owners, developers, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Engineering, Procurement, and Cons...

Jim is a senior litigator with a focus on municipal, real estate, and administrative law, and is widely recognized as a leading practitioner in property taxation, expropriation, and related matters. He advises government bodies, utilities, Crown corporations, private entities, and First Nations on a wide range of land and tax-related issues. His practice includes advising on the imposition and management of property taxes, property transfer taxes, mineral taxes, and similar levies affecting v...

Valerie is the Chair of the firm’s Technology Group and the Social Impact and Sustainable Business Group. Val’s practice is transactional (M&A, private equity/venture capital and corporate finance) and advisory including corporate governance including advising boards and special committees. Val is the former Managing Partner of the Firm. Val has been lead counsel on a number of large and mid-market transactions focused on private equity and venture capital financings, mergers ...

Infrastructure and condominiums. At first blush, these two areas of practice, which make up Allyson’s primary areas of practice, would not appear to have very much in common with each other. However, what Allyson sees in both areas is a transformation of the way we live in British Columbia. With a straightforward approach and direct advice, Allyson’s priority is helping clients move forward with their projects. Infrastructure, Construction & Procurement Services Procurement is...

Mark Wilke PhD is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Intellectual Property Law. Mark, 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 Mark is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ken practices exclusively in the firm’s pensions and employee benefits law practice group. He advises pension and benefit plan sponsors on a range of legal and regulatory issues affecting their plans. He advises on pension plan governance and compliance monitoring projects, regulatory applications and the handling of pension disputes. He works with managers in the drafting and maintenance of pension documents, including plan texts, trust agreements, governance policies, investment polic...

Bill has been a litigation lawyer with Murphy Batista since 2014. He has extensive experience representing plaintiffs in serious, complex personal injury claims, including medical malpractice and insurance disputes, both at trial and on appeal. He also has expertise handling complex commercial litigation, construction law disputes, representing plaintiffs in class action lawsuits, and advocating for clients involved in mediation and arbitration. Bill was honoured to have been appointed a King...