Jason J. Brooks

Kim Wigmore's practice involves a broad range of insurance litigation with a focus on casualty, professional liability, and transportation-related insurance issues. He appears frequently in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Federal Court of Canada, and the British Columbia Court of Appeal. Kim also has extensive experience in mediations. Kim's particular areas of experience include: acting for defendants in all types of transportation-related accidents. including bodily injury and wr...

Peter is a senior litigator with more than 30 years of experience representing clients in complex civil and commercial disputes. His practice spans a wide range of matters, including fraud-related claims, professional negligence, product liability, insurance defence and coverage, defamation, and real property disputes. He also advises on banking and insolvency litigation, estate litigation and administration, and corporate and commercial conflicts. He has appeared before all levels of court i...

Steve Saville has an active corporate/commercial transactional practice in Fasken’s Vancouver office. From advising public and private multinational corporations and middle market businesses, in a broad range of industry sectors, Steve’s clients seek him out for complicated domestic and international ventures as well as routine matters. A collaborative and persistent practitioner, Steve effectively counsels clients on public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Cl...

Peter chairs Lawson Lundell's Real Estate Group. His clients include pension funds, utility, mining and pipeline companies and private entities to whom he provides advice on a variety of real estate and corporate structuring matters for all types of projects. He also negotiates a significant volume of retail, office and industrial leases for landlords and tenants.

Bernie is a partner on the Securities/Corporate Finance/Mergers & Acquisitions team at Koffman Kalef LLP, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He assists clients across a range of industries, focusing on Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Law. Bernie has worked with numerous companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the TSX Venture Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ, offering significant insight into technology and ...

Mark practices in all aspects of labour, employment, and human rights law, representing management in various sectors including forestry, education, and municipal government. He offers advice and representation on dismissal and disciplinary matters, seniority issues, job competition grievances, contracting issues, and layoff/recall disputes. He regularly appears before the BC Labour Relations Board and boards of arbitration, and has appeared before the Federal Court and all levels of court in...

Deanna has been working in the immigration field for over 20 years. She started her career in the non-profit sector serving the needs of foreign live-in caregivers. Her current practice focuses on litigation and permanent migration to Canada, especially for those seeking to overcome admissibility and eligibility barriers. She represents refugees, foreign nationals and permanent residents at all levels of the IRB and at the Federal Court. Deanna runs a trauma-informed practice and has extensiv...

Chris articled with McQuarrie Hunter LLP in 2009, and continued his practice with the firm as an associate until joining the partnership in January of 2016. Chris specializes in assisting clients with the acquisition, development, and sale of residential and all aspects of commercial real estate law. Chris has worked with developers on a wide variety of projects such as single family subdivisions, mixed use developments and large stratified townhouse projects. Chris also has experience with d...

Paul was a key contributor in opening the firm’s Kelowna office and his practice focuses on helping clients develop and commercialize their technologies. An engineering and technology lawyer, he has over 25 years’ experience overseeing capital and technology investment in the energy industry and digital and big data technology sector, practicing in the fields of intellectual property; engineering, procurement and construction; strategic sourcing and privacy and data security. He i...

Brent Olthuis is an experienced litigator with a broad practice. He represents individual and corporate clients in civil and commercial matters and also regularly acts for regulated professions and their member professionals, as well as for other public bodies. He has acted as external counsel to the Auditor General of Canada in respect of the 2015 audit of the Senate and for the Attorney General of British Columbia in constitutional proceedings. He presently acts for the City of Richmond in ...