Jason J. Brooks

Donya is a corporate commercial lawyer and a shareholder of the firm. She joined the firm in 2014 and became a shareholder in 2021. Donya’s practice focuses on acquisition transactions with a focus on indigenous equity ownership and indigenous partnerships with industry. Donya is also the Alberta lead for the Indigenous Practice Group in the firm. Donya’s corporate commercial practice includes advising on business acquisitions, commercial arrangements and financing arrangements. S...

Lisa is a highly skilled and experienced litigator who has appeared before the courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Washington State and New York, as well as before numerous provincial and federal administrative tribunals, including the Securities Commissions of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec and the SEC. Her practice focuses on complex commercial, securities and family litigation. Lisa represents individuals and organizations facing business disputes or regulatory a...

Fareeha Qaiser focuses her practice on insurance defence litigation, personal injury, professional negligence, construction liabilities, property and casualty claims, occupier’s liability, and subrogation claims. As an experienced litigator, she has represented insurers and individuals in various courts in British Columbia. Fareeha also dedicates her legal proficiency to areas like subrogation, insurance defence, professional negligence, and occupier’s liability. Fareeha has contr...

Ryan Berger is a leading privacy and employment lawyer, with a primary focus on providing strategic advice to businesses and employers. Ryan leads the firm’s Privacy Group and routinely advises public and private sector organizations on data protection, business confidentiality and privacy compliance, risk management strategies, breach response, access to information, and litigation. Ryan manages breach response teams for clients, including forensic investigation, crisis communications ...

Brian Duong maintains a generalist practice in civil and administrative litigation. His experience involves a broad range of matters including complex contract and shareholder disputes, property issues, franchise litigation, gaming law, constitutional claims, and freedom of information requests. Brian regularly appears as litigation counsel before all levels of court in British Columbia, and has represented clients in chambers applications, trials, appeals, judicial reviews, mediations, arbit...

Lisa Thorne is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Intellectual Property Law. Lisa, who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Lisa is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David Allman is a business lawyer with Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. His practice focuses on Mining Law and Real Estate Law, along with general corporate and commercial matters. David advises clients operating in the mining, natural resources, and commercial real estate sectors, providing practical legal guidance tailored to their business objectives. In his mining law practice, David regularly advises senior, mid-tier, and junior mining companies on domestic a...

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.

Kevin Westell is a founding partner at Pender Litigation. In addition to his criminal and regulatory defence work, he is often retained to act as Crown Counsel, counsel for witnesses in criminal proceedings and as amicus curiae (counsel for the Court). He has represented clients across Canada facing all levels of seriousness and at all levels of court in British Columbia. Mr. Westell was elected a Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) Bencher for Vancouver County on November 16, 2020 and beg...

Andrew is the Co-Leader of the Firm’s Global Mining Group and focuses his corporate/commercial practice in Vancouver within the mining and construction industries. As a former partner of a major national Australian law firm (prior to joining Fasken), and having practiced in Western Australia predominately in mining and resources, Andrew is highly sought after for his expertise. As a member of the firm's Global Mining Group, Andrew advises major and junior mining companies on a wide rang...