John C. Fiddick

Cliff is the Managing Partner of Lawson Lundell and a leading practitioner in environmental and Indigenous litigation. He advises clients across a range of industries, including forestry, manufacturing, mining, real estate development, and hydro-electric power generation. Cliff has represented his clients in environmental prosecutions, administrative actions, permit appeals, environmental assessments and has helped clients respond to a wide variety of environmental investigations and prosecut...

Laura Smith is a member of Fasken’s Real Estate Law and Banking & Finance practice groups in Vancouver, focusing on acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, real estate development and lending. Laura has a range of experience in real property matters and has acted for clients in a range of commercial real estate transactions. Laura also acts for lenders and borrowers in secured financing transactions, including syndicated loan transactions.

Karam Bayrakal is a business lawyer in Vancouver, and a past co-leader of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications group, who focuses on the areas of information technology, online services, interactive media, emerging technology and intellectual property. He is involved in the related issues around cyber security, privacy and confidentiality. Global and regional technology clients want Karam for his advice on the strategic, legal and commercial aspects of acquiring, developing and transf...

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...

Samantha Simpson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Samantha practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Samantha Simpson since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Samantha Simpson is held by other lawyers.

With nearly fifteen years of experience representing clients in his litigation practice, Aaron has established a reputation for himself as analytical, communicative, and knowledgeable. He is recognized as an emerging leader in his areas of practice and has been recognized by Lexpert in the area of Medical Negligence. Aaron’s insurance law practice comprises insurance defence, subrogation and coverage work and he provides legal services to a broad range of insurers and self-insured organ...

Chris advises on acquisitions and dispositions of mines and mining companies, project development and mine operations throughout Canada and the world. He has assisted in the structuring and negotiation of hundreds of transactions, including farm-ins and joint ventures, corporate acquisitions and mergers and royalty sales. He has extensive experience with all legal aspects of the development, construction and financing of mines (including diamonds, coal and uranium), royalties, marketing contr...

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.

Thomas Wachowski is a partner at Koffman Kalef LLP, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He advises clients as a member of the firm's Securities/Corporate Finance/Mergers & Acquisitions team. With over 20 years of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Thomas has worked on cases with a total value exceeding $15 billion. His clientele includes wealth managers, securities registrants, private and public companies, investment funds, and private equity groups. Thomas offers advice in ar...

Mark is Vancouver-born and raised and a graduate of the University of British Columbia Law School. As part of his articling, he completed a clerkship in both the Supreme Court of British Columbia and with the Honourable Mr. Justice Seaton in the Court of Appeal in 1975-6. His practice has always been restricted to litigation with a focus on professional malpractice defence, insurance and appellate counsel work. During his almost 40 years as a lawyer, Mark has done numerous trials and appeals ...