John Vamplew

Founding partner with 28 years of experience providing legal counsel in the areas of content creation, entertainment, TV and motion picture production, financing and distribution, digital media, animation and licensing. Extensive experience in structuring the financing and distribution of international TV series and motion picture co-productions and co-ventures. Exclusively represents content producers, financiers, writers, animation studios, performers, distributors, studios and private inve...

Michael Percival practises commercial and civil litigation. He advances his clients’ interests in a wide range of insurance and construction law matters. Michael has special interests in personal injury, property loss claims, product liability and insurance coverage. Michael is an advocate of finding cost-effective solutions through the use of mediation and other expedited negotiation tools. When it has been in the best interests of his clients, he has obtained desirable results in all ...

John Ferber has a corporate-commercial law practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, complex corporate reorganizations, and secured credit and loan transactions. His corporate clients benefit from his extensive experience with industries including technology, manufacturing, distribution, business services, retail, construction, professional services, and financial services. His clients range from entrepreneurs to international corporations. John also advises on business structuring, joint...

Peter Brown is a Vancouver-based business and regulatory law solicitor with Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, serving clients throughout British Columbia. His practice focuses on Corporate Law and Privacy and Data Security Law, with an emphasis on practical, business-oriented advice for commercial clients and financial institutions. Peter regularly supports clients with transactional matters and day-to-day operations and often serves as external general corporate counsel, assisting organizations...

Shane is an experienced litigator with a practice focused on real estate and commercial business disputes. He regularly advises senior executives, in-house counsel, real estate development companies, investors, family-owned businesses and individuals on dispute-avoidance strategies. When issues cannot be resolved through negotiation, Shane delivers effective representation at all levels of court, before administrative tribunals and in mediations and arbitrations. “My clients focus on ma...

Ian Humphries is a partner working out of the Vancouver office of Thorsteinssons LLP. Ian joined Thorsteinssons after articling and practicing securities law at a national law firm. Prior to law school, Ian worked as an investment banker in the real estate and infrastructure sectors. Ian’s practice primarily focuses on international and domestic corporate tax planning for private corporations and multinational groups as well as providing tailored personal and estate planning advice. Add...

Mark Stacey is a Partner and Co-Chair of Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP’s Commercial Business Litigation practice group. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He offers timely, result oriented advice to clients, helping them to make critical decisions about litigation matters or key transactions relating to their businesses. Mark’s practice is primarily directed towards advising clients about diverse commercial problems and transactions. He has acted for ...

Irwin Nathanson, K.C. is one of the top trial and appellate lawyers in British Columbia, and has litigated many of British Columbia’s leading complex business disputes. Leading publications have referred to Mr. Nathanson, saying: "Irwin is still going like a champ, a ‘senior statesmen’ who still doesn’t miss a beat“; You won’t find a better litigator anywhere in the country”; “He is the biggest gun in Vancouver”; He is “resolute, coo...

Megan advises boards of trustees and plan sponsors on a variety of legal matters involving pension plans, employee life and health trusts and other benefit plans. Her clients include both single employer plans and trusteed multi-employer plans across a wide range of industries. Megan prepares and amends plan texts and trust agreements, advises on the application of provincial and federal pension legislation and regulator policy, and drafts supporting plan documentation such as participation a...

Catherine practices in estate and trust planning, as well as estate administration. She focuses on personal estate and business succession planning and advises on matters such as: wealth preservation, probate minimization and incapacity planning. Catherine’s background in tax also equips her to navigate various income tax and regional real estate tax issues and to provide comprehensive solutions that complement her extensive background in estates and corporate law. She works with accoun...