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Nikki specializes exclusively in the area of family law. Her practice includes all matters affecting families in British Columbia such as separation, divorce, property division, common law trusts, spousal support, child support, guardianship, residency, and parenting time. Nikki has extensive experience drafting complex cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements, and has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia. As a member of the International Academy of Collaborative P...

Michael practises labour and employment law. He represents employers in all aspects of labour and employment law disputes, including arbitrations, labour board hearings, human rights matters, workers compensation matters, employment standards matters, and wrongful dismissal actions. Michael has acted as counsel for employers in several industries and sectors, including post-secondary institutions; newspapers; supermarkets; transportation companies; printing companies; beverage companies; tele...

Jag is a seasoned corporate and commercial lawyer, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and private equity fund investments. He regularly acts for operating companies, not-for-profits, and institutional investors on a variety of matters, including domestic and cross-border acquisitions and dispositions, in-bound investments, corporate governance, and various other commercial matters. A significant part of Jag’s practice is devoted to working with institutio...

Dionysios is the Regional Group Manager for Specialized Disputes in the Vancouver office of BLG, and practices primarily in the areas of transportation & shipping law, environmental law, and energy law. He is widely recognized as a leading advocate in these fields. Dionysios has acted as counsel before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal, all levels of court in British Columbia and before a number of administrative tribunals. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the U...

Matthew Nathanson is a criminal defence lawyer with over 25 years of experience. He specializes in complex criminal cases and has extensive experience in constitutional matters, media sensitive cases and appeals. He has represented clients in various provinces and has argued cases in the Federal Court of Canada and Supreme Court of Canada.

Gary Ott is an experienced corporate/commercial lawyer practicing in Vancouver. He is a regional Co-Leader of the Firm’s Private M&A group. Gary provides clients with strategic, practical and cost-effective advice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, reorganizations, shareholder agreements, joint ventures, debt and equity financings and general business law. He has significant experience working with clients in the technology, forestry, retail and energy service...

Taryn Mackie advises clients on all aspects of workplace law in unionized and non-unionized environments, including on collective bargaining, labour relations, human rights, workers' compensation, disability management and workplace accommodations, wrongful dismissals, unjust dismissals, and employment standards. Ms. Mackie regularly prepares and advises upon employment agreements and workplace policies, including executive employment agreements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreement...

Lisa practices exclusively in the area of pensions and employee benefits, advising plan sponsors and administrators across the private and public sectors and a wide range of industries. Her practice focuses on legal and regulatory issues affecting pension and benefit plans, with particular experience supporting boards of trustees administering multi-employer arrangements. She regularly advises on compliance with pension standards legislation and the Income Tax Act , plan amendments involving ...

Ian Gamble is tax counsel in Canada. He represents public and private clients in the mining, forestry, telecommunications, oil & gas, energy, real estate, and marine sectors. His extensive corporate, business, and international tax experience of over 30 years includes cross-border structures and financing arrangements, foreign affiliates, mergers and acquisitions, flow-through shares, partnership and trust structures, tax opinions, executive compensation, cross-border withholding taxes, n...

Gary A. Letcher is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Environmental Law. Gary A., who practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gary A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.