Mary E. Comeau

He has broad trial experience defending clients faced with serious and complex charges, including homicides, criminal organization offences, conspiracies, kidnapping, extortion, drug trafficking, firearms offences, and money laundering. Daniel has extensive experience as criminal appellate counsel, having represented clients at the Supreme Court of Canada in more than twenty cases. He conducts criminal appeals regularly at the Alberta Court of Appeal and British Columbia Court of Appeal, and ...

J. Luke Zacharias is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation. J. Luke, who practices law in Chilliwack, British Columbia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which J. Luke is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Amaan Gangji is a partner based in the Lawson Lundell Vancouver office. Amaan has a practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, technology, and corporate/commercial matters. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in Canada by Chambers and Partners (Corporate/Commercial), the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Mergers and Acquisitions), and the Best Lawyers in Canada (Mergers and Acquisitions). He was also named a Lexpert Rising Star in 2023, distinguishing him as one of Canada&...

Brendan is a solicitor in the firm’s corporate & commercial and real estate groups, acting principally for private real estate developers and advising his clients on all aspects of real estate development. He has extensive experience advising clients on development specific site acquisition considerations, structuring partnerships and other investment vehicles, preparing offering memoranda and other public offering documents, securing equity and debt financing, negotiating, drafting...

Stephen Coyle's practice is specific to litigation and alternative dispute resolution for design consultants, owners, contractors, insurers and many of the other stakeholders involved in construction projects. In particular, Stephen is often appointed by insurers to defend design consultants captured by construction disputes, or other insureds under project-specific insurance policies. Stephen understands the construction industry and appreciates the significant risks and costs all stakeholde...

Kai Alderson is an energy and natural resources lawyer in Vancouver. Utilities, energy companies and other natural resource clients seek out his practical advice on complex asset acquisitions and dispositions, project development and other challenging commercial matters. Kai is a trusted advisor, providing strategic advice to project proponents on environmental, regulatory and Indigenous law matters. Energy and natural resource companies rely on Kai’s practical approach, whether he is a...

In his over 30 years of practice, Bryan has represented major stakeholders in insolvency and restructuring proceedings (including cross border) in a wide variety of industries. Clients have ranged from Canadian banks such as Bank of Montreal and HSBC Bank Canada (now merged with Royal Bank of Canada) to private lenders and mortgage investment funds. In addition to representing private and institutional lenders, including lender syndicates, in a wide range of insolvency matters including reali...

Suzanne has built a strong practice in access and privacy law. She advises both public and private sector employers on their responsibilities as they navigate the implications of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other related legislation. Suzanne regularly provides one-on-one training to in-house privacy and access coordinators on respo...

David Baxter received his law degree from the University of Toronto and earlier graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of British Columbia. He was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in 1994. David’s practice focuses on tax planning for individuals, trusts and corporations in both domestic and international matters, including divisive reorganizations, estate planning, business structuring and sales, life insurance matters, foreign affiliates and cros...

Irv focuses his practice on acting for banks and other lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured financing and leasing transactions. His clients include financial institutions, merchant banks and other lenders, and a mix of borrowers who are engaged in financing transactions at the local, national and international level. Irv has been involved in the financing of an extensive range of businesses including aircraft, forest and mining products, farming, merchant banks, hotels, oil and gas ...