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David Eleff is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Medical Negligence and Personal Injury Litigation. David practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized David Eleff since 2024. 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 David Eleff is held by other lawyers.

Nathaniel Misri practises predominately in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with a primary focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and debt and equity financing transactions. Nate works with clients in a wide variety of industry sectors. Nate provides practical and timely legal and strategic advice to clients in connection with transactional matters as well as general corporate and commercial advice for large and small businesses alike. He also has broad experie...

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...

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...

Jane Reid is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Jane practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Jane Reid since 2025. 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 Jane Reid is held by other lawyers.

Murray Braaten is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Murray practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized Murray Braaten since 2020. 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 Murray Braaten is held by other lawyers.

Gavin Cameron is a litigator in Vancouver with a focus on commercial disputes and white-collar criminal investigations. Appearing as successful counsel in more than 100 reported decisions, including more than thirty appeals, he advises on contractual disputes, shareholders’ remedies, defamation, commercial fraud, and regulatory prosecutions. A significant part of Gavin’s practice involves acting for individuals and corporations subject to criminal and quasi-criminal investigations...

Dean O’Leary is a Partner at Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose practice focuses on Corporate Law, Energy Law, and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. He advises clients on a broad range of business and commercial matters, including corporate reorganizations, corporate financings, business acquisitions and divestitures, share and asset purchase transactions, property rezoning, expropriations, and the drafting of legislation to facilitate complex transactions. Dean works with bus...

Chat has a broad corporate and securities law practice with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and corporate governance. He advises clients on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, capital raising initiatives, and corporate reorganizations. In addition to transactional mandates, Chat regularly assists clients with corporate governance matters, continuous disclosure obligations, and gene...

Stephen R. Schachter, K.C. is one of the top trial and appellate lawyers in British Columbia. Leading legal publications have referred to Mr. Schachter, stating that he “is not only one of the best litigators in BC, he’s one of Canada’s great trial lawyers, dyed in the wool”; “ He is described as “a highly analytical, cerebral litigator”, “a terrific, very skilled lawyer”, and a “very intelligent and tough litigator”. Mr. Schac...