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Steve Saville has an active corporate/commercial transactional practice in Fasken’s Vancouver office. From advising public and private multinational corporations and middle market businesses, in a broad range of industry sectors, Steve’s clients seek him out for complicated domestic and international ventures as well as routine matters. A collaborative and persistent practitioner, Steve effectively counsels clients on public and private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Cl...

Suzanne has a general corporate and commercial practice with a very wide range of experience. She provides ongoing legal advice to mainly private sector clients of all sizes in a broad variety of industries, including hospitality, pulp and paper, forestry, mining, construction materials, real estate, health professions and retail. She regularly drafts, reviews and advises on commercial contracts relating to all types of business matters and operations. These include agreements for supply and ...

Laura is an experienced litigator focused on environmental, Aboriginal and administrative law. She provides advice to clients in a range of industries including infrastructure, energy, mining, agriculture, forestry and real estate. In her environmental law practice, Laura helps clients successfully navigate project approvals, including environmental assessment and project permitting. She also advises clients with respect to contaminated sites, assists with transactional due diligence involvin...

Patrick is the senior partner working in the Commercial Real Estate & Development team at Koffman Kalef LLP, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has extensive experience in commercial leasing and real estate law and is widely regarded within these fields. Patrick work with commercial developers, landlords, tenants, and brokers to navigate a diverse array of commercial real estate matters, including: Land assemblies Subdivisions Bare land strata plans Developments (Office, Retail, I...

Lisa is a highly skilled and experienced litigator who has appeared before the courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Washington State and New York, as well as before numerous provincial and federal administrative tribunals, including the Securities Commissions of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec and the SEC. Her practice focuses on complex commercial, securities and family litigation. Lisa represents individuals and organizations facing business disputes or regulatory a...

Robert's practice includes general civil litigation before the British Columbia Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada - representing all levels of government and major industries in the fields of corporate, commercial, mass torts, class actions, transportation infrastructure, construction, insurance, land use planning, environmental, highways, pipelines, railway, recreation, maritime, first nations, and administrative law. He has broa...

Roger Kuypers practices in the areas of life sciences, emerging technologies and intellectual property law in Fasken’s Vancouver office. He is the Chair of the region’s Life Sciences industry group and the Intellectual Property practice group. Roger advises businesses and institutions on the development, acquisition and commercialization of technologies. He also assists with corporate matters, finance and acquisitions. In the life sciences area, his clients include biotech, medica...

Andrew Jackson is Co-Leader of the firm’s Banking and Finance group and a Partner in the Vancouver office of Fasken. A banking lawyer with a broad practice, Andrew primarily advises financial institutions and private companies on debt financing and corporate and commercial law matters. Banks, credit unions, private lenders and borrowers consistently retain him for advice on the structuring of financings and the preparation, registration and enforcement of security. Andrew works with cli...

As an experienced Insurance Denials Lawyer, Sarando has a demonstrated history of helping individuals and companies with denied insurance claims. Skilled in complex negotiations, mediation, disability insurance denials, general insurance, and civil litigation, he strives to get the best possible results for his clients. Originally from Winnipeg, Sarando was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1993 and to the Manitoba Bar in 1992. Since then, over the past 26 years, his practice has been exc...

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...