Winton K. Derby, KC

Mark Chu practises in the area of Tax Law, advising clients on a wide range of Canadian taxation matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, initial public offerings, corporate reorganizations, and tax dispute resolution. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mark represents businesses, public companies, and investors on complex tax and corporate matters across a variety of industries. His background as both external counsel and in-house executive provides clients with practical ...

Loyalty, relationships and experience shape our businesses and communities. Kevin is proud to serve clients who share these values as they work to build our city and province. He helps them provide and access the funding required for their commercial enterprises and projects, which form the infrastructure of our community. Work Highlights Expo Lands Advice on the financing and development of the former Expo Lands University of British Columbia Ongoing assistance on financing, expansion and de...

Michael is an Associate Counsel with Harper Grey's Business Law Group. He brings more than 30 years of experience providing securities, general corporate and corporate governance advice to a variety of public and private companies. His practice focuses on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions where he represents issuers and underwriters in the resource, technology, biotechnology, and industrial sectors. His extensive expertise spans IPOs, RTOs, CPCs, public and private equity and debt ...

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...

Scott Boucher focuses his practice on commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on trusts and estate disputes, as well as insolvency and restructuring matters. He advises clients on a broad range of issues, including wills variation and validity claims, elder law and capacity matters, receiverships, CCAA and bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosures, and contract, corporate, and property disputes. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the British Columbia Court of App...

David J. McGruder is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law. David J. practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia Best Lawyers has recognized David J. McGruder since 2008. 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 J. McGruder is held by other lawyers.

Paul McGivern is a senior litigator acting exclusively in plaintiffs' medical negligence and infant injury litigation cases. For the past 30 years his practice has been focused on complex catastrophic cases, especially infant birth trauma cases. He is frequently consulted by counsel throughout Canada for his expertise in this area. Paul is consistently recommended in The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a leader in medical malpractice cases, and was selected for inclusion in the 2007 ...

Rod is Associate Counsel with Harper Grey and the Co-Chair of our Securities Group. Consistently ranked as a leader in his field by ranking publications including Lexpert, Best Lawyers, Chambers, and Benchmark, he has established a reputation for himself among clients and colleagues as dependable, hardworking, and knowledgeable. Rod is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society where Fellows are selected and invited into Fellowship after be...

Nikki Charlton practises exclusively in the area of family law at Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. She advises clients on a broad range of family law matters, including separation, divorce, property division, common law trusts, spousal support, child support, guardianship, parenting arrangements, and parenting time. Nikki also assists clients with complex cohabitation, marriage, and separation agreements and has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia. As a member of...

Ron Murray is a Partner at Farris LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he leads the firm’s Securities Group. His practice focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities Law and Mining Law, with more than 25 years of experience advising clients on complex business transactions and regulatory matters. Ron advises public and private companies, limited partnerships, REITs, investment funds, portfolio managers and securities dealers across a range of industries, incl...