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| | Address | P.O. Box 10026, Pacific Centre South
Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, 2500-700 West Georgia Street | | Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1B3 | | (Vancouver Co.) | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 604-684-9151 | | Fax: 604-661-9349 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.farris.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Litigation (Civil and Criminal) including Trial and Appellate, Arbitration, Administrative Law, Regulatory Tribunals and Labour Relations. Communications and Media Law. Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance and Securities, Banking, Insolvency, Technology and Biotechnology, Energy, Environmental, Mining, Resource and Utility Law, Municipal and other Government Law. Real Estate and Real Estate Development Law, Taxation. Insurance Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Trade Law, Trade Mark Law and Trade Mark Agents. Full service labour and employment and litigation. | | Year Established: 1903 | Firm Profile:
The firm was established in 1903 by the late Senator J.W. DeB. Farris, Q.C. and offers a full range of legal services. It is well known for its Commercial, Labour and Employment, and Litigation Law Practices. The client base consists of major private and public British Columbia and North American clients with international scope. The firm has been ranked the top corporate law firm in Vancouver for six consecutive years and the top litigation law firm for five consecutive years according to Lexpert. This "one-two punch" creates a powerful synergy often resulting in faster turnarounds, cost savings, and top results for clients. | | Firm Size: 76 | Law Firm Affiliations:
A global association of over 160 independent law firms. | Representative Clients:
Aspreva; Auto Canada Income Fund; BC Hydro; BC Lumber Trade Council; Blast Radius; City of Vancouver; Fortis BC; Gateway Casino's; Glacier Ventures; Greater Vancouver Roads & Bridges Gateway Program; Lululemon; MacDonald Dettwiler; Migenix; QLT; Telus; Terasen; TIR Systems; Vancouver Sun; TD Bank; UBC; Yellow Pages. |
Other Office Locations of Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
| | PARTNERS | Mitchell H. Gropper, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1966, British Columbia; 1969, Ontario. Education: University of Saskatchewan (B.A., 1964; LL.B., 1965); London School of Economics (LL.M., 1967). Listed in: Vancouver's Leading Lawyers in Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance and Corporate Commercial, LEXPERT; Canada's 40 "Deal-Makers," LEXPERT; Canada's 100 Most Creative Lawyers, LEXPERT; 100 Leading "Cross-Border" Transaction Lawyers, LEXPERT. Former Professor, Faculty of Law, Western University, London, Ontario. Managing Partner, McCarthy Tétrault, Vancouver, 1988-1990. Organizing Member, Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships. Director and Member, Audit Committee and Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee, Norske Skog Canada Ltd. Corporate Secretary: Concord Pacific Group Inc.; Maximizer Software Inc. Former Director, Concert Properties Ltd. Director, Arts Club Theatre. Chair, Combined Jewish Appeal of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, 2002-2003. Former Chair, Real Estate and Lawyer Divisions, United Way of Greater Vancouver. Member and Former Chair, Board of Trade Task Force on the Provincial Budget. Trustee, Endowment Fund, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver. Member, Securities Law Advisory Committee, British Columbia Securities Commission. Member: Canadian Bar Association; Canadian Tax Foundation; British Columbia Mediation and Arbitration Association; Arbitration and Mediation Institute of British Columbia. Transactions: Acted as Lead Counsel in: Organization and financing of Concert Real Estate Corporation; Related party purchase of interests in Concord Pacific Place and CityPlace by Concord Pacific Group Inc.; Related party sale of real estate assets of Intrawest Corporation; Purchase of TimberWest Forest Limited; Purchase of Pacific Forest Products Limited and sale of its lumbermill operations and Crown timber tenures; Purchase of Papier Masson papermill in Maison, Quebec; Income trust offerings: Counsel to the Issuer, TimberWest Timber Trust; Counsel to the Issuer, FACS Records Storage Income Fund; Counsel to the Issuer, IAT Airport Cargo Facilities Income Fund; Counsel to the Underwriter, PRT Forest Regeneration Income Trust; Counsel to the Issuer, Westshore Terminals Income Fund; Counsel to the Issuer, A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund; Counsel to the Underwriter, The Keg Restaurants Royalty Fund; Counsel to the Underwriter, Rogers Sugar Income Fund; Counsel to the Underwriter, Alberta Newsprint Fund (incomplete); Counsel to the Issuer, HXP Debenture Trust; Counsel to the Issuer, Hardwoods Distribution Income Fund; Counsel to the Issuer, Gateway Casinos Income Fund; Counsel to the Issuer, Hot House Growers Income Fund; Counsel to the Issuer, Coast Wholesale Appliances Income Fund; Counsel to the Underwriters, Taiga Building Products; Counsel to the Issuer, AutoCanada Income Fund; and Counsel to the Issuer, WesternOne Equities Income Fund; Income Trust Conversions: Counsel to the Selling Shareholder, Versacold Cold Storage; Counsel to the Issuer, Rainmaker; Counsel to the Issuer, Pacific Northern Gas (in process); and Counsel to the Underwriters, Taiga Forest Products; Proposed limited partnership offering of hydro-electric facilities at Powell River, British Columbia; Creation of "stapled securities" for TimberWest Forest Corp.; Purchase of indirect controlling interest of Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited by Norske Skogindustrier ASA of Norway; Approval of related party transactions between Norske Skog Canada Limited and Norske Skogindustrier ASA; Purchase of "Brainium" by NTS Computer Systems Ltd.; Sale of Facs Records Storage to Iron Mountain Canada Inc.; Sale of shares of Dia Met Minerals Inc.; Sale of Centra Gas BC by Westcoast Energy Inc. to BC Gas Inc.; Plan of arrangement to reorganize share capital of Multiactive Software Inc.; Take-over bid and going private transaction for Concord Pacific Group Inc.; Sale of John Deere equipment dealers in Washington and Oregon and British Columbia; Going private transaction for RG Properties Ltd.; Issue of million convertible notes by QLT Inc.; Take-over bid for Pivotal Corp.; Reorganization of share capital of Pacific Northern Gas Limited and transfer of a 40% interest by Westcoast Energy Inc.; Reorganization of Novus Communications Inc.; Tender offer for Wheaton River Minerals Inc. by Couer d'Alene Mines Corporation (counsel to the Special Committee of Directors of Wheaton River); Tender offer for Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. by Goldcorp Inc. (counsel to the Special Committee of Directors of Wheaton River); Infowave Software, Inc. (counsel to the Investor in the reorganization of Infowave in December, 2004); Aritzia LP (counsel to owners in private equity investment by Berkshire Partners); Norske Skogindustrier ASA - Sale of shares (30%) of Catalyst Paper Corporation (counsel to
Norske Skogindustrier ASA); Arctic Glacier Income Fund (counsel to California Ice Company in sale); Goldcorp Inc. (counsel to Board of Directors in transaction with Barrick Inc. and Placer Dome Inc.); Intrawest Corp. (counsel to Board of Directors in purchase by Fortress Investments); Goldcorp Inc. (British Columbia counsel to Goldcorp Inc. in purchase of Glamis Gold Ltd.); MDS Metro (counsel to minority British Columbia partner in sale to Borealis Infrastructure Management (OMERS); Assisted Counsel for AnorMed Inc. in hostile take-over and purchase by Genzyme Corporation; WCG International Consultants Ltd. - counsel to shareholders in sale to The Providence Service Corporation; Counsel to Special Committee of Directors in going private transaction, ACD Systems International Inc.; and Counsel to Special Committee of Directors in related party transaction, Discovery Capital Corp.; Acted as Lead Counsel in a number of transactions which, due to client requirements, are confidential. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Finance; Securities; Real Estate. Email: Mitchell H. Gropper, Q.C. | | R. Christopher Holmes (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1966; LL.B., 1969). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canadian and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Municipal Finance Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law. Email: R. Christopher Holmes | | Hugh M. Matthews (Partner) admitted to bar, 1972, British Columbia. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1968); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1971). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Hugh M. Matthews | | Elizabeth J. Harrison, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1973, British Columbia. Education: University of Alberta (B.A., 1971; LL.B., 1972). Member: Vancouver, Canadian and International Bar Associations; Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Finance Law; Corporate/Commercial Law. Email: Elizabeth J. Harrison, Q.C. | | George K. Macintosh, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, British Columbia; 1980, Alberta. Education: Dalhousie University (B.A., 1969; LL.B., 1972). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Law Society of Alberta; Vancouver Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Appellate Litigation; Regulatory Tribunals Law. Email: George K. Macintosh, Q.C. | | Barry T. Gibson, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1976, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1971); Osgoode Hall (LL.B., 1974). Media Counsel: Vancouver Sun; The Vancouver Province; Sterling Newspapers Company; Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc.; Metro Valley Newspaper Group; Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group; Madison Publishing Group; Transcontinental Publications G.T. Inc.; CanWest Global Communications Corp. Representative: Cadillac Fairview Corporation; Duke Energy Inc.; West Fraser Timber; Western Stevedoring Co. Ltd. Local Counsel, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. Member: Vancouver Bar Association; Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Property Tax Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Defamation Law; Administrative Litigation; Property Tax; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Media Law. Email: Barry T. Gibson, Q.C. | | Herbert D. Dodd, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1977, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1973); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1976). Recognized in 2007 Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, LEXPERT. Listed in: Nine Leading Corporate Commercial Lawyers in British Columbia, American Lawyer; Four Leading Project Finance Lawyers in British Columbia, American Lawyer; The Best Lawyers in Canada, Banking Law Section, 2006 Edition. Recipient: Carswell Prize in Torts; Davies, Ward & Beck Prize in Contract Law (shared); Laskin Prize in Constitutional Law; Legal Writing Prize. Queen's Counsel, 2008. Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Transactions: Acted as counsel for TELUS Corporation in connection with syndicated secured bank facilities in the amount of $7.7 billion relating to its takeover of Clearnet Communications Inc., and in connection with various replacement facilities, including most recently $2.0 billion in unsecured credit facilities (March 2007) and a further $700 million in unsecured facilities (March 2008); Acted as counsel for the underwriters or selling investment dealers in connection with the initial public offering of $250 million of senior secured bonds of the independent BC Ferry Services Inc. (May 2004), a second $250 million public offering of bonds (October 2004), a private placement of $250 million in bonds (March 2007), and a further $200 million private placement (January 2008); Acted as counsel for Japanese banks in connection with the restructuring of approximately US $238 million of debt of Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership, including an application under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to make the restructuring binding on a dissenting bank (February 2008); Acted as counsel for Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. in connection with its initial offering of $250 million of unsecured debentures (February 2008); Acted as counsel for the lenders in connection with $700 million in credit facilities extended to West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. and a US subsidiary (March 2007); Acted as counsel for the selling investment dealer in connection with the private placement of $50 million in subordinated notes by Credit Union Central of British Columbia in December 2006; Acted as Canadian counsel for US note purchasers in connection with the private placement of US$110 million of notes by a subsidiary of Canfor Pulp Income Trust (November 2006); Acted as counsel for MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. in connection with approximately $650 million in syndicated credit facilities made available to it and to a US subsidiary and a UK subsidiary (September 2006); Acted as counsel for KfW Bank in connection with $180 million in financing for two vessels being constructed in Germany for a British Columbia marine user; Acted as counsel for TELUS Corporation in the establishment of its $800 million commercial paper program (May 2007); Acted as counsel for Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. in connection with $350 million in syndicated credit facilities put in place (January 2006), for Terasen Inc. in connection with $450 million in syndicated credit facilities completed (May 2006), and for Terasen Gas Inc. in connection with $500 million in syndicated credit facilities (completed in June 2006); Acted as counsel for Glacier Ventures International Corp. in connection with $145 million in syndicated credit facilities for its acquisition of the remaining Hollinger newspapers in Canada (February 2006); Acted as counsel for FortisBC Inc. in connection with the public offering of $100 million of senior debentures (November 2005), and a further public offering of $105 million of senior debentures (July 2007); Acted as counsel for the University of British Columbia in connection with the issue of $125 million of debentures (July 2005) by way of private placement to institutional investors; Acted as counsel for Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. in connection with the secondary public offering of common shares by its principal shareholder (April 2005); Acted for British Columbia Transmission Corporation in the separation of the electricity transmission business from BC Hydro; Acted as lender's counsel for one of the proponents on the Sea to Sky Highway Improvement project, and as counsel for a short-listed proponent on the Okanagan Lake Crossing project; Acted as counsel for Island Cogeneration Limited Partnership in connection with $200 million in limited recourse project financing for its cogeneration plant near Campbell River on Vancouver Island, including $150 million of pre-completion bonds issued by way of private placement to institutional investors; Acted as counsel for Duke Point Power Limited Partnership in connection with approximately $290 million in debt financing for its development and construction of the 250MW Vancouver Island Generation Project, prior to cancellation of the project; Acted as counsel for the selling investment dealers in connection with $174 million of secured non-recourse bonds issued by Brilliant Power to institutional investors for the acquisition and upgrade of the Brilliant dam on the Kootenay River near Castlegar, most recently a $50 million issue (October 2004); Acted as counsel for the selling investment dealers in connection with the issuance in the private placement institutional market of $100 million of bonds by Arrow Lakes Power Corporation to finance the Arrow Lakes Generating Station; Acted as counsel for the selling agents in connection with a shelf prospectus filed by Credit Union Central of British Columbia qualifying $200 million in medium term notes, and in connection with the issue of notes under the shelf prospectus; Acted as counsel for the selling investment dealers in connection with the issue of $125 million of debentures by the University of British Columbia (the second public debt issuance by a Canadian university) and the issue of $150 million of debentures by Simon Fraser University, both by way of private placement to institutional investors; Acted as counsel for the Province of British Columbia in connection with approximately $500 million in secured debt and preferred share financing put in place on the creation of the independent BC Ferry Services Inc.; Acted as counsel for a bank lending syndicate providing $550 million in credit facilities to West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of Weldwood of Canada Limited (December 2004); Acted as counsel for MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. in connection with approximately $650 million in syndicated credit facilities in connection with its U.S. acquisition of Marshall & Swift, L.P. (2004); Acted as counsel for bank lending syndicates providing credit facilities to various companies in the forest products and other industries, each in the amount of $100 million or more; Acted as Canadian counsel for underwriters in connection with several global bond issues by the Province of British Columbia totalling US$1.65 billion and Cdn. $1.25 billion; Acted as counsel for one of the sponsors in connection with a US $122 million secured term credit facility for the Empire State Pipeline in New York; Acted for Westcoast Energy in the $300 million sale of cogeneration projects in BC and Ontario; Acted as counsel for Quintette Coal Limited, a large coal company, in the re-negotiation of approximately $500 million of indebtedness to US based distress lenders; and Acted as counsel to the pipeline companies in the financial restructuring of the Vancouver Island natural gas pipeline; Acted for a short-listed proponent in the Okanagan Lake Crossing transaction and for the lender to a proponent in the Sea to Sky Highway project; Acted for British Columbia Transmission Corporation in connection with its assumption of the operation and management of the electricity transmission system from BC Hydro; Represented the pipeline companies in the financial restructuring of the Vancouver Island National Gas Pipeline, including provincial support arrangements through royalty payments. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance Law; Commercial Law; Commercial Real Estate Law; International Trade Law. Email: Herbert D. Dodd, Q.C. | | R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C. (Marketing Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1974; LL.B., 1977). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology; Biotechnology; Securities and Corporate Finance; Corporate Commercial. Email: R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C. | | Peter F. Parsons (Partner) admitted to bar, 1975, British Columbia; 1979, Yukon Territory. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1971; LL.B., 1974). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labour Law; Employment Law. Email: Peter F. Parsons | | Paul S. Richardson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1971; LL.B., 1978). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Commercial Law; Commercial Leasing Law; Real Estate Law; Contract Law. Email: Paul S. Richardson | | Robert B. Kennedy (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Ontario; 1982, British Columbia. Education: University of Western Ontario (B.A., 1974); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1977). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Law Society of Upper Canada. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Sports Law; Ski Defense Litigation; University Law. Email: Robert B. Kennedy | | Jeffrey J. Kay, Q.C. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, British Columbia. Education: California Western School of Law (1979); University of Manitoba (LL.B., 1979). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Matrimonial Law; Immigration Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Jeffrey J. Kay, Q.C. | | Robert S. Anderson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1978, British Columbia. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 1974); Queen's University (LL.B., 1977). Lecturer, Seminar Course in Advanced Administrative Law, University of British Columbia. Participant, Advocacy Course, University of British Columbia Law School. Lecturer, Variety of Courses, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia. Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Association; British Columbia Trial Lawyer's Association. Transactions: Represented a number of members of the media in their appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in connection with the holding in camera of the first hearing under the new Anti Terrorism Legislation which hearing was related to the Air India trial; Represents Telus Mobility in class actions commenced in the Supreme Court of British Columbia; Represented the Vancouver Sun in its successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada which resulted in the overturning of a ban on publication of various "undercover police scenarios" used in R. v. O.N.E.; Represented West Coast Energy and the Island Cogeneration Limited Partnership in the successful defence of an appeal brought before the Environmental Appeal Board of British Columbia to set aside and/or vary the Permit issued by the Regional Waste Manager that authorized the discharge of air contaminants from a cogeneration power facility located in Campbell River; Represented the Plaintiff in the successful settlement of one of the largest publicly disclosed divorce/family law settlements in the history of British Columbia; Represented Pacific Press in its successful attack of the constitutionality of the third party spending limits provisions and of the restrictions on the publication of election opinion survey polls provisions of the British Columbia Election Act; Represented The Vancouver Sun in its application for access to both the Search Warrant and the Information to Obtain the Search Warrant related to the search of the home of former Premier Glen Clark; Represented a large telecommunication company in its defence of charges brought against it pursuant to the Federal Labour Code; Represented former Premier William Bennett in defending criminal charges and regulatory proceedings brought against him arising out of allegations of improper trading; Represented The Vancouver Sun in its successful application to quash the search warrant issued against it relating to photographs taken during the Stanley Cup riots; Represented Charles Julius McVey in the Supreme Court of Canada and in the Superior Courts of British Columbia in connection with extradition proceedings brought against him by the United States of America; Represented various levels of government and other public bodies including the Provincial Government of British Columbia, the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the City of Vancouver, the Municipality of Richmond and the Motor Carrier Commission of British Columbia. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Criminal Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Securities; Corporate Finance; Media Law; Defamation; Family Law; Environmental Law. Email: Robert S. Anderson | | Albert J. Hudec (Partner) born Regina, Saskatchewan; admitted to bar, 1981, Alberta; 1994, British Columbia. Education: University of Regina (B.A., Hons., 1969); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1980; LL.M., 1981). Senior securities practitioner with 25 years of experience in all legal aspects of securities and corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private financings of equity and debt, corporate governance and related party transactions, regulation of listed companies, income trusts, banking and restructurings; with emphasis on the North American resource and technology industries. Practice focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (takeovers and arrangements), public equity financings (including bought deals and tax-incentive financings), board and independent committee representation and venture capital financings. In the 2007 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, listed as a leading Canadian lawyer in corporate finance. Writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics relating to corporate finance. Has a Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto and a Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Transactions: Forestry, Brookfield Asset Management - $1.4 billion acquisition of Weyerhaeuser's coastal assets (May, 2005). Canfor Inc. / Canfor Pulp Income Fund - $200 million dividend in kind. PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund - $16 million unit offering (April, 2002), a $20 million unit offering (December, 2005), a contested proxy battle and the current auction process to sell the Fund. CanWel Building Materials Ltd. - $56 million acquisition of Sodisco-Howden Group Inc. (December, 2004.). Repap Enterprises Inc. acquisition of Orenda Forest Products Ltd. (1996) and Northwood Forest Industries Inc. in a US$75 million private placement of unsecured notes (1997). Resources, Mining, Energy, Takeover of Inco - $19 billion (August, 2006). AirSource Power Income Fund - $212 million acquisition by Algonquin Power (June, 2006). Stornoway Diamond Corporation - Acquisition of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (January, 2007). Brookfield Bridge Lending Fund Inc. - $37.5 million bridge financing to Pine Valley Mining Inc. (October, 2006). Hibernia Project Financing - $500 million financing to the Hibernia project (November, 1991). Restructuring of Dome Petroleum - $5.8 billion takeover and financial restructuring of Dome Petroleum by AMOCO Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. (November, 1987 - September, 1988). Oslo Oil Sands Project - structuring and liability issues under the project's JV operating agreement. Cigar Lake Uranium Joint Venture - counsel to Idemitsu Uranium Exploration with respect to structuring and negotiating the joint venture governing the Cigar Lake project in Northern Saskatchewan, now the world's second largest high grade uranium deposit. Taseko Resources Ltd. and Pacific Sentinel Gold Corp. - structured, negotiated and completed an aggregate $60 million joint exploration company financings, together with an innovative QET reclamation deposit financing. Aurex Resources Corp. - $46.5 million takeover by Cobre Mining Co. (1997). Oliver Gold Limited - $20 million special warrant financing. Vengold Inc. - Takeover bid for St. Philips Resources (1994). Others include the Government of British Columbia; Counsel to the Czech Republic; Syncrude Oil Sands Project; Imperial Oil takeover of Texaco; Union Oil, Texas Pacific; American Conquest; and Francana Oil and Gas. Technology and Biotechnolgy AnorMED Inc. - US$580 million sale to Genzyme Corporation (November, 2006). Blast Radius Inc. - US$225 million sale to WPP Group PLC (September, 2007) - represented the key management shareholders. QLT Inc. - U.S. $73 million (April, 1996), U.S. $50 million public equity offerings, $23 million (July, 1998), US$138 million (April, 1999). TIR Systems Inc. - $75 million sale to Royal Philips Electronics (May, 2007) - represented the Strategic Review Committee, TIR Board of Directors. MDSI - $86 million acquisition by @Road (July, 2004) (did not close). Pivotal Corporation - $67 million initial public offering (July, 1999). West Bay Semiconductor Limited - Sale to Intel Corporation (July, 2003). Cubist Pharmaceuticals Ltd. - $31 million acquisition of Terragen Discovery Inc. (August, 2000). Infowave Software, Inc. - $30 million special warrant financing (April, 2000). StarChoice Communication Inc. - Takeover of Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. - Takeover by American Brands (1997). Shaw Cable - $90 million bought deal financing. Zaatec Technology Inc. - $18 million private placement (August, 2000). Digital Dispatch and Fincentric Corporation IPO. Financial Services, Coventree Inc. Initial Public Offering (November, 2006) and a $45 million secondary offering by the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec. Employee Pension Plan of a major resource company - Portable Alpha Strategy (July, 2006). Credit Union Central of British Columbia - $200 million mid-term note program (August, 1995). Raymond James - $6 million special warrant financing for Hi-Alta Capital. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. - TimberWest Income Fund. Industrial, Wienerberger AG - $107 million acquisition of Arriscraft International Income Fund (July, 2007). Wajax Limited - $25 million common shares (April, 1997) U.S. $50 Million placement of senior unsecured notes (December, 1997). Coast Wholesale Appliances - $65 million initial public offering and $30 million credit facility. BlueStar Battery - Transfer of exchange listing from the ASE to the TSE and a significant asset backed loan financing. Shandong Centre, PRC $300 million real estate joint venture with Allied Holdings. Monarch Entertainment Corporation Tax shelter offering of $200 million of movie production partnership units. Transportation, CHC Helicopter Corporation. BC Court approval of Plan of Arrangement with First Reserve Corporation (March, 2008); $48 million sale of Canadian Helicopters Inc. (September, 2005). Wardair Takeover by PWA - $144 million takeover by PWA (April, 1989). PWA Restructuring (1993) - represented Canada Trust in its provision of "debtor in possession" financing to PWA Corporation pursuant to federally and provincially guaranteed loan facilities. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Finance; Resources; Offshore Oil and Gas; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Services; Public Company Listings. Email: Albert J. Hudec | | Robert P. Sloman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1977); University of Windsor (LL.B., 1981). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insolvency Law; Realization Law. Email: Robert P. Sloman | | Judy Jansen (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, British Columbia. Education: University of Waterloo (B.A., with honors, 1977); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1981). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations; British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Administrative and Regulatory Law; Shipping Law; Employment Law. Email: Judy Jansen | | Robert J. McDonell (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1980); University of Victoria (LL.B., 1983). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Administrative Tribunals Law; Environmental Law. Email: Robert J. McDonell | | Geoffrey N. M. Lewis (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, British Columbia. Education: Queen's University (B.A., 1979); Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B., 1984). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate/Commercial Law; Wills, Trusts and Estates; Administrative Law. Email: Geoffrey N. M. Lewis | | David I. McBride (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1980); University of Windsor (LL.B., 1983). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Construction Law. Email: David I. McBride | | James P. Hatton (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1984; LL.B., 1985). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Technology Law; Corporate/Commercial Law. Email: James P. Hatton | | Dean A. O'Leary (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1981; LL.B., 1985). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Municipal Law. Email: Dean A. O'Leary | | Donald L. Richards (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.A., 1982); University of Victoria (LL.B., 1985). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Civil Law; Criminal Litigation. Email: Donald L. Richards | | Gordon A. Love (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, British Columbia. Education: McGill University; University of British Columbia (B.A., 1982); University of Western Ontario (LL.B., 1986). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Leaseholds Law; Corporate Commercial Law; Banking Law. Email: Gordon A. Love | | Alison H. Narod (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, British Columbia. Education: McGill University (B.A., with honors, 1975); Osgoode Hall (LL.B., 1982). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labour Law; Employment Law; Human Rights Law; Workers Compensation Law; Administrative Law. Email: Alison H. Narod | | Marylee A. Davies (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1986); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1989). Member: Board of Directors, BC SPCA; Board, UBC Law Alumni Association. Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Transactions: Regularly appears as Counsel before a variety of administrative tribunals, including the British Columbia Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and federally and provincially constituted boards of arbitration, Supreme Court of British Columbia and the British Columbia Court of Appeal; Acted as Counsel for: Translink; Duke Energy Gas Transmission; University of British Columbia; Greater Vancouver Regional District; City of Vancouver; Vancouver Police Board; TELUS; Council of Forest Industries; and a variety of employers in other industries, including retail, property management, hospitality, technology, forestry and mining industries; Provided legal advice to large public and private sector employers on the following matters: certification and de-certification; large-scale reorganizations, including statutory, common law and collective agreement obligations; labour relations strategies and implications relation to buying and selling provincially and federally regulated businesses; mass layoffs; termination of employees and structuring of severance packages; employment contracts, including restrictive covenants and confidentiality agreements; managing work stoppages, picketing and other labour disputes; collective bargaining; and all aspects of compliance and regulatory matters for foreign companies carrying on business in British Columbia. Practice Areas: Labour; Employment; Human Rights; Litigation. Email: Marylee A. Davies | | Maria K. McKenzie (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Ontario; 1993, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., honors; LL.B., 1990). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law. Email: Maria K. McKenzie | | Michael Gianacopoulos (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1982); Dalhousie University (B.F.A., 1984; M.P.A., 1985; LL.B., 1989). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canada Bar Association (Former Executive Member, British Columbia Branch); Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia; American Association for Justice; Canadian Transportation Lawyers Association; Transportation Lawyers Association. Transactions: Regularly represents both defendants and plaintiffs in personal injury claims, including those involving catastrophic injuries; Defends, on an ongoing basis, clients in the transportation industry (roads and rail) against liability claims of all kinds; Successfully defended at trial and at the appellate level an insurance company's termination of its local agent and commission claims valued at several million dollars; Represents a financial institution sued in a pay-day loan class action; Successfully defended the Federal Government at trial for a multimillion dollar damages claim; Represented in Court of Appeal property owners on zoning matters; Regularly appears in Court on matters related to creditors rights/debtors rights; Representing, on an ongoing basis, numerous individual, institutional government and private lenders relating to all matters concerning collections, receiverships, bankruptcies; and Represented clients in court on a variety of private international law issues. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Personal Injury; Litigation; Municipal Law; Bankruptcy; Foreclosures; Class Actions; Insurance. Email: Michael Gianacopoulos | | Brian R. Canfield (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, British Columbia; 1995, Washington; 2007, Alberta. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., 1987; LL.B., 1990). Member: Law Society of British Columbia and Alberta; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Trust Law; Real Estate Law; Regulatory Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Real Estate; First Nations Law; Energy; Mining and Energy. Email: Brian R. Canfield | | Karen Shirley-Paterson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1989, New Brunswick; 1990, British Columbia. Education: University of New Brunswick (B.Sc., 1982); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1988). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Matrimonial Law. Email: Karen Shirley-Paterson | | Scott A. Dawson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, British Columbia. Education: Carleton University (B.A., 1991); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1994). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Transactions: Yellow Pages Group Co., CHC Helicopter, Verizon, Teckcominco, BC Gas and TELUS in various proceedings involving commercial disputes, corporate arrangements, capital alterations and related matters; Shareholders and partners involved in disputes concerning ownership and management of businesses, including software companies, logging partnerships, real estate developments and golf course operations; The Vancouver Sun in various defamation proceedings; Shoppers Drug Mart and Trans Canada Glass International in franchise litigation; Great Canadian Casinos, the University of British Columbia and Konings Wholesale in employment litigation; A chemical manufacturer and merchant defending class proceedings in Ontario and British Columbia; National and Vancouver-based property owners in commercial tenancy litigation, including Ivanhoe Cambridge; Regional motor carriers in administrative proceedings before the Motor Carrier Commission, including Whistler Taxi, Blackcomb Taxi and Sea to Sky Taxi; And various governmental bodies in the prosecution of criminal and regulatory offences. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Class Actions; Litigation; Labor (Labour) and Employment; Media Law; Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Municipal Law. Email: Scott A. Dawson | | Michael H. Korbin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, British Columbia. Education: Trent University (B.A., 1990); University of Victoria (LL.B., 1994). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Labour; Employment; Human Rights. Email: Michael H. Korbin | | Ronald G. Murray (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1993). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver and Canadian Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate; Commercial. Email: Ronald G. Murray | | Brad A. Newby (Partner) admitted to bar, 1995, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.Comm., Hons., 1991); University of Toronto (LL.B., 1994). Named to: Canada's Leading Lawyers Under 40, Lexpert Magazine; Vancouver's Forty Under 40. Director, Vancouver Chapter, Association for Corporate Growth. Co-Sponsor and Presenter, British Columbia M & A Seminar. Past Campaign Chair, United Way of the Fraser Valley. Past Director, Student Biotech Network Society. Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Canadian Bar Association. Transactions: Sale of Robeez Footwear Ltd. to The Stride Rite Corporation (2006); Convertible debt financing of a private biotechnology company (2006); Japanese joint venture between lululemon athletica inc. and Descente Inc. (2006); Sale of private packaging company to a strategic private buyer (2006); Counsel to underwriters on short form offering by PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund (2006); Counsel to Norske Skogindustrier ASA on secondary offering of shares of Catalyst Paper Corporation (2006); Take over of Regalito Copper Corp. by Pan Pacific Copper and Nippon Mining (2006); Sale of Heath Benefits Consulting Inc. to Morneau Sobeco Income Fund (2006); Private equity investment in women's fashion retailer, Aritzia (2005); Coast Wholesale Appliances Income Fund initial public offering (2005); Sale of private athletic apparel company to U.S. strategic purchaser (2005); Acquisition of private health benefits consulting firm (2005); Acquisition of a private entertainment retailer from insolvency protection (2005); Acquisition and financing of plastic packaging manufacturing facility from a large U.S. corporation (2005); Management buy-out of a private health benefits consulting and brokerage firm from its UK parent (2004); Hardwoods Distribution Income Fund initial public offering (2004); Hot House Growers Income Fund initial public offering (2003); Sale of a private consulting engineering firm to a Finnish firm (2003); The Keg Royalties Income Fund initial public offering (2002); A & W Revenue Royalties Income Fund initial public offering (2002); Westcoast Energy Inc. Sale of Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. and Centra Gas Whistler Inc. to B.C. Gas Inc. (2002). Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Commercial Law; Corporate Finance; Technology Law. Email: Brad A. Newby | | Trevor R. Scott (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: Simon Fraser University (B.B.A., 1996); University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1997). Member: Law Society of British Columbia. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Commercial Law; Technology Law. Email: Trevor R. Scott | | Judith A. Macfarlane (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, British Columbia. Education: University of Victoria (B.A., 1991); Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1995); University of Ottawa (LL.M., 1997). | | David J. Selley (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B. Comm, with honors, 1994; LL.B., 1997). | | Ludmila B. Herbst (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., Honours Program, 1994; M.A., 1995; LL.B., 1998). | | ASSOCIATES | | Ronald A. Chin (Associate) | | Christopher E. Gora (Associate) | | Teresa M. Tomchak (Associate) | | Kieran E. Siddall (Associate) | | Sean Hern (Associate) | | Rebecca M. Morse (Associate) | | Mike J. Wagner (Associate) | | Dylana R. Bloor (Associate) | | Christopher J. Wiebe (Associate) | | Peter M. Roth (Associate) | | Nikki L. Charlton (Associate) | | Ryan S. Neely (Associate) | | Christine J. Oberti (Associate) | | Denise C. Nawata (Associate) | | Robert L. Rothstein (Associate) | | Jennifer A. Cowan (Associate) | | David D. McWhinnie (Associate) | | Chelsea S. Thompson (Associate) | | Joseph Yang (Associate) | | Alexander D.L. Mitchell (Associate) | | Susan B. Mossing (Associate) | | MANAGING PARTNER | | Alan J. Hamilton, Q.C. (Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1970; LL.B., 1973). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labour Law; Employment Law; Administrative Law; Employment Litigation. Email: Alan J. Hamilton, Q.C. | | CHAIR | | A. Keith Mitchell, Q.C. (Chair) admitted to bar, 1972, British Columbia. Education: University of British Columbia (B.A., 1967; LL.B., 1971). Member: Law Society of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canadian and International Bar Associations. Practice Areas: International Trade; Administrative Tribunal Law; Real Estate Development Law. Email: A. Keith Mitchell, Q.C. | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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