is a Vancouver-based law firm providing legal services in both a commercial and litigation context. Our goal is to provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to each client's legal needs. Our lawyers focus their efforts in a number of practice areas including the following:

Our commercial lawyers have extensive experience in business matters, advising and representing clients in transactions involving acquisitions, reorganizations, financing and real estate. We have a wide range of experience in commercial transactions in the marine and fisheries community, international shipping, transportation and in a variety of leading British Columbia industries. Our litigation lawyers represent clients at all levels of Court, including the British Columbia Supreme Court, the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Canada, both the trial and the appeal divisions and the Supreme Court of Canada. Our maritime litigation practice includes representation of shipowners and charterers, both local and foreign, all the major P&I Clubs, as well as a broad range of domestic and international underwriters. Our insurance and general litigation practice includes acting for major domestic and foreign insurers, as well as corporate and individual interests in both a commercial and tort law context. In addition to representing clients in Court, our litigation lawyers are frequently involved in hearings before various administrative boards and tribunals as well as in arbitrations and mediations. Our lawyers are actively involved as members and directors of a number of organizations, including:

Our lawyers frequently contribute to legal and industry journals. A number of our lawyers teach regularly as adjunct Professors at the Faculty of Law of the University of British Columbia.