Lawson Lundell LLP

Lawson Lundell LLP leverages the expertise of its team to advise domestic and multinational corporates across sectors ranging from tech, mining, forestry, energy and financial services to manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and real estate, on corporate governance, corporate finance and securities, M&A, fund formations and pension fund transactions. The practice is headed by a trio of M&A experts: Valerie Mann, who heads the firm’s technology law practice, and who acts for private equity and venture capital funds; Jagdeep Shergill, a specialist in pension plans; and David Allard, an expert in corporate reorganizations and restructurings and corporate governance matters. Other key figures include Greg Hollingsworth, who draws on a tax and accounting background; Amaan Gangji, who frequently handles cross-border M&A work with Allard; Andrew Robertson, whose transactional experience spans such industries as insurance, forestry and food and beverages, and Jack Yong, the leader of the Vancouver office’s Asia Pacific Group. All the lawyers mentioned work in Vancouver.