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Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded

Canada Guide 2027 : British Columbia

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Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP

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From local startups to global powerhouses, Gowling WLG offers broad experience and efficient service covering a full range of corporate and commercial law matters.

We understand the issues you face because we're immersed in the same issues every day. With the ability to flex to match the job at hand, our team is equipped to handle everything from landmark transactions and major reorganizations to routine business filings and agreements.

Spanning all industry sectors, our services include:

  • Incorporations
  • Reorganizations, amalgamations, continuances, arrangements and dissolutions
  • Corporate governance
  • Company secretarial (including registration for extra-territorial corporations)
  • Virtual (outside) general counsel services
  • Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
  • Managed service and outsourcing agreements
  • IT contracts
  • Service and supply agreements
  • Franchise, agency and distribution agreements
  • Consumer and direct selling agreements

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Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded - British Columbia

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What the Team is Known For

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP is well known for handling corporate and commercial work in the mid-market space in British Columbia. The firm's Vancouver team regularly advises on transactions in the mining, resources and infrastructure sectors, as well as offering related tax advice. It also advises on capital markets deals and often handles cross-border mandates. Clients benefit from the firm's wide-reaching network, comprising offices across Canada as well as overseas.

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Work Highlights

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  • Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP represented Southern Cross Gold Consolidated in its CAD143 million cross-border financing.

Strengths

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  • Gowling WLG is remarkably prompt and efficient and has a deep and broad team.

    Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada

  • The firm is highly responsive and easy to work with. Its familiarity with the business facilitates continuity and efficiency, enabling timely attention to legal matters.

    Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada

  • Gowling WLG has excellent business and situational familiarity and always brings qualified personnel for complicated matters we present.

    Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada

  • The team is very responsive, accurate and reliable.

    Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada

Notable Practitioners

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  • Linda Hogg
    Linda Hogg

    Linda Hogg

    Linda Hogg has a wide-ranging corporate practice that sees her frequently called upon for strategic M&A, corporate governance and financing matters. She is held in particularly high esteem for her expertise in mining matters.

    • Linda is remarkably outstanding in every way.

      Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada
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  • Cyndi Laval
    Cyndi Laval

    Cyndi Laval

    Cyndi Laval has an impressive portfolio of transactional corporate experience advising on acquisitions across the mining space.

    • Cyndi has a deep understanding of legal principles and combines that with strong responsiveness.

      Corporate/Commercial: Highly Regarded respondentCanada

    • She is a great lawyer.

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