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Provided by Maria McKenzie
Infrastructure Procurement & Finance; Banking & Financial Services; Corporate & Commercial; Construction Law; Government & Public Municipal Sector
Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
Member of the Law Society of Ontario
Supervising Lawyer for the UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program since 1992
Acting for the Province of British Columbia, Transportation Investment Corporation and/or South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority in a number of British Columbia transportation infrastructure projects.
Acting for the lenders to successful and short-listed proponents in transportation, healthcare and other social infrastructure projects across Canada.
Acting for successful and short-listed proponents in transportation, healthcare and other social infrastructure projects across Canada.
Acting for borrowers and lenders in respect of secured and unsecured commercial credit facilities.
The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
Chambers Canada Ranked Lawyers (2026)
Chambers Global Ranked Lawyers (2026)
Lexpert Leading Infrastructure Lawyers (2025)
Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)
The Best Lawyers "Lawyer of the Year" in Public Procurement Law (2023)
Maria practises business law with a particular emphasis on infrastructure, including public private partnerships. Maria has provided legal advice in the following matters: advising the public sector, private sector and lenders on public private partnership and other alternate financing and procurement transactions, advising on various secured and unsecured credit facilities and project financings for lenders and borrowers, advising on various mergers and acquisitions for private companies, advising on various commercial property purchase, sale and lease transactions, advising on various corporate reorganizations, and providing general corporate and commercial advice.
Maria joined Farris as an associate in 1995 and became a partner in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Maria clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for Madame Justice Beverley McLachlin from 1990 to 1991.
Maria is repeatedly named in Chambers Global and Chambers Canada as a Key Individual in the areas of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Infrastructure, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers list for Canada in the area of project finance law, and is consistently named as one of Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada.
University of British Columbia
LL.B.
1991
University of British Columbia
B.Comm., Hons.
1990
Provided by Chambers
Maria McKenzie is a Vancouver-based lawyer who regularly advises on projects in provinces across Canada. She ably represents public authorities, lenders and private corporations throughout PPP processes and transactions.
Provided by Chambers
Maria has institutional knowledge that even in-house lawyers don't have.
Maria is an exceptional commercial lawyer, who can take on complex commercial issues and provide an excellent work product in a timely way.
Maria is one of our go-to legal counsel. She is knowledgeable and efficient.
Maria is efficient, pragmatic and provides expert advice. She is an absolute rock star!
Maria is very responsive, thorough and able to explain concepts to laymen.
Maria has institutional knowledge that even in-house lawyers don't have.
Maria is an exceptional commercial lawyer, who can take on complex commercial issues and provide an excellent work product in a timely way.
Maria is one of our go-to legal counsel. She is knowledgeable and efficient.
Maria is efficient, pragmatic and provides expert advice. She is an absolute rock star!
Maria is very responsive, thorough and able to explain concepts to laymen.