Mitchell H. Gropper KC

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial;

Corporate Governance;

Corporate Finance & Securities;

Mergers & Acquisitions;

Business Succession Planning;

Real Estate

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of British Columbia;

Organizing member of the Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships;

Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of British Columbia;

Past Member of the Securities Law Advisory Committee of the British Columbia Securities Commission;

Legal advisor to the Expert Committee on a Canadian Securities Regulator of to the Canadian Securities Transition Office

Experience

Senior counsel Mitchell Gropper, KC, has an extensive corporate and securities practice with an emphasis on complex transactions including complex real estate transactions, corporate finance, reorganizations, and M&A. Mitchell has acted for purchasers and sellers in M&A transactions; advised Boards of Directors and Special Committees; and has been involved in going-private and related-party transactions. Mitchell has advised on financial reorganizations and debt restructurings, including as special legal advisor to City of Vancouver for the Olympic Village. Mitchell is the chair of the Deans Advisory Committee of the Business Law Centre at the University of British Columbia Allard School of Law, Chancellor and a director of University Canada West and immediate past Chair of the Project Assurance Board having oversight of the British Columbia Hydro Site C Clean Energy Project. He is named in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023, Chambers Canada 2023, The 2023 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the 2022 Lexpert Special Editions – Finance and M&A and Energy, and Martindale-Hubbell ranking AV (preeminent 5.0 out of 5). Admitted to the Bars of BC (1966) and Ontario (1970). Appointed Queen's Counsel (1990).

Career

Called to British Columbia Bar, 1966

Publications

The Best Lawyers in Canada (2024);

Chambers Canada Ranked Lawyer (2023);

Lexpert Leading Energy Lawyers (2023);

Lexpert Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (2023);

Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2023);

Lexpert Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers (2022);

Recognized by Who’s Who Legal Canada (2020) in the categories of Capital Markets, Corporate Governance;

Lexpert Top 100 Cross Border Lawyers (2019);

Martindale-Hubbell Ranking (AV);

Queen’s Counsel (1990)

Education