RBS - Key Persons
Albert Norton Richards became the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of BC, on July 28, 1876.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Counsel
- Member of the Firm
Practice Areas
Business Transactions Business Services Employment & Human Rights
Amir is a member of the firm's Business Transactions, Business Law and Employment and Human Rights Practice Groups. Prior to joining RBS, Amir practised with a Downtown Vancouver firm for more than 10 years where he advised private companies and individuals on a wide range of legal issues primarily relating to private company M&A, general corporate/commercial, and employment matters. Prior to law school, Amir worked at Deloitte while obtaining his CPA, CA designation.
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- Managing Partner, Vancouver
Practice Areas
Estate & Wealth Advisory Estate and Trust Administration Personal Planning: Wills, Powers of Attorney, and Health Care Private Business and Family Enterprise Planning Trusts
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- Partner / Chair of Student Committee
Education
University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1992
University of British Columbia, B.Com. (Hons.), 1992
Education
1989, LL.B., University of British Columbia
1983 to 1986, Environmental & Resource Geography, University of British Columbia
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- Director of Human Resources
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- Corporate Services Supervisor / Paralegal
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- Partner at W.J. Bower 's Firm, in Front of His Real Estate Office in Gastown
- Partner With Bowser Reid and Wallbridge for over Thirty Years.
David Steven Wallbridge, a partner at W.J. Bower's firm, in front of his real estate office in Gastown.
David Steven Wallbridge, a partner with Bowser Reid and Wallbridge for over thirty years.
Practice Areas
Business Reorganizations Business Services Business Transactions Corporate Services Employment & Human Rights
Education
University of Calgary, LL.B., 2003
University of Hong Kong (exchange semester) 2003
University of Calgary, B.Sc.,1999
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- Partner With John H. Senkler, in His Barrister 's Garb
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- Practice Manager
- Wealth Preservation Group Practice Manager
Education
2013, MacEwan University, Edmonton Alberta - Bachelor of Science
2016, University of Alberta - Juris Doctor
Georg Reuter is a partner and the practice leader for the Employment and Human Rights Group. He is also a member of the Advanced Education and Research Practice Group, and has over 25 years of experience in the areas of employment and human rights law, as well as intellectual property and licensing law, with a particular focus on the transfers of new technologies from academic institutions to business.
Georg has worked closely with many of BC's advanced education and research institutions to assist them in commercialization of their technologies, including The University of British Columbia (UBC), the Centre for Drug Research and Development, the Vancouver Prostate Centre, and the BC Cancer Agency.
On the employment side of his practice, Georg assist both employers and employees in negotiating and drafting employment related agreements and policies, and in advising on strategies for hiring (and where necessary) terminating employees.
Georg has advised UBC on the licence and research collaboration agreements that underpin the more than 80 life science spin-off companies started at UBC. In particular, Georg focuses on licensing and technology transfer transactions, with extensive experience in dealing with transfers between institutions (e.g., universities, hospitals, research facilities) and businesses in the life science and software industries.
In 2015 Georg was a key contributor to UBC's licence with Roche Pharmaceuticals, executed in December 2015. This deal was UBC's largest ever, with up to $141.7 million US in pre-clinical, clinical and sales milestone payments and royalties thereafter.
Job Titles:
- a Real Estate Paralegal
- Paralegal
Gigi joined RBS as a Real Estate paralegal in 2023, assisting in the many facets of residential and commercial real estate development, from property acquisition, private and commercial financing, property development, through to project sales.
Education
University of British Columbia, LL.B., 2002
University of Victoria, B.A. Hons., with Distinction, Sociology, 1999
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Firm
Practice Areas
Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales Commercial Leasing Lending and Secured Transactions Real Estate Real Estate Development
Jeevan is a member of the firm's Real Estate Group. He practices in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate development, including purchases, financing, marketing, development, sale and leasing.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Practice Group Leader of Our Asia Pacific Group
Joe Chan is the Practice Group Leader of our Asia Pacific Group, and a member of the firm's Business, and Technology and Innovation Groups. He has been a member of Richards Buell Sutton since moving to Vancouver more than a decade ago. Prior to that move, he lived and practiced law in Calgary. Through all of that time - and now - Joe has advised on business law, mergers and acquisitions, and securities/corporate finance matters for a broad range of clients, including TSX/NEO/TSXV/CSE listed public, mining, resource, real estate investment, technology, and video game companies. He also advises on trusts and joint ventures, and for restaurants, artists and writers, to name a few.
Joe has experience with a wide array of mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions, assisting clients from the "start-up" phase of their business to the "exit" sale of their business, and all issues and challenges that arise in-between - all with a focus on providing sensible, practical advice to help his clients realize their dreams (and, hopefully more).
He has also worked on securities law matters, from assisting clients through their IPOs, debt and equity financings, corporate governance matters, plans of arrangement, and ‘go private' transactions, as well as on a broad range of cross-border transactions.
Outside of his legal work, Joe has written about food, music and art for numerous publications, was the publisher/editor of a monthly arts/culture magazine, and a co-editor/writer for two food websites.
Joe provides legal services through Joe Chan Law Corporation.
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- Director of Professional Development
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- Marketing & Business Development Manager
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- Managing Partner of Senkler Spinks, and Van Horne, Lower Right Hand Corner of the Picture. Mr. Spinks Fought in World War L and Died in Battle at Vimy Ridge in 1917
Richard Coupland Spinks, Managing Partner of Senkler Spinks, and Van Horne, lower right hand corner of the picture. Mr. Spinks fought in World War l and died in battle at Vimy Ridge in 1917.
Job Titles:
- Director of Information Technology
Practice Areas
Business Transactions South Asian Business Services Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales Mergers and Acquisitions
Education
2010, J.D., University of Victoria
2006, B.A., Simon Fraser University
Education
University of Victoria, J.D., 2020
University of British Columbia, B.A., 2016
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- Corporate Services Supervisor / Paralegal
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- Partner of Accupro Trademark Services LLP / Trademark Agent
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- Partner With Robie Reid and David S. Wallbridge, and from Whom the Sutton in Our Name Originates
William Allan Sutton, partner with Robie Reid and David S. Wallbridge, and from whom the Sutton in our name originates.