Practice Areas
Business Law
- Purchase and Sale agreement structuring and negotiations
- Bank and Private Financing agreement structuring and negotiations
- Creative organizational structures – Corporate, Limited Partnerships and Joint Venture
- Corporate restructure, mergers and acquisitions
- Business Succession Planning and tax plan implementation
Employment Law
- Business law with human resources emphasis – employment issues in sale/acquisition
- Employment Contracts
- Assist clients with severance and progressive discipline arrangements
- Restrictive covenants
- Pension matters
- Employer advice on Unionized workforce
Experience
Ogilvie LLP
Partner, 1983 - Present
Associate, 1982
Education
Bachelor of Laws - University of Alberta, 1973
Bachelor of Science - University of Alberta, 1969
Professional activities & membership
- Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1998
- Law Society of Alberta, 1974
- Canadian Bar Association
- Founding Member and Organizer, Health Law Section CBA International Development Committee
- Chair oversight of project to design law society structures for East Africa Cooperation
- Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
- Certified Arbitrator
Community activities & memberships
- Honorary Consul to Finland in Alberta
- Past Chair and Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Grant MacEwan
College - Past Director, Edmonton Downtown Development Corporation
- Past President, Alberta Conference Society
- Past Director of AVAC Ltd. – Designer of Accelerate Fund
- Past Member, Hong Kong Canada Business Association
- Former General Counsel, World Trade Centre