Course Chairs
Mark V. Lewis — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
Mark Lewis is a partner and the practice leader of the Commercial Real Estate Group at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver, where he leads the residential and resort development practice. His practice encompasses the full spectrum of development matters, including residential and commercial strata projects, retail centres, business parks, and recreational resorts. He also has an active commercial lending practice that focuses on construction and equity financing loans.
Mark is a member of the Real Property subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (BC), the Canadian Resort Development Association, and the Mortgage Investment Association of BC. He attended McGill University's Faculty of Management obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Economics and minors in both Finance and International Business. Mark obtained his law degree from UBC and was called to the BC Bar in 1997.
Edward L. Wilson is a partner at Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver, and practices in the real estate and municipal law fields specializing in real estate development. He obtained his LLB from UBC in 1982, and was called to the BC bar in 1983.
Ed has assisted clients in such projects as: redevelopment of industrial sites to permit multi-family residential uses; heritage designation and density bonusing arrangements; rezoning and redevelopment of shopping centres; development of office and industrial parks; development of numerous condominium projects; development and marketing of strata title hotels; restructuring of strata corporation bylaws; assisting municipalities on the redevelopment of downtown urban centres; and commercial lease negotiations for a wide variety of tenants and landlords. He has also been involved in large land assemblies, subdivisions, bare land strata plans, real estate acquisitions, financings, sales, and structuring forms of ownership and transactions.
Ed has acted as advisor to a number of Law Society of BC task forces and initiatives. He has served on various section executives and committees of the CBABC, and has been recognized internationally for his expertise and leadership in the real estate field. Ed is the 2007 recipient of CLEBC’s Leaders in Learning Award.
Faculty
Joscelyn P. Baker — Polygon Homes Ltd., Vancouver
Mark C. Baron — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Paul Brackstone — Owen Bird Law Corporation, Vancouver
Arnon A. Dachner — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Alexander Fane — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Eric Feilden, CA, TEP — MNP LLP, Vancouver
Mark V. Lewis — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
David C.S. Longcroft — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Barry M. Porrelli — Porrelli Law, Westbank
Samantha Rossman — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Erin K. Tait — Koffman Kalef LLP, Vancouver
Edward L. Wilson — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Elizabeth Yip — Terra Law, Vancouver
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