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Partner and senior member of the fi rm's banking group with over 35 years of experience.
Focus on banking, fi nancing and real estate matters handling a wide range of fi nancing
techniques and banking arrangements, including syndicated loans among domestic and
foreign banks and off shore fi nancing transactions. Engaged as senior counsel by a number
of Schedule I and Schedule II banks on lending, enforcement and bank regulatory issues.
Loan transactions include fi nancings for the redevelopment of the Vancouver downtown
waterfront and the former Expo 86 lands; the 2010 Olympic Village; the River Green
Development in Richmond; the Vancouver Canucks; Rogers Arena; P3 municipal ice
rinks and athletic facilities and various leveraged buy-outs. Called to the British Colum-
bia Bar in 1974.
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Regional managing partner of BLG's Vancouver offi ce. Regularly acts for Canadian
fi nancial institutions in connection with their commercial and corporate loans to both
public and private borrowers. Also acts for borrowers. Many of these loans are syndi-
cated and are o en cross-border. Practice also includes regulatory advice to fi nancial
institutions, agency work on structured fi nance transactions, as well as general corporate
commercial transactions. Former Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia,
Faculty of Law (1996‒1999), and has been an instructor for the professional legal training
course of the BC Law Society for over 15 years. Past Chair of the banking law subsec-
tion of the BC branch of the CBA. Co-editor of the British Columbia Personal Property
Security Act Practice Manual. Has written on the BC Personal Property Security Act, BC
Securities Transfer Act, Canadian Bank Act and inspection of corporate records. Received
BComm (Hons.) from University of British Columbia in 1984, and LLB from Univer-
sity of Toronto in 1987. Called to the British Columbia Bar in 1988.
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Irv Laskin acts for banks and other lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured
fi nancing and leasing transactions. His clients include fi nancial institutions, merchant
banks and other lenders, and a mix of borrowers engaged in fi nancing transactions at
the local, national and international level. He has been involved in the fi nancing of a
wide range of businesses, including aircra , forest and mining assets, merchant banks,
hotels, oil & gas reserves, real estate developments, farms, greenhouses, newspapers, high
technology products and operations and national retail chains. ese fi nancings o en
have cross-border components and have included syndications and participations with
government and other lending institutions, acting most o en for the lead and sometimes
secondary lender. He is recognized by ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the
Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, both for banking law.
Laskin was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1984.
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John Morrison practices fi nancial services and banking law in McMillan LLP's
Vancouver offi ce. His extensive experience includes acting for lenders and borrowers in
credit facilities ranging from commercial mortgage transactions and mortgage bonds to
complex multi-jurisdictional credit facilities, including fi nancing of all types of real estate
assets including shopping centers, offi ce buildings, hotels, multi-unit residential buildings
and industrial properties. Morrison also represents lenders and borrowers in connection
with debt fi nancings of mining, forestry and gaming projects and facilities and issuers
and trustees in connection with bonds, notes and other debt instruments.
Michael
M. Kalef
Koffman
Kalef LLP
Tel: (604) 891-3700
Fax: (604) 891-3788
Vancouver
Donald
G. Bird
Borden Ladner
Gervais LLP
Tel: (604) 640-4175
Fax: (604) 622-5875
Vancouver
Irving D.
Laskin
Lawson
Lundell LLP
Tel: (604) 631-9235
Fax: (604) 669-1620
Vancouver
John D.
Morrison
McMillan LLP
Tel: (604) 691-7411
Fax: (604) 685-7084
Vancouver
mmk@kkbl.com
dbird@blg.com
ilaskin@lawsonlundell.com
john.morrison@mcmillan.ca
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