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BANKING & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
BRITISH COLUMBIA: VANCOUVER
Allen, Michael S., Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP Vancouver - (604) 661-9311 - mallen@farris.com
Michael Allen has a broadly based national and international practice in infrastructure (P3), corporate
finance and banking law. He regularly acts for both lenders and borrowers in international project finance.
Allen's practice has included transactions in North, South and Latin America, Africa, Russia, Australia, the
Asia-Pacific and Caribbean. His industry sector experience includes infrastructure, mining, energy, forestry,
chemicals and telecommunications. Allen has been recognized by Lexpert® as one of Vancouver's leading
practitioners in Banking & Financial Institutions, Corporate Commercial, Infrastructure and Project
Finance (e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory 2011–16). He was listed in e 2012–16 Lexpert®/American
Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-
border Corporate Lawyers in Canada 2011–16 for banking & financial institutions. Allen has been named
Best Lawyers' Vancouver Project Finance Law Lawyer of the Year three times. He is called to the Bar
in British Columbia, Ontario, England and Wales.
Kalef, Michael M., Koffman Kalef LLP Vancouver - (604) 891-3700 - mmk@kkbl.com
Partner and senior member of the firm's banking group with over 40 years of experience. Focus on banking,
financing and real estate matters, handling a wide range of financing techniques and banking arrangements,
including syndicated loans among domestic and foreign banks and offshore financing 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 financings 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, numerous
multi-unit real estate developments and various leveraged buy-outs. Called to the British Columbia
Bar in 1974.
Laskin, Irving D., Lawson Lundell LLP Vancouver - (604) 631-9235 - ilaskin@lawsonlundell.com
Irv Laskin acts for banks, credit unions and other lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured financing
and leasing transactions. His clients include financial institutions, merchant banks and other lenders, and
a mix of borrowers engaged in financing transactions at the local, national and international level. He is
engaged in financing a wide range of businesses, including construction and income-producing real estate
projects, all assets within the agricultural sector, aircra, forest and mining assets, merchant banks, hotels,
newspapers, high-technology products and operations and national retail chains. ese financings oen have
cross-border components and have included syndications and participations with government and other
lending institutions, acting most oen 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.
Winnett, Derek, Gowling WLG Vancouver - (604) 891-2268 - derek.winnett@gowlingwlg.com
Derek Winnett is a partner in the Gowling WLG Vancouver office and focuses on banking and lending
transactions, real estate finance and secured transactions. Winnett has acted on behalf of numerous lenders
and borrowers on a wide variety of real estate financing transactions, including the acquisition, development,
construction and refinancing of real estate assets, including residential condominium developments, office
buildings, hotels, shopping centers, commercial properties and mixed-use residential and commercial
projects. Winnett regularly acts as lead counsel in syndicated construction loan facilities for various real
estate projects in British Columbia and other provinces. Winnett's experience also includes acting for lenders
with respect to the provision of corporate term and operating credit facilities. Winnett has been recognized
for his expertise for the past several years in e Best Lawyers in Canada and e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory and is a Fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.
