BarMoves

Who’s Moving Where and When

Kristil Hammer

joined Farris LLP. Kristil’s practice focuses on corporate real estate and corporate & commercial law.

Natalie Sparling

joined Farris LLP. Natalie’s expertise primarily lies in corporate & commercial law, including M&A, real estate, and estate planning.

Cohen Hocking

joined Clark Wilson LLP’s Indigenous Law and Private Company Mergers & Acquisitions groups.

Melanee Bryniawsky

joined Clark Wilson LLP’s Indigenous Law and General Business Law groups.

Spencer Oberst

joined Clark Wilson LLP’s Capital Markets, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions group.

Kezia Messakh

joined Clark Wilson LLP’s Strata Property group and will also be assisting all groups with civil litigation matters.

Flora Wu

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their Litigation & Dispute Resolution group. Flora was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2021.

Jonathan Andrews

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their Litigation & Dispute Resolution group. Jonathan was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2021.

Alice Kim

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their China group. Alice was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2021.

Harman K. Bains

joined Lawson Lundell as an associate in their China group. Harman was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2017.

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Liyan Wu

joined Clark Wilson LLP’s Commercial Real Estate group as an associate. Liyan can assist clients in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Margaret Sasges, QC

founded Camas Law, a firm focused on Wills, Estates, Trusts, and Conservation Law.

Chanelle Gilbert

joined the new firm, Camas Law, based in Victoria, BC. Chanelle will continue her practice focusing on estate planning and administration, and societies law.

Anisha Jagpal

joined Hamilton Duncan as an associate working with clients in insurance defence and civil litigation.

Ravina Sandhu

is an experienced family law lawyer and certified family law mediator who joined Hamilton Duncan from Smyth Hoover Sandhu that previously served the Tri-Cities community.

Cole Rodocker

joined Hamilton Duncan as an associate. Cole is a corporate commercial lawyer with experience from shareholder and contractual disputes to insurance, administrative tribunal, and regulatory issues.

Sylvia Borowska

joined the Hamilton Duncan team as an associate. Sylvia practises civil litigation, with a primary focus on insurance defence.

Michael Filice

joined Hamilton Duncan as an associate. Michael completed his articles with Hamilton Duncan and was recently called to the British Columbia Bar.

Raman Johal

joined Gowling WLG’s Private Client Services team in Vancouver with extensive experience helping individuals, financial institutions, and charities alike resolve complex estate matters.

Chelsea Bailey

joined Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP as an associate in their Commercial Real Estate Practice group.

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