About Farris Law   ›   A High Performance Law Firm

Farris LLP: Vancouver's Law Firm

A High Performance Law Firm

For over a century, Farris lawyers have been practising law at all levels with great success.

Success At All Levels

Farris is a high performance law firm, with a diverse client base ranging from individuals to some of the largest public institutions and private corporations in British Columbia and beyond. We balance a strong regional and national presence with an expanding international practice that includes U.S., European, and Asia-Pacific based clients.

High Performance Lawyers

Many of our lawyers have been recognized as leaders in their field. A number are ranked among the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, as well as the Top 100 Cross-Border Lawyers, according to Lexpert, the most respected legal publication in Canada. In addition, we have been ranked by Lexpert as Vancouver’s top corporate and top litigation firm for six years.

With offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, and Victoria, BC, we offer a full range of legal services in the areas of corporate law, litigation, labour and employment law, and tax planning and advice.

Global Coverage Through Lex Mundi

Farris is the exclusive Lex Mundi member law firm for BC. Lex Mundi is the world’s leading association of independent law firms, with 20,000 lawyers in 560 offices in more than 100 countries. Lex Mundi member firms provide legal representation and local market knowledge around the world, and our firm’s membership provides us with global reach to serve our clients’ needs.

Our Practice Areas

Corporate Commercial Law

Our lawyers are experienced in every aspect of business law, from advising on general corporate matters through to complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, public/private partnerships (P3), public and private securities offerings, venture capital financings, income trusts, and banking transactions.

Our real estate group has significant experience in large-scale development, including tax structuring, acquisition and disposition of properties, servicing agreements, rezoning, subdivision, financing and leasing. Farris lawyers are recognized for excellence in life sciences, technology, media and communications, energy, mining, telecommunications, municipal, realizations, trade and investment regulation, intellectual property, licensing, immigration, BC regulatory, and public policy law.

Litigation

The Farris litigation group has significant and extensive experience in all areas of litigation. Our lawyers appear regularly in all BC courts, the Federal Court of Canada, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Our experience includes trial and appellate advocacy, commercial transactions, product liability, class actions, labour relations, administrative and regulatory matters, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, aboriginal matters, defamation, and other tort law. Our lawyers are also sensitive to public policy and political environments in which administrative action is taken. For some 40 years, our founder Senator Farris was widely regarded as a leading barrister in Western Canada. Today’s Farris barristers continue that tradition with senior counsel consistently recognized by their peers as leaders in their field.

Labour & Employment Law

Our labour and employment group acts for a wide range of clients in both the public and private sectors. The team is organized on a 24/7 basis to provide advice on all aspects of labour relations and human resources, including certification and decertification, strikes, lockouts and contingency planning, picketing, essential services, collective bargaining including first collective agreement negotiation, collective agreement interpretation and application, managing a unionized workplace, corporate downsizing and severance, and statutory compliance of workplace policies, including sexual and workplace harassment and computer/Internet utilization.

Taxation Planning and Advice

Our tax group specializes in innovative and value-added tax approaches tailored to our clients’ needs, including tax strategies and structuring, corporate finance, financial analysis and modeling, CRA representation, and wealth management advice for individuals and owner entrepreneurs.