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21 July 2010

Peter Roth Elected Chair of the CBA Securities Law Section

Peter Roth has been elected Chair of the Securities Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia Branch).
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16 July 2010

Trevor Scott joins Executive of National Business Law Section of the CBA

Trevor Scott has been elected to the Executive of the National Business Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association. The National Business Law Section provides leadership across Canada on laws affecting business, commerce, trade and banking.
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15 July 2010

Ludmila Herbst presents at Canadian Property Tax Association Seminar

Partner and litigator Ludmila Herbst presented an overview of BC property tax exemptions at a seminar of the BC Branch of the Canadian Property Tax Association, held on June 29, 2010. Among the topics that Ms. Herbst addressed were the distinction between permissive and mandatory exemptions, and the identification of statutory regimes applicable to different areas of the province.
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31 May 2010

Rebecca Morse and Jasbir Bains present at CLE conference

Farris litigator Rebecca Morse and paralegal Jasbir Bains presented at the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia’s conference, “New Civil Rules for Legal Support Staff”, held on May 7, 2010.
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31 May 2010

Brenner, Hudec & Gruber Present Session on Distressed M&A

Don Brenner Q.C, Al Hudec and David Gruber presented a session on Distressed M&A as part of a program on Advanced Merger and Acquisition Transactions sponsored by the BC Continuing Legal Education Society on June 3, 2010.
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28 May 2010

Farris Team Wins Fifth Annual One-to-One Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Tim Dickson, Eric Goodman, David Gruber, Stephanie Gutierrez, Kwang Lim, Brad Newby, Eli Walker, and Jason Yamashita who yesterday won the One-to-One Spelling Bee at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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28 May 2010

Brad Newby Acts for Maxam Opportunities Fund in USD $8.5m Financing of Vivonet

Vancouver – May 17, 2010. Farris partner Brad Newby and associate Thierry Keable assisted their client, private equity firm Maxam Opportunities Fund LP, in the recent USD $8.5m secondary and treasury financing of Vivonet Incorporated, a leader in secure web-based point-of-sale (“POS”) systems for the North American restaurant industry.
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21 May 2010

Partners Hector Mackay-Dunn and Brian Canfield Represent Farris at the VIATeC Awards

VICTORIA - On May 13th Farris and industry celebrated the achievements of the technology companies that are responsible for making Greater Victoria the fastest growing technology region in British Columbia at the VIATeC Technology Awards Ceremony, in Victoria.
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23 April 2010

Trevor Scott Appointed to Securities Law Advisory Committee

VANCOUVER - Trevor Scott has been appointed to the BC Securities Commission: Securities Law Advisory Committee. The committee of up to 14 leading lawyers advises the British Columbia Securities Commission on legal and policy issues relating to the securities regulation (including laws for companies that are listed on stock exchanges).
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23 April 2010

Hector MacKay-Dunn Presents Leadership Award at the Lifesciences BC Awards

VANCOUVER - On April 14th Farris, represented by senior partner Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C., and industry honoured the outstanding contributions made by members of British Columbia’s life sciences community at the 12th Annual LifeSciences BC Awards Ceremony, in Vancouver.
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26 February 2010

United Way Celebrates Largest Campaign Ever - $1.3million raised

KELOWNA - Farris Partner and current Chair of the United Way Board Peter MacPherson, joined volunteers, businesses, and media gathered for the Canadian Western Bank-United Way Community Spirit Awards. The Community Spirit Awards event is held each year to celebrate the success of the Central & South Okanagan/Similkameen’s campaign.
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21 August 2009

Dominic Petraroia Appears in Kelowna Capital News

The Kelowna Capital News has published the announcement that Farris Managing Partner, Kelowna Dominic Petraroia has been appointed Chairman of the Kelowna Hospital Foundation.
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18 August 2009

Laura Baptie Appears in Kelowna Daily Courier Article on Women and Work-Life Balance in Law

Farris Associate Laura Baptie features in an article entitled "Work-life Balance the Key", which appeared in the Kelowna Daily Courier on Wednesday, August 12.
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