Corporate Governance

Farris lawyers have extensive experience advising on all aspects of corporate governance.

We regularly advise domestic and cross-listed companies, management, boards of directors, committees of boards, and investors. Additionally, our lawyers are often engaged to act as independent chairs of contested shareholder meetings.

We regularly provide corporate governance advice in connection with:

Special committee mandates.
Committee charters (including Audit, Corporate Governance, and Compensation).
Conflict of interest policies and codes of conduct.
Executive compensation matters.
Disclosure issues.
Business structures, such as joint ventures, partnerships, and shareholder agreements.
Capital market transactions, including debt and equity transactions, going private transactions, and takeover bids.
Proxy battles.
Related party transactions.
Board structure and assessments.

Our Corporate Governance Lawyers

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Brian R. Canfield	Partner	bcanfield@farris.com	604 661 9362
Mitchell H. Gropper, Q.C.	Partner	mgropper@farris.com	604 661 9322
Elizabeth J. Harrison, Q.C.	Partner	eharrison@farris.com	604 661 9367
Ludmila B. Herbst	Partner	lherbst@farris.com	604 661 1722
Albert J. Hudec	Partner	ahudec@farris.com	604 661 9356
Kevin Kingston	Partner	kkingston@farris.com	250 869 3861
Ross Langford	Partner	rlangford@farris.com	250 869 3868
R. Hector MacKay-Dunn, Q.C.	Partner	hmackay-dunn@farris.com	604 661 9307
Peter C.T. MacPherson	Partner	pmacpherson@farris.com	250 869 3881
A. Keith Mitchell, Q.C.	Chair	kmitchell@farris.com	604 661 9337
Ronald G. Murray	Partner	rmurray@farris.com	604 661 9306
Bradley A. Newby	Partner	bnewby@farris.com	604 661 9308
Dean A. O’Leary	Partner	doleary@farris.com	604 661 9316
Dominic A. Petraroia	Managing Partner, Kelowna	dpetraroia@farris.com	250 869 3851
Trevor R. Scott	Partner	tscott@farris.com	604 661 1732
David J. Selley	Partner	dselley@farris.com	604 661 1718
Chad G. Anderson	Associate	cganderson@farris.com	604 661 9311
Raewyn J. Brewer	Associate	rbrewer@farris.com	604 661 9300
Ronald A. Chin	Associate	rchin@farris.com	604 661 9333
Aaron P.G. Dow	Associate	adow@farris.com	250 869 3858
Ron D. Dueck	Associate	rdueck@farris.com	604 661 9395
Christopher E. Gora	Associate	cgora@farris.com	604 661 1724
Thierry O. Keable	Associate	tkeable@farris.com	604-661-1739
Jamie R. Matthews	Associate	jmatthews@farris.com	604 661 9365
Denise C. Nawata	Associate	dnawata@farris.com	604 661 1746
Christine J. Oberti	Associate	coberti@farris.com	604 661 9380
Bo Rothstein	Associate	brothstein@farris.com	604 661 1747
Peter M. Roth	Associate	proth@farris.com	604 661 9382
Clayton R. Whitman	Associate	cwhitman@farris.com	604 661 1728