Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded
Canada Guide 2025 : British Columbia
Band 2
Contact number
604 687 6789About
Provided by Boughton Law Corporation
Boughton Law’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group is experienced in handling complex, multi-party litigation and adept at navigating the legal challenges that businesses face. Our team has appeared before all levels of provincial and federal courts, as well as numerous administrative boards and tribunals. We represent public and private corporations across a wide range of industries, as well as major Canadian and foreign financial institutions. Additionally, we advise trustees, receivers, monitors, creditors, and debtors in significant insolvency and restructuring matters.
Our litigation experience covers a broad range of areas, including commercial contracts, securities, tax, competition, antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, professional negligence, directors’ and officers’ liability, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, insurance, real estate, insolvency, fraud, construction, employment matters, human rights, environmental issues, and constitutional matters.
As part of Meritas®, a global alliance of independent, full-service law firms, Boughton Law has access to legal expertise in over 230 markets worldwide, allowing us to collaborate with foreign legal advisors when necessary.
Chambers Review
Boughton Law Corporation in Vancouver is known for its expertise in handling complex and multiparty litigation in a broad range of matters, including commercial contracts, securities, tax, directors' and officers' liability, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. It represents both public and private corporations from almost every industry.
Work Highlights
- Boughton Law represented Nextpoint in a Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceeding, involving the Liberty Tax and Community Tax groups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Counsel have a very firm grip on the files and are quick to respond to our requests for information and assistance."
"Boughton Law demonstrated a clear understanding of the timeline and process and provided a systematic approach to mitigating additional liability, with quick turnaround."
"Counsel have a very firm grip on the files and are quick to respond to our requests for information and assistance."
"Boughton Law demonstrated a clear understanding of the timeline and process and provided a systematic approach to mitigating additional liability, with quick turnaround."
Notable Practitioners
Jimmy Burg is an associate who wins praise for his civil litigation practice, with notable expertise in the energy, natural resources and Indigenous law sectors.
"He is very knowledgeable and timely with his responses."
"He has great knowledge and is able to provide all the details on the complexity of the situation."