The business practice group acts for clients from business acquisition through to disposition and mergers advising on:

• incorporations- provincial and federal
• shareholder agreements
• purchase and sale of business
• financing of commercial projects
• reorganizations and amalgamations
• employee share purchase plans

Led by Lawyers Jack Buchan, Garth Edwards, Jean Oland, Jospeh Cuenca, Kieran Moore and our certified legal assistants, Janet Nett, Brenda-Lee Erskine and Cathy Stewart litigation staff, the Civil Litigation Group have extensive experience in:

• collections
• estate and will variation claims
• property disputes
• construction and builder's lien claims
• real estate litigation
• foreclosures

Employment Law deals with the relationship between employer and employee and covers such matters as:

• Employment Agreements
• Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Disputes
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Appropriate Termination and Severance Notice

Taxes and death are not only inevitable facts of life but the Estate Planning Group gives our clients control of their affairs through:

• Wills
• Family Trust Agreements
• Powers of Attorney
• Representation Agreements
• Alter Ego Trusts
• Applications to Probate Registry
• Estate Freezes

Led by Lawyers Garth Edwards, Jean Oland, Michael Frost, and Joseph Cuenca the family law group assists clients in such areas as:

• separation agreements
• property settlement and asset division
• child custody and access
• support payments
• marriage agreements
• property seizure

The Maritime Lawyers of Cohen Buchan Edwards provide a range of services to our clients:

• Maritime litigation in the Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Maritime litigation in the Federal Court of Canada
• Sale and Purchase of ships
• Ship Mortgages
• Charter Party Contracts
• Administrative and Court Hearings

The Personal Injury Practice Group has the skill to provide clients with substantial financial awards and support to carry them through the trauma of motor vehicle accidents including:

• damages for pain and suffering
• recover loss of past and future earnings
• damages for minor and major injuries
• working with family doctors and retaining specialists
• Motor Vehicle Act Part VII payments

Led by lawyers Shannon Kwok, Gary Cohen, Barry Grabowski, and Bruce Panton and paralegals Kitty Lam and Sandra Shek, Cohen Buchan Edwards provides legal services in the following areas:

• purchase and sale of residential and commercial real estate
• private and commercial mortgages and other secured lending transactions
• residential and commercial leasing
• real estate related agreements such as easements or covenants
• subdivision and consolidation of properties
• real estate development