Practice Expertise

  • Commercial Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Profile

Zander practices corporate and commercial law, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and general corporate procedures. He has experience in a variety of transactions, primarily assisting private companies and private equity funds on share and asset acquisitions and dispositions, reorganizations and financings, as well as corporate structuring and governance matters.

Zander has transactional experience in a number of different industries, including energy, clean and renewable energy, and construction. Zander also regularly drafts, negotiates and advises on a broad range of commercial agreements, including shareholders agreements, partnership agreements, confidentiality agreements, service agreements and supply agreements. He also has experience advising start-ups and entrepreneurs in early-stage matters.

Zander started with Lawson Lundell as a summer student in 2015, and joined the firm as an associate following the completion of his articles in 2017.

Languages
English


Bar Admissions

Called to the British Columbia Bar, 2017

Education
Dalhousie University, J.D., 2016
University of Victoria, B.A., 2011

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Law
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
* Acting for a leading B.C. insurance broker on multiple acquisitions of retail insurance brokerage businesses.
* Advising a US-based client in the acquisition and reorganization of a group of companies operating in the construction and demolition industry in B.C.
* Advising a B.C. client in the acquisition of all of the assets of an Arizona-based outdoor apparel company.
* Advising a client in connection with the acquisition of a network of discount retail stores in British Columbia.
* Advising a private equity firm in its acquisition of shares representing a controlling interest in a British Columbia based company that provides advertising solutions for publishing groups.
* Advised Axis Insurance Managers on its acquisition of BMG Insurance.
* Advised CAI Capital Partners on its acquisition of Ansan Traffic.
* Acted for PLAYRgg Interactive Inc., a technology platform for brands and content creators, in connection with the sale of its assets to Trufan Inc.



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