Overview
Business in the forestry industry is dynamic as the landscape constantly evolves. In pairing deep historical knowledge with forward-thinking insights, our Forestry team will help you adapt and prepare for the future.
Our comprehensive understanding of the forestry landscape is further enhanced by our group’s ability to provide a full-service approach to our forestry clients’ needs. Widely recognized as leaders in this sector, our legal team is fortified by expertise that spans a full range of skills and practices. Our team includes a registered professional forester and counsel who are experienced in dealing with a diverse and complex legal issues, including: mergers and acquisitions, Indigenous legal matters, environmental law, administrative procedures, corporate/commercial transactions, occupational health & safety and real estate matters.
We have assisted our forestry clients in matters spanning:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Stock exchange and securities law compliance, including corporate governance
- Mill acquisitions and dispositions
- Financings
- Joint ventures
- Timber and chip supply contracts
- Project construction and development
- Environmental assessment and permitting
- Compliance with forest practices and sustainability regulations and worker health and safety provisions
- Waste management and pest control regulation
- Indigenous consultation and impact benefit agreements
Recognitions & Rankings
Recognitions & Rankings
- Chambers Canada recognizes our firm for Agribusiness: Forestry (Nationwide – Canada)
Experience
Experience
Our experience includes:
- The merger by arrangement of two of Canada’s largest public forest products companies
- Acquisitions and dispositions by public and private forest companies of sawmilling facilities and forest tenures in both the interior and coastal regions of British Columbia
- Establishment and negotiation of long term debt facilities for major Canadian forest products companies
- Restructuring of long-term debt of a British Columbia pulp and newsprint producer
- Negotiation of joint venture arrangements for an OSB plant in northern British Columbia
- Negotiation of complex fibre supply contracts and sales agreements
- Structuring of debt financing for the acquisition of a U.S. recycled newsprint facility
- Representation of forest product companies in numerous compliance and enforcement actions relating to forestry, environment and worker health and safety
- Assisting in obtaining all required permits and completing environmental assessment procedures for an OSB plant in Northern British Columbia
- Negotiation of a memorandum of agreement for forestry activities in British Columbia with First Nations
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Key Contacts
- t 604.631.9108
- t 604.631.9217
Practices & Industries
- Asia Pacific
- Banking & Debt Financing
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance & Securities
- Environmental & Regulatory
- Indigenous Law
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Labour, Employment & Human Rights
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Pensions & Employee Benefits
- Privacy & Data Management
- Property Tax
- Regulatory Compliance
- Tax
- US Cross-Border Litigation