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Anne Stewart

Anne M. Stewart, K.C. Law

Anne has acted in numerous major infrastructure projects in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. She was on the board of Transportation Investment Corporation, the Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships and Simon Fraser University Foundation. She has written and spoken extensively on many legal topics (including infrastructure and buying and selling businesses). Anne is active in various professional, community and charitable organizations. For many years, she was a member of the Ethics Committee of The Law Society of British Columbia and is a dame of the Order of St. John. She was very involved with the Minerva Foundation for BC Women. She is very involved with Active Aging Society and Music on Main Society. She has been honoured with many prestigious awards as an influential woman in law and an exceptional mentor and looks forward to helping other lawyers through this program.

Practice Areas: Corporate & Commercial Law

Specialties: Mergers & Acquisitions

Type: Solicitor

Last updated: Apr. 25, 2023

Jacob Kojfman

The Co-operators Group Ltd.

Jacob is currently a commercial contracting counsel focusing on purchasing technology services and solutions, including software, SaaS, and other cloud solutions, at a financial institution. Right before this job, Jacob spent almost six years on the vendor side of a Canadian affiliate of a global IT services company, supporting a sales team. Jacob is excited to provide guidance to lawyers who need a helping hand. He has presented at two CBABC IP/IT Section meetings: one on cloud contracts and another that was a fireside chat on tech contracts. In August 2021, an article Jacob wrote on issues in cloud contracts was one of the most widely read articles by the global in-house organization that published it. In October 2022, he was a panelist on IP issues in commercial transactions at the same organization's annual conference, the largest gathering of in-house counsel in the world.

Practice Areas: Corporate & Commercial Law, Intellectual Property & Technology Law

Type: Solicitor

Last updated: Nov. 22, 2023

James Chen

CMJC Law Corporation

James currently runs a small business law practice. He spent the first decade of his legal career practicing corporate and securities law at two different national firms, and an additional five years as general counsel and corporate secretary to a large Canadian gaming company. In his current practice, James advises on a broad range of corporate, commercial, securities and real estate matters.

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial Law

Specialties: SecuritiesMergers & Acquisitions

Type: Solicitor

Last updated: Apr. 04, 2024

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