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lists by category achievers Public companies in B.C. — 8-11 Highest-paid executives in B.C. — 12-15 Fastest-growing companies in B.C. — 16-17 finance & Professional Investment Management firms — 19 Accounting firms in B.C. — 20 Financial planning firms in Metro Vancouver — 22 Non-mining mergers and acquisitions of 2018 — 24 Stock & debt deals 2019 — 25 Law firms in Metro Vancouver — 26 Insurance brokers in B.C. — 28 Employee benefit companies in B.C. — 29 Banks in B.C. — 30 Credit unions in B.C. — 30 Engineering firms in B.C. — 31
index of lists Accounting firms in B.C. — 20 Architecture firms in Metro Vancouver — 62 B.C. construction starts in 2019 —48 Banks in B.C. — 30 Commercial printers in Metro Vancouver — 36 Commercial property managers in B.C. — 60 Commercial real estate brokerages in B.C. — 56 Communication technology firms in B.C. — 42 Construction companies in B.C. — 58 Consumer shows in the Lower Mainland — 38 Convention and meeting venues in B.C. — 34 Credit unions in B.C. — 30 Digital agencies in B.C. — 37 Employee benefit companies in B.C. — 29 Engineering firms in B.C. — 31 Fastest-growing companies in B.C. — 16-17 Financial planning firms in Metro Vancouver — 22 Forestry companies in B.C. — 64 Highest-paid executives in B.C. — 12-15 Insurance brokers in B.C. — 28 Law firms in Metro Vancouver — 26 Manufacturers in Metro Vancouver — 70-72 Mining companies in B.C. — 65 Non-mining mergers and acquisitions of 2018 — 24 Professional organizations in B.C. — 33 Public companies in B.C. — 8-11 Public golf courses in B.C. — 74 Public relations firms in B.C. — 35 Real estate deals of 2019 — 49-54 Security companies in B.C. — 68 Software companies in B.C. — 41 Stock & debt deals 2019 — 25 Surrey-based employers — 66 Tech companies in B.C. — 43-46 Tourist attractions in B.C. — 75 Trade shows in the Lower Mainland — 38
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real estate & construction B.C. construction starts in 2019 — 48 Real estate deals of 2019 — 49-54 Commercial real estate brokerages in B.C. — 56 Construction companies in B.C. — 58 Commercial property managers in B.C. — 60 Architecture firms in Metro Vancouver — 62 goods & services Forestry companies in B.C. — 64 Mining companies in B.C. — 65 Surrey-based employers — 66 Security companies in B.C. — 68 Manufacturers in Metro Vancouver — 70-72 leisure Public golf courses in B.C. — 74 Tourist attractions in B.C. — 75
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Top 100 public companies in B.C.
Top 100 public companies in B.C. Ranked by | 2019 revenue
RANKED BY | 2019 Rank '20
revenue
Company
Senior executive(s)
Year founded
No. of employees worldwide '19/'18
Net income '19/'18 (000s)
Revenue '19/'18 (000s)
1
Telus Corp TSX:T; NYSE:TU 510 Georgia St W 23rd floor, Vancouver V6B 0M3
604-697-8044 telus.com
Darren Entwistle, president and CEO, Doug French, executive vicepresident and CFO
1990
NP NP
$1,776,000 $1,624,000
$14,658,000 $14,368,000
2
Teck Resources Ltd TSX:TECK.A,TECK.B; NYSE:TECK 550 Burrard St Suite 3300, Vancouver V6C 0B3
604-699-4000 teck.com
Donald Lindsay, president and CEO
1913
NP 10,710
($819,000) $3,537,000
$11,934,000 $12,564,000
Finning International Inc TSX:FTT 565 Great Northern Way Suite 300, Vancouver V5T 0H8
604-691-6444 finning.com
L. Scott Thomson, president and CEO, Greg Palaschuk, CFO, Chad Hiley, chief human resources officer, Dave Cummings, chief digital officer, Kevin Parkes, president and principal dealer, Canada Calvin McDonald, CEO
1933
13,200 13,200
$242,000 $232,000
$7,817,000 $6,996,000
1998
NP NP
$856,6411 $571,9331
$5,280,1281 $4,285,9951
3
E L P M A S S E G A P
4
Lululemon Athletica Inc Nasdaq:LULU 1818 Cornwall Ave Suite 400, Vancouver V6J 1C7
604-732-6124 lululemon.com
5
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp NYSE:LGF 250 Howe St 20th floor, Vancouver V6C 3R8
877-848-3866 lionsgate.com
Jon Feltheimer, CEO, Michael Burns, vice-chair
1997
NP NP
($397,539) $600,7601
$4,883,655 $5,299,2871
6
West Fraser Timber Co Ltd TSX:WFT 858 Beatty St Suite 501, Vancouver V6B 1C1
604-895-2700 westfraser.com
Raymond Ferris, president and CEO
1955
8,200 8,600
($150,000) $810,000
$4,877,000 $6,118,000
7
Canfor Corp TSX:CFP 1700 75th Ave W Suite 100 , Vancouver V6P 6G2
604-661-5241 canfor.com
Don Kayne, president and CEO
1938
6,868 6,2402
($269,700) $439,000
$4,658,300 $5,044,400
8
Methanex Corp TSX:MX; Nasdaq:MEOH 200 Burrard St Suite 1800, Vancouver V6C 3M1
604-661-2600 methanex.com
John Floren, president and CEO
1992
1,518 1,425
$154,4061 $852,5501
$4,356,8951 $5,094,4941
9
Premium Brands Holdings Corp TSX:PBH 10991 Shellbridge Way Suite 100, Richmond V6X 3C6
604-656-3100 premiumbrandsholdings.com
George Paleologou, president and CEO, Will Kalutycz, CFO
2009
NP 5,2143
$84,200 $98,000
$3,649,400 $3,025,800
10
HSBC Bank Canada TSX:HSB 885 Georgia St W, Vancouver V6C 3E9
604-685-1000 hsbc.ca
Sandra Stuart, group general manager, president and CEO
1981
235,000 235,217
$595,000 $718,000
$2,185,000 $2,264,000
11
Mercer International Inc Nasdaq:MERC 700 Pender St W Suite 1120, Vancouver V6C 1G8
604-684-1099 mercerint.com
David M. Gandossi, president and CEO, David K. Ure, senior vicepresident, finance, CFO and secretary
1985
2,310 2,209
($12,790) $166,6131
$2,155,431 $1,888,7651
12
Interfor Corp TSX:IFP 4720 Kingsway Suite 1600, Burnaby V5H 4N2
604-422-3400 interfor.com
Ian Fillinger, president and CEO
1963
NP 3,200
($103,785) $111,678
$1,875,821 $2,186,567
13
Pan American Silver Corp TSX, Nasdaq:PAAS 625 Howe St Suite 1440, Vancouver V6C 2T6
604-684-1175 panamericansilver.com
Ross Beaty, board chair, Michael Steinmann, president and CEO
1994
NP 4,532
$147,6101 $15,6021
$1,792,3221 $1,016,4701
14
Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc TSX, NYSE:RBA 9500 Glenlyon Pky, Burnaby V5J 0C6
778-331-5500 rbauction.com
Ann Fandozzi, CEO
1958
2,349 2,254
$197,8941 $157,4351
$1,749,7051 $1,552,5071
15
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd TSX, NYSE, Nasdaq:TRQ 200 Granville St Suite 354, Vancouver V6C 1S4
604-688-5755 turquoisehill.com
Ulf Quellmann, CEO, Luke Colton, CFO
1994
NP NP
($632,822)1 $510,8611
$1,547,1841 $1,528,9551
16
B2Gold Corp TSX:BTO 595 Burrard St Suite 3100, PO Box 49143, Vancouver V7X 1J1
604-681-8371 b2gold.com
Clive Johnson, president and CEO
2006
NP NP
$419,0891 $58,4631
$1,533,4151 $1,587,3121
604-432-1400 canwel.com
Amar Doman, chairman and CEO, Marc Séguin, president
1989
NP 1,188
$17,219 $30,015
$1,334,201 $1,291,295
18
CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd TSX:CWX 1055 Georgia St W Suite 1100, PO Box 11135, Stn Royal Centre, Vancouver V6E 3P3 Taiga Building Products Ltd TSX:TBL 4710 Kingsway Suite 800, Burnaby V5H 4M2
604-438-1471 taigabuilding.com
Trent Balog, president and CEO
1973
NP NP
$25,905 $20,267
$1,299,122 $1,450,985
19
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc TSX 609 Granville St Suite 2200, Vancouver V7Y 1H2
604-643-7300 cgf.com
Daniel Daviau, president and CEO
1950
2,308 1,956
$71,582 $17,077
$1,190,567 $1,022,877
20
HDI TSX:HDI 9440 202 St Suite 306, Langley V1M 4A6
604-881-1982 hdidist.com
Robert J Brown, president and CEO
2004
1,351 1,163
$29,581 $31,719
$1,171,921 $1,134,267
21
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp TSX, NYSE:WPM 1021 Hastings St W Suite 3500, Vancouver V6E 0C3
604-684-9648 wheatonpm.com
Randy Smallwood, president and CEO
2004
38 38
$114,297 $553,4131
$1,142,901 $1,028,8011
22
Canfor Pulp Products Inc TSX:CFX 1700 75th Ave W Suite 230, Vancouver V6P 6G2
604-661-5241 canfor.com
Don Kayne, CEO
2006
1,279 1,279
($30,500) $184,400
$1,087,900 $1,374,300
23
Aritzia Inc TSX:ATZ 611 Alexander St Suite 327, Vancouver V6A 1E1
604-251-3132 aritzia.com
Brian Hill, founder and CEO, Jennifer Wong, president, COO and corporate secretary
1984
NP 2,594
$90,594 $78,728
$980,589 $874,296
17
24 25
Sierra Wireless Inc TSX:SW 13811 Wireless Way, Richmond V6V 3A4
604-231-1100 sierrawireless.com
Kent Thexton, president and CEO
China Gold International Resources Corp Ltd TSX:CGG 505 Burrard St Suite 660, Box 27, Vancouver V7X 1M4
604-609-0598 chinagoldintl.com
Liangyou Jiang, CEO and executive director, Derrick Zhang, CFO, 2000 Jerry Xie, executive vice-president and corporate secretary , Shiliang Guan, executive director
Sources: Interviews with above companies and BIV research. Includes companies legally headquartered in B.C. USD converted to CAD using Bank of Canada's average yearly rate depending on company's fiscal yearend. NP Not provided 1 - Converted from USD 2 - As of December 31 of previous year 3 - 2016 figure
1993
1
NP 1,425
($93,597) ($31,887)1
$946,7601 $1,028,2701
NP NP
($42,661)1 ($5,429)1
$872,3821 $739,2881
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biggest law firms in Metro Vancouver
Biggest law firms in Metro Vancouver
Ranked lawyers practising in Metro Vancouver RANKED BY | Number ofby | Number lawyersofpractising in Metro Vancouver Rank '20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20
Law firm
Managing partner(s)
Focus areas
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 2900, Vancouver V6C 0A3 P: 604-631-3131 F: 604-631-3232 fasken.com Borden Ladner Gervais LLP 200 Burrard St Suite 1200, Vancouver V7X 1T2 P: 604-687-5744 F: 604-687-1415 blg.com Lawson Lundell LLP 925 Georgia St W Suite 1600, Vancouver V6C 3L2 P: 604-685-3456 F: 604-669-1620 lawsonlundell.com Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP 595 Burrard St Suite 2600, Vancouver V7X 1L3 P: 604-631-3300 F: 604-631-3309 blakes.com Norton Rose Fulbright LLP 510 Georgia St W Suite 1800, Vancouver V6B 0M3 P: 604-687-6575 F: 604-641-4949 nortonrosefulbright.com/ca/en Clark Wilson LLP 885 Georgia St W Suite 900, Vancouver V6C 3H1 P: 604-687-5700 F: 604-687-6314 cwilson.com DLA Piper (Canada) LLP 666 Burrard St Suite 2800, Vancouver V6C 2Z7 P: 604-687-9444 F: 604-687-1612 dlapiper.com McCarthy Tétrault LLP 745 Thurlow St Suite 2400, Vancouver V6E 0C5 P: 604-643-7100 F: 604-643-7900 mccarthy.ca Farris LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 2500, Vancouver V7Y 1B3 P: 604-684-9151 F: 604-661-9349 farris.com Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP 700 Georgia St W Suite 2700, Vancouver V7Y 1B8 P: 604-484-1700 F: 604-484-9700 ahbl.ca Harper Grey LLP 650 Georgia St W Suite 3200, Vancouver V6B 4P7 P: 604-687-0411 F: 604-669-9385 harpergrey.com
William Westeringh, managing partner, B.C. region
Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 2300, Vancouver V6C 2B5 P: 604-891-2787 F: NP gowlingwlg.com Dentons 250 Howe St Suite 2000, Vancouver V6C 3R8 P: 604-687-4460 F: 604-683-5214 dentons.com/vancouver Boughton Law Corp 595 Burrard St Suite 700, Vancouver V7X 1S8 P: 604-687-6789 F: 604-683-5317 boughtonlaw.com McMillan LLP 1055 Georgia St W Suite 1500, Vancouver V6E 4N7 P: 604-689-9111 F: 604-685-7084 mcmillan.ca Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP 925 Georgia St W Suite 1200, Vancouver V6C 3L2 P: 604-682-7474 F: 604-682-1283 singleton.com
Brent Kerr, managing partner
Year founded
Additional staff '20/'19
Partners/ Associate counsel/ Associates
No. of lawyers '20/'19
International business law and litigation for every sector in business, industry 1889 and government
220/ 232
147/ 148
Graham Walker, regional managing partner, Vancouver
Business and corporate commercial, commercial real estate, financial services, disputes and intellectual property
1911
199/ 216
Clifford Proudfoot, QC, managing partner
Mining, corporate commercial law, real estate, energy/public utility and regulatory, litigation, labour and employment, pensions and employee benefits Corporate finance and securities, corporate and commercial litigation, financial services, infrastructure and real estate
1886
145/ 145
1856
96/ 91
Kieran Siddall, Vancouver office managing partner, Janet Grove, managing partner
Real estate, estates, trust and wealth management, business law, dispute resolution and litigation, employment and labour
17941
179/ 160
James Speakman, managing partner
Commercial real estate, capital markets and securities, information technology and intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, estates and trusts Full-service business law firm
1911
154/ 150
1892
137/ 160
NP NP NP 65 9 60 63 4 57 40 1 66 48 7 43 54 1 38 41 4 31 36 10 39 44 5 34 42 7 33 25 16 40
38 2 31 37 5 31 20 18 20 28 12 15 17 8 30
78/ 80
29 4 14 20 3 22 16 7 21 22 2 18
47/ 44
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Harris & Co LLP 550 Burrard St Suite 1400, Vancouver V6C 2B5 P: 604-684-6633 F: 604-684-6632 harrisco.com Richards Buell Sutton LLP 401 Georgia St W Suite 700, Vancouver V6B 5A1 P: 604-682-3664 F: 604-688-3830 rbs.ca Stikeman Elliott LLP 666 Burrard St Suite 1700, Vancouver V6C 2X8 P: 604-631-1300 F: 604-681-1825 stikeman.com Bennett Jones LLP 666 Burrard St Suite 2500, Vancouver V6C 2X8 P: 604-891-7500 F: 604-891-5100 bennettjones.com
Peter O'Callaghan, office managing partner
Robert Seidel, Canada managing partner
Sven Milelli, regional managing partner, B.C.
Business law, litigation, real property and planning, tax, labour and employment
1855
98/ 94
Jeffrey Kay, managing partner, Vancouver, Peter MacPherson, managing partner
Corporate and commercial, litigation, employment and labour, tax, wealth management
1903
118/ 115
Christopher Hirst, managing partner
Litigation/dispute resolution, insurance, business law, construction and engineering, aviation, labour and employment
1973
116/ 110
Jonathan Meadows, managing partner
Medical negligence defence, insurance, commercial litigation, business law, 1907 professional regulation, environmental, workplace, wills and estates, family, class actions, securities, construction and engineering, mediation, defamation Intellectual property, commercial real estate, commercial litigation and 1903 dispute resolution, securities/corporate finance, Indigenous law
127/ 110
Real estate, infrastructure/construction, corporate, litigation, restructuring/ 20132 insolvency
119/ 106
John Sandrelli, managing partner
Karen Justel, Jim Coady, Luca Citton, board members Business, dispute resolution, personal, public sector
126/ 132
1949
67/ 66
Tom Theodorakis, office management partner
Capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, commercial real estate 1904 transactions, restructuring and financial services
98/ 102
John Singleton, managing partner
Construction and infrastructure law. Provides extensive range of legal services in the fields of commercial litigation, professional liability, product liability, corporate commercial law, commercial real estate, workplace law and business immigration, along with other, more specialized areas of focus Labour and employment law, human rights, workers' compensation/ occupational health and safety, commercial litigation, education law, administrative law Advanced education and research, business transactions, commercial real estate, litigation, wealth preservation
1982
87/ 81
1992
45/ NP
1871
78/ 85
Lindsie Thomson, managing partner Jeffrey Lowe, managing partner Richard Jackson, managing partner
Radha Curpen, Vancouver managing partner
Mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, public-private partnerships, real 1988 estate and business litigation (Vancouver office) Business law, litigation, regulatory and tax with focus in energy, mining, 1922 finance, tech and real estate
Sources: Interviews with above law firms and BIV research. Other firms may have ranked but did not respond to information requests by deadline. NP Not provided 1 - Year firm was founded in the U.K.; merged with Bull Housser & Tupper, whose Vancouver office opened in 1890, on January 1, 2017 2 - Closure date of merger among SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans
Harper Grey LLP
84/ 62 52/ 54
134/ 125 124/ 119 107/ 102 98/ 92 93/ 90 89/ 80 85/ 84 83/ 81 82/ 82 81/ 69
74/ 72 58/ 56 55/ 68 55/ 55
45/ 43 44/ 44 42/ 43
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