Member Firms
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
British Columbia, Canada
Website: www.ahbl.ca
Email:
lmallett@ahbl.ca
Tel: 604.484.1750
Fax: 604.484.9700
Alexander Holburn is a leading full-service, Vancouver-based Canadian law firm providing a wide range of litigation, dispute resolution and business law services to clients throughout Canada and abroad. We have a proud 50-year history as trusted legal advisers to governments and municipalities, regional, national and international companies, and individuals.
We believe our clients seek thoughtful, practical legal advice, and our 100+ lawyers provide precisely that. We are distinguished by our collective experience and expertise in virtually all areas of law encountered by our clients. The depth and breadth of our lawyers, enable us to draw upon the resources from within our firm, when needed, to provide our clients with the legal services they require.
Our lawyers are frequently acknowledged as leaders in their fields by prestigious publications such as Benchmark Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, and Best Lawyers™. These accolades are a testament to our commitment to excellence across a broad spectrum of insurance-related areas, including aviation, directors’ and officers’ liability, personal injury, class actions, construction, environmental, shipping & maritime, and transportation (Road & Rail).
Additionally, our firm is proud to have earned a Tier 1 National ranking in Insurance from Best Law Firms™ - Canada, as recognized by Best Lawyers™, and a Band 4 ranking in Insurance: Dispute Resolution, by Chambers.
Practice Areas
We are a full-service firm organized into key practice areas embracing personal, business, insurance and litigation matters. Although each group is focused on providing exceptional service in their designated area of law, they work together to provide holistic, proactive and thoughtful counsel to each client.
- Administrative Law
- Appellate Advisory
- Aviation
- Banking + Lending
- Business Disputes
- Cannabis
- Charities + Non Profit
- Class Actions
- Construction + Engineering
- Corporate / Commercial
- Corporate Finance + Securities
- Coverage Disputes
- Cyber Breach Response + Defense
- Defamation + Publication Risk Management
- Directors + Officers
- Employment
- Employment Practices
- Environmental
- Franchise
- Health
- Human Rights
- Information + Privacy
- Insolvency + Restructuring
- Intellectual Property + Technology
- Labour Relations
- Local Government
- Maritime
- Mergers + Acquisitions
- Occupiers Liability
- Personal Injury
- Professional Liability
- Real Estate
- Residential Tenancy
- Strata Property
- Succession Planning
- Wills, Estates + Trusts
- Workers Compensation
Industry Groups
To meet our client's unique needs, we pair our in-depth knowledge of their industry with our service area expertise. We believe that collaboration in various disciplines produces the best legal solutions for our clients. Together, we generate innovative, strategic results.
- Accounting
- Banking + Finance
- Cannabis
- Charities + Non-Profit
- Construction
- Education
- Environmental
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Hospitality
- Life Sciences
- Local Government
- Police Law + Liability
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Retail + Wholesale
- Technology
- Transportation + Logistics
Highlighted Practices & Industries
Our Maritime Group regularly advises and acts for insurance clients and government agencies in regard to a wide variety of marine risks and claims including hull and machinery cover, marine casualty (including collisions, grounding/sinking, fire/explosion, personal injuries, spills) investigation and related liabilities of ship owners, charterers and marine officers, oil pollution from ships and damage to the marine environment, cargo loss/damage, and the losses and liabilities of ports, terminals and marinas. The scope of our firm’s practice in these areas encompasses most types of marine operations including bulk carrier, tanker, container ship, passenger/ferry, marine tourism, fishing, tug and tow, barge, pleasure craft, salvage/removal of wrecks, marine construction and dredging, ship repair, rental boat, and the operations of harbours, docks, and terminal facilities.
Our Aviation Group provides clients with comprehensive services on a broad range of aviation law issues. Our team acts on matters relating to all aspects of regulatory, licensing, tariff drafting/revision (international, domestic, charter, passenger and cargo), charter and lease agreements, corporate/commercial services, emergency response preparedness, airline claims handling, aircraft accident litigation, employment, immigration, environmental, and product liability issues. We bring decades of experience within the province of British Columbia as well as nationally and internationally.
Our Construction + Engineering Group represents every facet of the construction industry from owners, large land developers and construction companies to architects, engineers and other construction professionals. We advise construction clients on projects ranging from hydroelectric dams, oil and gas projects and pipelines to raw land developments and strata title properties. We help engineers and engineering firms structure their activities and respond to issues and claims arising out of their work. We have extensive experience with builders’ liens, tender disputes, contracts, delay and extra claims and insurance and bond claims.
We recognize that in this sector, addressing and resolving legal issues early typically leads to more efficient outcomes and we actively manage our clients’ matters with this in mind.
Our Real Estate Group handles a broad range of sophisticated real estate transactions. We take a practical, business-oriented approach to our clients’ needs and value the many long-term client relationships we have built over the years. We are grateful for the trust our clients place in us and understand the responsibility that comes with that trust. Our clients include real estate developers, property owners, property managers and a range of public and private sector entities. For some clients, real estate is their core business. For others, it is an integral part of a broader mandate. Representative clients in the latter group include a major railroad company, a major oil company and a number of hospitals and provincial health authorities.
Our Transportation + Logistics Group provides the full spectrum of legal services to the industry. With a broad depth of experience in international trade and supply chain management, we’ve built one of Canada’s most comprehensive law practices to service any aspect of the supply chain.
Our lawyers have been repeatedly recommended for Transportation (Road and Rail), Transportation Law, Shipping & Maritime Law and Aviation Law. We are recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (2020 – 2021), Best Lawyers in Canada (2014 – 2022) and Who’s Who Legal (2016 – 2021).
We advise all industrial participants in global and domestic supply chains from manufacturers to freight forwarders to warehouse operators and we understand the movement of goods from British Columbia, across Canada, to the East Coast. We provide advice to clients in all modes of transportation including aviation, highways (truck & bus), marine, rail and pipeline with an emphasis on Intermediaries (3PLs and 4PLs), and technology companies that are asset-light and non-asset. In addition, we have experience handling customs and international trade agreements and work to ensure that privacy and security concerns are incorporated.
