Partner
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Phone: 604-685-1255
Email: ajc@lmlaw.ca
Alex’s practice focuses on strata, tenancy, construction and other real property issues.
Alex has successfully represented clients at all levels of court in British Columbia, as well as the Civil Resolution Tribunal, Residential Tenancy Branch, Human Rights Tribunal, and in arbitration. His litigation experience includes:
- Resolving disputes over a broad range of condominium and tenancy matters.
- Obtaining compensation for construction defects and warranty claims
- Judicial reviews and appeals of tribunal decisions
- Resolving disputes over a broad range of other real property matters, including easements, leases, air space parcel agreements, cost-sharing agreements, contracts of purchase and sale, and partitions of property.
Alex also maintains a solicitor practice, advising and assisting clients with:
- Condo governance and compliance with the Strata Property Act.
- Drafting strata bylaws, rules and resolutions.
- Reviewing consultant, contractor and supplier contracts.
- Negotiating and reviewing easement agreements.
- Tenancy issues and compliance with the Residential Tenancy Act.
- Privacy issues and compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act.
Alex regularly writes articles and does presentations about strata and tenancy issues. Alex is also the author of the CLE BC Strata Property Practice Manual – Chapter 14 Recourse to the Courts.
Prior to joining Lesperance Mendes in 2013, Alex articled at a prominent regional law firm in Vancouver and summered with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
Areas of Practice
- Condominium/Strata Law
- Construction Deficiency Litigation
- Commercial and Residential Tenancy Law
- Franchise Law
- Commercial Litigation
Bar Admission
- British Columbia, 2013
Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Juris Doctorate – 2012
- University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts – 2008
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Professional Association of Managing Agents (PAMA), Education and Rental Committee Member, Speaker
- Condominium Homeowner’s CHOA, Member & Author
- LandlordBC, Member & Speaker
- CLEBC, Author & Speaker
- Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC (FACL), Fmr. Vice President & Director, Member
- The Canadian Bar Association, Member
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