(PRINCIPAL AND LAW CORPORATION)

GERARD M GRAND

(CONSULTANT IN TAX LAW)

Gerard received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brock University in 1978 and his Law degree from Osgood Hall Law School in 1981. He articled in Toronto for Robins & Partners and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1983 and appointed as a Professor in the Department of Finance & Accounting at Brock University. He obtained an M.B.A. in Finance in 1987 from the Faculty of Administrative Studies at York University. In 1990, Gerard received an LL.M from Queen's University in Taxation. Gerard is experienced in domestic and international taxation, corporate and commercial law, real estate and business acquisitions and estates and trusts. He has extensive experience with trading companies from Hong Kong, manufacturers in the special economic zones of Mainland China, major North America retailers, and consumer products companies.

LEWIS J. GRENIER

(ASSOCIATE LAWYER)

Lewis has practised as a Solicitor in England for over ten years, specialising in Civil and Commercial Litigation, before returning to Canada in 1999. Lewis was born in Toronto but moved to England at an early age, where he completed his schooling. In 1985 Lewis graduated from Christ Church, Oxford, with a law degree. After attending Guildford College of Law, he was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1988.

Lewis was called to the bar in British Columbia in August 2000. He has over fifteen years experience in a wide variety of fields of Civil and Commercial Litigation, including professional negligence, personal injury, employment, breach of contract, arbitration, property disputes and collections. Lewis is a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and has served as a team co-ordinator with the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. legal advice clinic in Vancouver.

COLIN S. C. HAWES

(ASSOCIATE LAWYER - On Sabbatical)

Languages: Mandarin

Colin, who has been practicing in general corporate and China-related matters at Remedios & Company, will be teaching for one year in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Colin will be teaching general corporate law and Chinese and Asian law courses.

Colin grew up in the United Kingdom and received a B.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Durham. He lived in China for three years, studying at Wuhan University and People's University, Beijing, and teaching English as a second language. Colin came to Vancouver and completed his Ph.D. in Chinese literature at the University of British Columbia, following which he taught for three years in the East Asian Studies program at the University of Alberta. Colin received his LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. Colin speaks Mandarin fluently and is literate in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

DAVID A. LIDEN

Languages: French

David is engaged in a general commercial and residential real estate and general corporate and commercial practice, and has a wide range of experience dealing with contracts, condominium projects and real estate development, business law, and conveyancing and mortgages.

David worked as corporate counsel with the Vancouver office of Canadian Pacific Legal Services from 1983 to 1990, where he acted as chief British Columbia legal counsel for the real estate and private equity investments of the Canadian Pacific Limited Pension Trust Fund in the Province. He subsequently practised with Davis & Company, a major Vancouver law firm, from 1990 to 1993, and then as a sole practitioner from 1993 to 2004, and at DuMoulin Boskovich from 2004 to 2007 prior to joining Remedios & Company.

Called to the Bar: British Columbia, 1981

Education:

LL.B., University of Victoria, 1980

B.A., University of Toronto, 1977

First Degree, Second Degree, University of Pau, France, 1973

Professional Activities:

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Co-author (with R. Keith Thompson) of article entitled, “Investment Rules”, published in Pension Plans II, a course put on by The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia on April 29, 1987

Author of Chapter 37 entitled, Railway Mortgages and Rolling Stock Instruments, published in Due Diligence Deskbook, a publication of The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (September, 1994), and all updates of that chapter up to 2001

Author of Chapter 4 entitled, The Strata Lot, to be published in BC Strata Property Practice Manual, a publication of The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, to be released in May 2008.

Past Director(1995 to 2007) and a Past President of HFBC Housing Foundation

Chair of Government Relations Committee and Member of Executive Committee of NAIOP(National Association of Industrial and Office Properties), Vancouver Chapter, 2006 to date

DANIEL K. LO

(ASSOCIATE LAWYER)

Languages: Cantonese

Daniel’s areas of practice include criminal, civil litigation, immigration and family law.

After articling at Remedios and Company, Daniel was Called to the Bar of British Columbia in May 2005. Daniel obtained his LLB at the University of British Columbia in 2004, and received the Patrick Clery Scholarship in Law from UBC. He gained exposure to a wide variety of experiences while volunteering with the Law Students' Legal Advice Program from 2001 – 2004 as well as when he worked as the summer clinician for the South Vancouver Clinic in 2002 and 2003. Daniel also holds a B.Sc from UBC and graduated on the Dean’s Honour List.

GARY J. MATSON

(ASSOCIATE COUNSEL)

Languages: Japanese

Gary joined Remedios & Co. after practicing at another Vancouver business law firm where he has been instrumental in representing a wide spectrum of Japanese clientele. Garys practice includes corporate / commercial transactions, extensive experience in real estate transactions and immigration law matters. Gary was called the bar in British Columbia in 1986.

Gary is fluent in spoken and written Japanese, after having lived in Japan for several years. He spent two years at Hiroshima University as a research student in Modern Japanese Literature. Gary also holds a Master of Arts in Modern Japanese Literature from the University of British Columbia.

Gary is legal counsel for Kiyukai Japanese-Canadian Business Association and Chairperson & Director of Tonarigumi Japanese Community Volunteers Association. His memberships include the International Financial Centre, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, and Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia. He is Past President of Vancouver Burrard Lions Club and Past Zone Chairman of the Lions Clubs International, as well as Past Associate Director of Japanese Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia.

TERRY M. MULLEN

(ASSOCIATE COUNSEL)

JAMES D. SPEARS

(ASSOCIATE COUNSEL (BARRISTER))

MARTIN A. THOMAS

(ASSOCIATE COUNSEL)

Martin is a civil litigator who has represented clients in every level of court in British Columbia. While his main interest is in the field of corporate and commercial litigation, Martin has acquired considerable experience in many different areas of civil litigation, including real estate, trusts, insurance, estates, personal injury, debt collection and constitutional law. He has practised with Russell & DuMoulin and Lawson Lundell in Vancouver, and since 1994 has operated his own litigation practice in Richmond and Vancouver.

Martin graduated from Oxford University with First Class Honours in 1974, and was called to the bars of England and Wales in 1977, and British Columbia in 1981. In addition to his extensive litigation experience, Martin has taught law at universities in British Columbia, Singapore and Hong Kong, and since 1996, Martin has been a regular instructor at the British Columbia Law Society's Professional Legal Training Course. Martin has also worked with provincial governments in both British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

ANDREW Z. WLODYKA

(CONSULTANT IN IMMIGRATION LAW)