Karl E. Gustafson, QC *
Partner
Vancouver
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604.691.7427
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604.893.2351
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Professional Activities
- Registered Trade-Mark Agent in Canada and the United States
Karl Gustafson is a partner in the firm's Vancouver office. He is the Office Management Partner for the Vancouver office and former Chair of the Technology and Intellectual Property Group and Business Law Group. Karl is a member of the firm's national Business Law Group.
Karl's practice focuses on both domestic and international corporate and commercial transactions. He also has substantial experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the technology sector. Karl regularly advises clients on intellectual property law, information systems integration and outsourcing, licensing agreements, technology procurement, development, security and transfer. He has acted as lead counsel in a variety of large public and private projects, advising on all facets from preparing and responding to RFP's, procurement, joint ventures and partnerships, contracting, service and supply agreements and financing. Recently, he has acted for a Chinese company in transactions for the acquisition of renewable energy generation projects in Canada and Europe and for Canadian companies in relation to partnership agreements, service and construction agreements and financing agreements related to infrastructure and hospital public private partnership projects.
Historically, Karl has acted as counsel for clients in the natural resource sector (mining, forestry, oil and gas), advising on corporate governance, procurement, environmental issues, energy purchase and supply, and a range of commercial agreements. He has acted as counsel for the proponents of a billion dollar joint venture project for the construction of a Greenfield pulp mill and as environmental counsel for lenders and for developers in large industrial and commercial property development projects. Karl also has extensive experience in dealing with government authorities in various areas including the regulation of public utilities and insurance companies. He has considerable administrative law experience appearing as counsel before various federal and provincial regulatory tribunals.
Special Recognition
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions, in the field of Energy Regulatory Law
- Received a "BV" Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Queen's Counsel, December 2002
- Fellow and lifetime Governor of the BC Chamber of Commerce 2004
Directorships
- Director, Global Strategic Partnerships, World Chambers Network, Paris, France
- Director, McElhanney Services Ltd., (company engaged in engineering, surveying and mapping with operations in British Columbia, Alberta and Indonesia)
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch - Environment, Energy & Resource Law Sections
- Vancouver Bar Association
- Canadian IT Law Association
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
- Independent Power Association of British Columbia
- British Columbia Chamber of Commerce
- Fellow and Governor
- Chairman of Offshore Oil & Gas Task Force
- Former Director and Legal Counsel
Representative Transactions
- Acted for Green Force Energy Corporation in the formation of a joint venture for the purchase of renewable "green" energy generation projects.
- Acted for Ledcor Environmental Group Ltd. in its purchase of Carbon Credit Corporation.
- Acted for Cengea Solutions Inc. in its acquisition by Trimble Navigation Inc.
- Acted for Ledcor Developments Ltd. as a joint venture participant in the South Fraser perimeter road P3 project.
- Acted for mining company in its acquisition of gold and silver mine in Mexico.
- Acted for CML HealthCare Inc. in its acquisition of Associated Diagnostic Radiologists (with three medical imaging clinics in the Greater Vancouver Area), and its acquisition of the business and assets of five medical imaging clinics in the Greater Vancouver Area from General Medical Imaging Services Inc.
- Acted for Angus Consulting Management Limited as hard facilities management service provider in a P3 hospital projects in Victoria and Fort St. John, British Columbia. Including acting for Angus Consulting Management Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary in the Fort St. John Hospital project financial close agreement in July 2009. The facilities are scheduled to open in spring 2012, and are expected to cost $297.9 million.
- Acted for service providers in bid responses and contract negotiation related to procurement processes for governments and government agencies.
- Acted for Sierra Systems Group Inc. in its acquisition by Golden Gate Capital.
- Represented Sierra Systems Group Inc. in its acquisition of Alberta-based Turn Key Management Consulting Partnership.
- Advised municipal governments in relation to information systems management procurement processes.
- Acted in several of the largest information systems management outsourcing transactions in Canada.
- Acted on behalf of IBM Canada Ltd. in its acquisition of PureEdge Solutions Inc.
- Counsel for vendor in sale of majority share interest in Con-Force Structures Ltd. to TriWest Capital Management Corp.
- Counsel for individual shareholders in sale of Con-Force Structure Ltd. to Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund.
publications and presentations
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