Saravan Veylan

Sarvi works closely with business owners and operators in a variety of industries, including tourism, financial services, retail, health care, mining and natural resources. He has recently been involved in several high profile commercial and industrial property transactions and developments; private company mergers, acquisitions and combinations, multi-jurisdictional structured sale transactions, and corporate restructuring transactions and proceedings.

• Co-chair, Real Property Subsection, Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia, present)
• Treasurer, Real Property Subsection, Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia, 2017-2018)
• Legislative Liaison, Real Property Subsection, Canadian Bar Association (British Columbia, 2016-2017)
• Member, Real Estate Commission Drug Operations Group (British Columbia, 2017-present)
• Director, Vancouver Bar Association (Vancouver, 2012-2014)
• Volunteer, Access Pro Bono Society (British Columbia, 2010-present)

• Counsel to property owners in acquisitions and divestitures of large industrial, commercial and residential rental properties and real estate portfolios, with values ranging between $40 million and $150 million in Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Whistler and Northern British Columbia
• Counsel to operator in a large industrial development on Port Metro Vancouver lands
• Counsel to a lender in a $40-million loan transaction related to industrial development of port lands
• Counsel to real estate developers in multi-family, single family subdivision, commercial and industrial projects in Metro Vancouver and surrounding areas
• Counsel to corporations and real estate investment trusts in acquisitions and divestitures of commercial properties in resorts across North America, including major properties in Whistler, British Columbia
• Counsel to a REIT on a $160-million sale of six seniors’ lodge properties in Alberta and British Columbia
• British Columbia counsel to the purchaser of the Canadian operation of a large, multi-national consumer goods manufacturer
• Counsel to the Vancouver Regional Construction Association in its founding of the Vancouver Zero Emissions Building Centre of Excellence

• George McAllister Prize for highest standing, Torts (New Brunswick)
• Allan Earle Scholarship for academic excellence (New Brunswick)
• Top 25 Oral Advocate, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot