Overview

Duncan J. Reid is a Partner at Farris LLP in Vancouver and a U.S. and Canadian cross-border lawyer. He advises clients on strategic matters across technology, forestry, energy, mining, hospitality, and commercial real estate. His practice includes Canadian and international mergers and acquisitions, with particular emphasis on cross-border U.S. matters for Canadian clients. The profile states that he has advised clients and counterparties in more than 25 countries and more than 40 U.S. states, including buyers, sellers, and investors on the acquisition and development of hotel projects in Vancouver, Toronto, and across the United States. He advises the B.C. forest industry on the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute and has advised several First Nations on major Canadian clean energy projects in partnership with leading industry proponents. His stated focus is helping clients identify and achieve strategic outcomes in complex situations. Before returning to Vancouver and joining Farris in 2012, he was an Executive Director and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong; earlier, he was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York and London. He supports community institutions and has held non-profit leadership roles including Co-Chair of McGill's Canadian Advisory Board, Chair of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club, and Director and Member of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.

Practice Areas

• Corporate Finance & Securities
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• International Trade

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2004 (NY); 2013 (YT)

Professional Details

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