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We take an innovative and strategic approach to helping clients achieve their business goals. By collaborating with a range of professionals, including accountants, specialized tax counsel and financial advisors, we maximize efficiencies and minimize risk.

We support clients with a wide range of commercial services.

Our Vancouver Business Lawyers pride themselves on bringing commercial transactions, mergers, and acquisitions to a successful completion. Although this is a primary element of our service, we will not sacrifice providing the best possible advice to our clients even if it results in our clients deciding to reorient or refrain from proceeding with a transaction which may not be in their best interests. We provide contract preparation and drafting and advise on negotiations across industries and span transactions of all stripes and sizes, from local deals to international expansions, ensuring smooth transitions and maximizing value for clients. With a commitment to excellence and a deep understanding of business dynamics, Watson Goepel’s Business Law Group remains a trusted partner in achieving commercial goals with confidence and clarity.

  • Business structuring for corporations, trusts, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships and joint ventures.
  • Mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures, including share purchase and asset purchase transactions.
  • Governance for corporations, trusts and partnerships, including regular.
  • Records office and filing tasks, advising on shareholder meetings, rights and disputes, and advising on possible director’s liability issues.
  • Navigating the legal regime of carbon credits, cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
  • Commercial contract drafting, including leases, licensing agreements, service contracts, employment agreements, and sale, distribution and manufacturing agreements.
  • Financing and investment for investors, issuers, lenders and borrowers.

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The regulatory landscape for mortgage services in British Columbia is about to change significantly…
  • Business Law

The regulatory landscape for mortgage services in British Columbia is about to change significantly…

Elias Notopoulos,Anny Kim

On October 13, 2026, British Columbia’s new Mortgage Services Act, S.B.C. 2022, c. 27 (the “MSA”) will come into force and effect, replacing the longstanding Mortgage Brokers Act, R.S.B.C. ch. 313 (the “MBA”). The MSA introduces a modernized regulatory framework for mortgage service providers, including expanded licensing requirements, increased disclosure obligations, enhanced enforcement tools, and significantly higher penalties for non-compliance.

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Watson Goepel Joins Business Leaders for EU-Canada Trade Talks
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Building Bridges: Watson Goepel Joins Business Leaders for International Connections: Europe & Canada

Watson Goepel

This week, Watson Goepel was proud to take part in International Connections: Europe & Canada, the second installment in a series dedicated to strengthening the commercial ties between Canada and European markets. Hosted in RBC’s Executive Dining Space in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the event brought together business leaders, trade professionals, and government representatives for an evening of substantive conversation and genuine connection.

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New PST BC
  • Business Law

Getting an engineer, accountant, or security guard in British Columbia may not become more expensive after all, at least for now…

Elias Notopoulos,Anny Kim

On September 18, 2026, the BC Government announced that it is pausing the planned expansion of the provincial sales tax (PST) to certain professional services that had been scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2026. This BC PST expansion pause comes as the Province cited ongoing international trade disruptions and economic uncertainty as the reason for the delay.

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