“I value knowing that I contribute to a client’s business and personal life through the advice my team and I impart, and the assistance we provide, based on the trust and respect we have earned.”
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Miles Alperstein* is a Partner and the Leader of the Business Group at Watson Goepel. He and his teamwork with a variety of local and international corporate clients in a diverse range of industries including natural resources, real estate, technology, regulated professionals, medical, food and beverage, and manufacturing. Miles has expertise in exempt and public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financings, lending transactions, real estate development, corporate and partnership governance, and working with trusts.
Born and raised in South Africa, Miles lived in Calgary, Alberta for a number of years and attended law school at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He has made Vancouver his home since 1986. Miles is an avid squash and pickleball player.
*Practicing through a Professional Law Corporation.
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