Course Chairs
William J. McFetridge — Bull, Housser & Tupper, LLP, Vancouver
Daniel E. Steiner — Bull, Housser & Tupper, LLP, Vancouver
About the Course Chairs
William J. McFetridge is a partner at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver, and an active member of the firm’s Business Law, Forestry and Maritime Groups. He has over 35 years of experience providing professional strategic counsel and advice to clients in a range of industries including transportation, marine, real estate, construction, maritime, wholesale distribution, and forestry. Bill is particularly knowledgeable on the process of buying and selling businesses. This is the 10th year that he will be chairing CLEBC’s Legal Strategies in Private Mergers & Acquisitions. Bill is also very experienced in structuring and negotiating joint venture arrangements and long term supply agreements.
Before law, Bill practiced as a Chartered Accountant and remains very active in the accounting profession. He currently chairs Canada’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Oversight Council. In 2012, he was elected a fellow of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants. Bill is also a Chartered Arbitrator (CArb) and recognized as a domestic arbitrator by the British Columbia International Arbitration Centre.
Daniel E. Steiner is a partner in the Business Law Group at Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver. He advises public and private companies, private equity funds, and pension plans regarding mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, the purchase and sale of businesses, the formation and financing of business ventures, and general corporate law matters. He was named Leveraged Buyouts & Private Equity Law "Lawyer of the Year" (Vancouver, 2015) by Best Lawyers in Canada.
Dan has extensive experience in Canada-US and domestic transactions, and has advised clients involved in the infrastructure, technology, manufacturing, resource, entertainment, hospitality, and transportation industries. Prior to joining Bull, Housser, Dan was a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group of an international law firm. Before that, he was an associate in the M&A group of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York and has practiced in Toronto.
Dan currently serves on the Governor’s Council for the Vancouver Aquarium and also serves on the Board of Directors of Temple Sholom, the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Vancouver, and an advisory committee of the Jewish Family Service Agency.
Faculty
Charles Addison — Partner, Capital West Partners, Vancouver
Chris Ball — Vice President, Commercial Insurance, Reliance Insurance Agencies Ltd., Burnaby
Anne Barnes — Vancouver Branch Manager, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, Vancouver
Kathryn Britnell — M&A Due Diligence Team and Manager Special Programs, Reliance Insurance Agencies Ltd., Burnaby
Jocelyn Cruickshank, CA, CBV — Partner & Managing Director, KPMG Corporate Finance Inc., Vancouver
Curtis Johansson — Partner, CAI Private Equity, Vancouver
David Lam, CPA, CA — Partner, Mid-Market Corporate Finance, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver
Joe Lucke — Managing Partner, Lighthouse Equity Partners, Vancouver
Valerie C. Mann — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
William J. McFetridge — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
David Phillips — Vice President, Yellow Point Equity Partners, Vancouver
Daniel E. Steiner — Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP, Vancouver
Susan Tomaine — Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver
Britta Wagner — Senior Counsel, BC Investment Management Corporation, Victoria
Grant Wallace — Executive Director, Mid-Market Investment Banking, CIBC, Vancouver
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