Farris proudly sponsored the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s May 31 event, ‘The Future of Life Sciences in B.C.: Growing Sustainable Anchor Companies’. The event featured Gordon C. McCauley, President & CEO of adMare BioInnovations, presenting key findings from their whitepaper, ‘Canada’s Evolving Life Sciences Industry: Exploring Ecosystems, Clusters, and the Need for Anchor Companies’. This was followed by a panel discussion with industry leaders addressing challenges, opportunities, and solutions for Canadian innovation clusters, with a focus on the vital role of anchor companies.

Farris Partners Hector MacKay-Dunn, KC and James Hatton, KC, were recently named among the Top 10 Canadian Life Sciences Corporate Lawyers by Business Today. They combine over 60 years of practice experience providing legal advice to high growth public and private companies, many of which achieve valuations exceeding $1 billion, over a broad range of industry sectors including technology and life sciences.