
Partner
B. R. (Brian) Canfield *

Office
Vancouver
Key Practice Area
Corporate & Commercial, Corporate Finance & Securities
Year of Call
1991
*A Law Corporation
Qualifications
British Columbia Bar (1991)
Washington State Bar (1995)
Alberta Bar (2007)
Education
University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1990)
University of British Columbia (B.Comm., Finance, 1987)
Brian Canfield is a strategic advisor for his business clients. He focuses on facilitating opportunities and solving problems on their behalf by combining his extensive legal experience, business background, and negotiation skills with diligence, creativity, and common sense.
He is often asked to handle difficult negotiations, tight timelines, or similar challenges for his clients in buying and selling businesses or real estate, raising equity and debt financing, facilitating regulatory approvals, settling shareholder or other disputes, restructuring, governance and other matters.
Brian has a wide range of experience in assisting both public and private clients, including Boards and Special Committees, with a special emphasis on acting for established and emerging founders/entrepreneurs. His clients operate in many key industries including automotive, construction, financial, food and beverage, hospitality, infrastructure, real estate, resource, and technology.
- Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
- Member of the Washington State Bar Association
- Member of the Law Society of Alberta
- The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
- The Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in Securities Law (2025)
- Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)
- Lexpert Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers (2024)
- Martindale-Hubbell Ranking (BV)