Paul is a civil litigator with experience appearing before all levels of court in British Columbia and at the Supreme Court of Canada. Paul joined Owen Bird as a litigation associate in 2005 after articling with the firm. Before joining Owen Bird Paul worked as a law clerk for two justices of the B.C. Court of Appeal.
Paul obtained a bachelor of education in 1999 from the University of Victoria. He worked as a public school teacher until enrolling at the University of Victoria where he completed his LL.B.
Paul graduated from law school with the Law Society Gold Medal for highest academic standing in his class.
Chris has practiced commercial law at Owen Bird Law Corporation for 32 years and has been recognized by the Chambers Global publication as one of “The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business”. He takes a practical “hands on” approach to the practice of law, with the goal of establishing long term relationships with his client base.
Chris has acted for clients ranging from sole proprietorships to the largest privately owned company in Western Canada as well as public companies, municipal governments, and the Province of British Columbia. In addition to negotiating and drafting commercial agreements, Chris also represents clients before regulatory bodies such as the British Columbia Utilities Commission and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Chris has particular expertise in energy law and communications law and has advised clients on energy supply agreements, disposition and purchase of energy and communications assets, utility rates, rate design and many other aspects of utility contracts, tariffs and regulation as well as the creation of district energy systems.
