Salman Y. Bhura*

Represents clients in business disputes including contractual, shareholder and oppression remedies

Represents clients in cross-border jurisdictional disputes before the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Represented a publicly-traded company in an intellectual property dispute over rights to a trade name

Represents commercial landlords and tenants in lease default actions

Represents directors and officers in claims brought against corporations by creditors

Represents clients based in the U.S. to enforce a Letters Rogatory Order in British Columbia

Acting for a shareholder in an oppression proceeding involving large real estate holdings

Representing a former partner in a dispute involving a number of inter-related businesses including claims of breach of contract, breach of trust and unjust enrichment

Represents banks, trust companies and other financial institutions in financial restructuring and security enforcement proceedings

Represents creditors in corporate restructuring proceedings

Represents clients in commercial foreclosure proceedings

Advises clients on creditor priority disputes

Advises trust companies and lenders on receivership matters including inter-jurisdictional matters

Advises clients on issues relating to distressed property sales

Represents financial institutions in a series of claims including allegations of negligence, an order for rescission, tort of deceit, allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

Acting for a liquidating trust in a cross-border matter related to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Advises clients including investors, banks and REITs concerning risk management in relation to the purchase and sale of commercial property and with their real estate portfolios

Provides litigation and alternate dispute resolution services in relation to complex real estate disputes for commercial real estate owners and investors including the following:

• contractual disputes involving land claims
• commercial real estate contract disputes
• commercial mortgage disputes
• disputes involving large real estate developments and multi-family buildings
• corporate litigation involving real estate holdings
• property ownership rights disputes
• purchase and sale disputes
• title disputes
• floor space ratio (FSR) disputes, and
• financing and leasing disputes relating to commercial and residential real estate

Advises clients on agricultural lands and dealing with the Farm Debt Mediation Board

Represents real estate brokerages in financing disputes

Advises clients in relation to option agreements relating to land

Represents commercial landlords and tenants in lease default actions

Represents banks and commercial real estate owners in a range of matters including lending litigation and security enforcement

Represents insurance brokerage firms in contractual disputes relating to insurance policies

Defends clients in proceedings brought under the Financial Institutions Act before the Insurance Council of British Columbia

Advises clients on business acquisitions

Advises clients on various corporate matters

Advises clients on risk management strategies for their businesses

Represents clients in negotiating resolutions to shareholders and other contractual disputes

Represents clients in negotiating settlements to real estate disputes

Advises media companies in relation to contracts with various networks, broadcasters and publishers