About Valerie
Valerie is the Chair of the firm’s Technology Group and the Social Impact and Sustainable Business Group. Val’s practice is transactional (M&A, private equity/venture capital and corporate finance) and advisory including corporate governance including advising boards and special committees. Val is the former Managing Partner of the Firm.Val has been lead counsel on a number of large and mid-market transactions focused on private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and private placements, as well as corporate reorganizations, structuring and strategic matters as well as shareholder agreements. She has extensive experience working with emerging and high growth technology companies and founders in their structuring, financings and acquisitions and exits.A significant portion of Val’s practice is advising private equity and venture fund sponsors in fund formations and structuring, as well as acting for funds in their investment transactions in a variety of industry areas including technology, real estate and food and beverage.Val has published extensively on M&A, venture capital, financing in the technology sector, and leadership and regularly lectures and speaks at conferences. In addition to the practice of law, Val is dedicated to giving back to the community and has served on, and chaired, numerous boards and special committees in the non-profit sector.
Valerie is the Chair of the firm’s Technology Group and the Social Impact and Sustainable Business Group. Val’s practice is transactional (M&A, private equity/venture capital and corporate finance) and advisory including corporate governance including advising boards and special committees. Val is the former Managing Partner of the Firm.
Val has been lead counsel on a number of large and mid-market transactions focused on private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions and private placements, as well as corporate reorganizations, structuring and strategic matters as well as shareholder agreements. She has extensive experience working with emerging and high growth technology companies and founders in their structuring, financings and acquisitions and exits.
A significant portion of Val’s practice is advising private equity and venture fund sponsors in fund formations and structuring, as well as acting for funds in their investment transactions in a variety of industry areas including technology, real estate and food and beverage.
Val has published extensively on M&A, venture capital, financing in the technology sector, and leadership and regularly lectures and speaks at conferences. In addition to the practice of law, Val is dedicated to giving back to the community and has served on, and chaired, numerous boards and special committees in the non-profit sector.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Vancouver, Canada (2022)
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Recognized: Technology Law
- Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Corporate Mid-Market, Corporate Commercial Law, and Technology Transactions
- Business in Vancouver 2023: BC500 List of the Most Influential Business Leaders in British Columbia
- Business in Vancouver: 'Influential Women in Business' Award 2021
- Women's Executive Network: Inducted into the Hall of Fame 2018
- BC Business Magazine 2015 and 2019: One of BC's most Influential Women in Finance
- Women’s Executive Network: Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ (2011 & 2016)
- 2013 Lexpert Zenith Award: recognized as a leading woman lawyer in Canada
- The Legal 500 Canada 2016: Technology, Media & Telecoms
- Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory: BV Peer Review rated