Richard A. Finlay

Preferred Practice Areas:

• Business law
• Real Estate law
• Estate Planning and Administration

Professional Background and Education

• B. PE (With Distinction) 1995 – University of Calgary
• LLB. 1999 – University of Alberta
• Alberta Bar Admission 2000

Profile:

Richard has extensive experience in a wide range of corporate/commercial matters, real estate matters, and estate planning and administration, with a particular interest in the following areas:

• Advising business owners on legal and corporate governance matters
• Incorporations
• Business organizational matters including shareholder agreements, partnership agreements and joint venture agreements
• Negotiating business transactions and drafting contracts
• Commercial leasing for landlords and tenants
• Business succession planning
• Mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations
• Franchises
• Commercial real estate transactions
• Commercial lending transactions on behalf of both lenders and borrowers
• Business purchases and sales
• General corporate law
• Residential real estate purchases, sales and refinances
• Wills, estate and succession planning
• Estate Administration

Apart from his interest in the law, Richard enjoys sports, astronomy, skiing, fishing, motorcycle travel and spending time with his wife and two daughters.