Counsel for Complex Projects, Transactions and Disputes
ATAC LAW is a British Columbia law firm distinguished by our lawyers’ practical legal judgment, engineering insight and disciplined advocacy in complex projects, transactions and disputes.
We advise businesses, professionals, public bodies, individuals and families on matters demanding careful analysis, clear strategy and decisive action.
Discipline in Complex Matters
ATAC LAW advises on disputes, projects and transactions where legal issues intersect with technical, commercial and practical realities. Our experience is particularly deep in construction, engineering and commercial litigation, where understanding the underlying project and industry context can be as important as mastery of the law. Our lawyers include professional engineers, professionals with engineering education, and lawyers with direct construction industry experience, giving ATAC LAW unusual fluency in technically demanding matters and the context in which they arise.
About ATAC LAWExpertise
We advise on legal matters that affect projects, businesses, property and people. Our strongest work often lies where two disciplines meet where a construction issue becomes a dispute, a property matter carries commercial consequences, or a technical problem turns into a legal one.
View All ExpertiseWe advise owners, developers, contractors, consultants, public authorities and lenders throughout the life of a project—from procurement and contract formation to payment, delay, deficiency and professional-negligence disputes.
View expertise 02 Litigation and Dispute ResolutionWe act in commercial, construction, real estate, professional and civil disputes, with particular strength in cases involving difficult facts, technical subject matter or significant financial consequences.
View expertise 03 Corporate, Commercial and Business ServicesWe advise businesses, owners and entrepreneurs on the transactions, agreements and ownership decisions that shape a business from its formation through growth, transition and succession.
View expertise 04 Private Client ServicesWe advise individuals and families on disputes, estate planning, and other personal legal matters that affect wealth, property and family relationships. Our work is discreet, practical and focused on protecting what matters over the long term.
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Our track record of client outcomes stands as powerful proof of our relentless dedication, deep expertise, and steadfast commitment to legal excellence.
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Duty of Disclosure and Unpermitted Improvements Under an As Is, Where Is Clause
An “as is, where is” clause, together with provisions assigning responsibility for permits and compliance to the…
Settling Rent and Security Deposit Claims at a Hearing
A dispute resolution hearing can end in a settlement the arbitrator records as a binding monetary order, releasing…
A Judgment Set Aside for Improper Service of a Claim
An affidavit of service can prove less than it appears to, and a judgment obtained on one may be set aside as a…
Our Lawyers
ATAC LAW’s lawyers bring experience across litigation, construction and engineering, corporate and commercial work, real estate and private client matters. The team includes lawyers with professional engineering qualifications, engineering education, construction-industry experience and dispute-resolution credentials.
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Mike C. Stewart is a partner at ATAC LAW, a professional engineer, and counsel in construction disputes. He holds the P.Eng. designation in British Columbia and Ontario, and practised as…
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Dan H. Griffith is a partner at ATAC LAW and a litigator whose work is conducted in the courtroom, in civil and criminal matters alike, and carried to appeal where…
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James Un is a Senior Associate Lawyer at ATAC LAW, drawn to the disputes that turn on property, contracts, and money: who owns what, who owed whom, and what the…
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Gurpal is a construction, real estate, and commercial lawyer at ATAC LAW whose practice follows a project across its entire life, from the contracts and site agreements that set it…
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Rodolfo Assinger is a litigator at ATAC LAW whose civil practice moves fluently across construction, employment, commercial, property, estate, and administrative disputes. He is retained by individuals and business owners,…
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Roy Donghee Kim is a trial lawyer at ATAC LAW and a professional engineer whose practice concentrates where technical judgment comes under legal scrutiny. He acts for engineers and engineering…
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Raymond Jin, an associate at ATAC LAW, conducts a practice concerned with families and their property, and the disposition of both when a relationship or a life ends. Separation, the…
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Linting Zhang is an associate lawyer at ATAC LAW who is often retained when a single event has produced several legal problems at once. A criminal charge that also unsettles…
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Megan is a associate lawyer at ATAC LAW whose practice centres on resolving disputes in the civil and commercial courts, with particular depth in construction, real estate, and corporate conflicts.…
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Siwei Xu is a civil litigator at ATAC LAW who acts in the disputes that arise when a commercial or personal relationship breaks down, between landlord and tenant, employer and…
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James Cain practises construction, commercial, real estate, and corporate law at ATAC LAW, moving between the transactions he helps structure and the disputes that can arise from them. His clients…
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Raghav is an associate lawyer at ATAC LAW. His practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation, construction disputes, commercial arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and criminal defence. Raghav has extensive advocacy experience…
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Siqi Wang is an associate lawyer at ATAC LAW whose practice is given to disputes in which the sum at issue, the asset, or the relationship between the parties admits…
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Shuni Zhang is an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Team at ATAC LAW. Shuni maintains a broad civil and commercial litigation practice, with particular depth in construction,…
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Practical guidance, case insights and perspectives from our lawyers on the legal questions that arise in projects, businesses, property and personal matters.
Legal Insights
Practical guidance, case insights and perspectives from our lawyers on the legal questions that arise in projects, businesses, property and personal matters.
When to Get Legal Help from Construction Easement Lawyers
A BC construction easement lawyer represents property owners and strata corporations in negotiating, reviewing, and…
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Developer Excavating Next Door: How to Protect Your Property and Claim for Damage
When a developer excavates adjacent to a property, the neighbouring owner faces risks of foundation settlement…
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Bulk and Investor Assignment Disputes in Pre-Sale Projects
Bulk and investor assignment disputes arise where a purchaser who acquired one or more pre-sale units seeks to transfer…
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Received a Licence to Construct Letter in BC? What to Do Before You Sign
A Licence to Construct in BC is a contractual permission granted by a property owner to an adjacent developer…
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Choosing the Right Legal Structure: A Guide for Indigenous Businesses
Indigenous Peoples have long maintained sophisticated systems of trade and governance, a practice that continues today…
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Can a Creditor Force the Sale of Your House in BC?
A judgment creditor who registers a judgment against your property in British Columbia can apply to the BC Supreme…
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How to challenge Government’s Low Expropriation Offer in BC?
A low expropriation offer can almost always be challenged in British Columbia. The authority’s offer is its own…
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New legislation, regulatory change and court decisions that affect your rights, your business and your next steps.
Vacant Buildings and Strict Liability: BC Court Allows Rylands v. Fletcher Claim to Proceed After Gas Explosion
In 1075459 B.C. Ltd. v. Prince George (City), 2026 BCSC 1643, the Supreme Court of British Columbia granted the…
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Commercial Tenants Can Be Liable for Zoning Contraventions Even Where Servicing Is the Landlord’s Responsibility
Responsibility for installing property services and liability for using land contrary to a zoning bylaw are separate…
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Lumina Eclipse and REDMA Disclosure Obligations in B.C. Presale Developments
The B.C. Supreme Court declared 39 presale agreements unenforceable after material changes affecting the Lumina Eclipse…
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