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Matthew Swanson

Borden Ladner Gervais

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Litigation Star
Practice Areas:
Construction
Commercial
Jurisdictions:
Profile

Matthew G. Swanson is a Vancouver‑based partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and a leading litigation and disputes lawyer. He has extensive experience acting for companies and individuals in critical business and personal disputes and is known for his strategic approach to challenging cases. Matthew regularly appears as counsel in complex matters and has conducted numerous trials, arbitrations and appeals. His practice spans transactional disputes, contract disputes, real estate and construction disputes, franchise disputes, and matters arising from the breakdown of business relationships, including partnership disputes, shareholder disputes and oppression claims.

Matthew is a frequent author and speaker and has written and presented extensively on litigation and dispute resolution topics, including contract law, real estate law, construction law and franchise law.

Matthew was called to the Bar in British Columbia in 2008 and Saskatchewan in 2019.

Address:
Waterfront Centre
200 Burrard Street Suite 1200
Vancouver, BC, V7X 1T2
Tel:+1 604 632 3474 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.blg.com/en/people/s/swanson-matthew