Over the last decade, there have been notable developments in British Columbia’s technology sector. With the rapid evolution in B.C.’s tech market and a changing legal landscape, Osler has been committed to meeting the shifting needs of its clients across Canada and over the border.
In a recent episode of CL Talk, Canadian Lawyer’s legal podcast featuring interviews with legal experts, Mark Longo, Vancouver Managing Partner and Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group, joined host Tim Wilbur to discuss current trends in the technology market in British Columbia. “It is increasingly a diversified market. There [are] areas like cleantech, life sciences, artificial intelligence, software companies and other areas that have grown in prominence,” Mark says.
“Vancouver and other parts of British Columbia have had a burgeoning tech sector and startup ecosystem for a number of years. The ecosystem has really grown up over the last decade, so we now have more prominent companies that are anchors within the B.C. technology sector. Companies like Clio and Jane software, GeoComply and others that come to mind, where these are now unicorn companies with multi-billion-dollar valuations that have really put the British Columbia technology sector on the map.”
Amid heightened demand for legal services among tech companies, Mark considers what lies ahead for the Vancouver office. He tells CL Talk, “as we embark on our second decade in the market, we continue to grow the firm, and we’re growing in areas that are strategic to the B.C. market, so we are adding litigators with specialization in areas like class actions which are increasingly prominent.”
Listen to the full podcast on the Canadian Lawyer website.
