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PRACTICE PROFILE

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• General counsel for significant operating businesses in British Columbia and other jurisdictions 
• Shareholders and joint venture agreements 
• Financing business ventures 
• Corporate reorganizations and business planning
• Counsel for a number of private hydroelectric power producers in British Columbia 
• Major construction contracts and project development agreements 
• Software development and licencing agreements, copyright and trade-mark 
• Acting for significant publicly traded income trust which operates licensee retail stores in British Columbia 
• Acquisitions, licensing issues, third party operating agreements and leasing

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Ray Schachter, "The Art of Reneging on a Merger" (May 2010), 68 Advocate 339

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

• Law Society of British Columbia, Member
• Canadian Bar Association, Member
  

ON A PERSONAL NOTE

Outside the practice of law, Ray is an active member of Vancouver’s cultural scene. He was one of the originating board members of the Reel-to-Reel Children’s Film Festival; an originating member and Co-chair of Chutzpah, The Lisa Nemetz Festival of Jewish Performing Arts; Director of the Vancouver Fringe Festival; and founder of “Wizards”, a group of scientists, mathematicians and others exploring current topics in science, medicine and education.

**Disclaimer: The content of Ray Schachter’s personal blog is provided as general information only and should not be taken as legal advice. The ideas expressed on this blog are solely the opinions of the author (Ray Schachter) and do not represent the opinions of Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP.