Karl E. Gustafson, KC*

Karl Gustafson is semi-retired and serves as Counsel in the firm’s Business Law group. He served as the Managing Partner of Lang Michener’s Vancouver office immediately before its merger with TRC-Sadovod LLP and as the Vancouver Office Management Partner following the merger.  Karl served as the National Chair of the firm’s, Technology Intellectual Property & Privacy Group.

Karl’s practice focuses on both domestic and international corporate and commercial transactions. He also has substantial experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the technology sector. Karl regularly advises clients on intellectual property law, information systems integration and outsourcing, licensing agreements, technology procurement, development, security and transfer. He has acted as lead counsel in a variety of large public and private projects, advising on all facets from preparing and responding to RFP’s, procurement, joint ventures and partnerships, contracting, service and supply agreements and financing. Recently, he acted for Chinese companies in transactions for the acquisition of renewable energy generation projects in Canada and Europe and for the acquisition of a large equity interest in a Canadian commercial air service and for Canadian companies in relation to partnership agreements, service and construction agreements and financing agreements related to infrastructure and hospital public private partnership projects.

Historically, Karl has acted as counsel for clients in the natural resource sector (mining, forestry, oil and gas), advising on corporate governance, procurement, environmental issues, energy purchase and supply, and a range of commercial agreements. He has acted as counsel for the proponents of a billion dollar joint venture project for the construction of a Greenfield pulp mill and as environmental counsel for lenders and for developers in large industrial and commercial property development projects. Karl also has extensive experience in dealing with government authorities in various areas including the regulation of public utilities and insurance companies. He has considerable administrative law experience appearing as counsel before various federal and provincial regulatory tribunals.