200 Burrard St, Suite 1200, Waterfront Centre, Vancouver, BC
Year called to bar: 1996
Steve Winder is the regional managing partner of BLG’s Vancouver office and a member of the Labour and Employment Group. Steve’s broad labour and employment expertise includes dismissals and discipline; employment contracts and policies; collective agreements and bargaining, and defending collective agreement grievances; human rights issues; employment standards; privacy; and WorkSafe matters. Steve has significant experience dealing with post-termination matters, including bringing and defending non-competition injunctions. Steve has acted as counsel in the Provincial, Supreme Court, and Court of Appeal for British Columbia, and before the Human Rights Tribunal, Labour Relations Board, Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal, Employment Standards Tribunal, and Employment Insurance Commission. He is recognized in Chambers Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Benchmark Litigation Canada.
On April 12, 2018, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (Arbutus), an industry-leading hepatitis B virus (HBV) therapeutic solutions company, and Roivant Sciences Ltd. (Roivant) announced that they have entered into an agreement to launch Genevant Sciences (Genevant), a jointly-owned company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of a broad range of RNA-based therapeutics. Under the terms of the agreement, Roivant will contribute US$37.5 million in transaction-related seed capital for Genevant.
