550 Burrard St, Suite 2300, Bentall 5, PO Box 30, Vancouver, BC
Year called to bar: 1998 (BC)
Paul Armitage is a partner and head of the technology industry group in Gowling WLG’s Vancouver office. He has over 25 years of experience practising in the fields of IT sourcing, cloud computing, life sciences collaborations, intellectual property licensing, channel distribution, privacy law, e-commerce, anti-spam and anti-spyware (CASL) compliance, data security, and commercial contracts. He has extensive experience in the life sciences, information technology, nuclear, telecommunications, financial services, and health industries, as well as in infrastructure and facilities projects, both for private and public sector clients. In serving clients, he puts to use strong transactional legal skills, including client service, negotiation, drafting complex agreements, and problem-solving. He has long been recognized in both The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and The Best Lawyers™ in Canada, receiving the Best Lawyers® 2019 and 2023 Technology "Lawyer of the Year" award in Vancouver, as well as in Who’s Who Legal for 2023 for “Canada – Data,” by LMG Life Sciences as “Canadian Financial & Transactional Attorney of the Year” for 2016, and as an “Acritas Star” in 2018–20.
