666 Burrard St, Suite 1700, Park Pl, Vancouver, BC
Year called to bar: 1989 (BC)
Richard Jackson is the managing partner and former head of the commercial real estate group at Stikeman Elliott’s Vancouver office. His diverse real estate and commercial practice emphasizes acquisitions, sales, leasing, and all aspects of major multi-use development projects, including zoning, subdivision, environmental, and municipal approvals. His practice also includes corporate real estate based joint ventures as well as First Nation’s treaties and major energy projects. He is consistently sought out by top developers in BC, providing counsel on the most significant real estate projects throughout Vancouver and BC’s Lower Mainland. He has acted for the Province of BC on land-related matters in the development of all four concluded modern-day Indigenous treaties in BC. He has also played an integral role influencing impact benefit agreements on behalf of First Nations groups and communities.
On October 17, 2016, Vail Resorts, Inc. completed its $1.4-billion acquisition of Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. by way of plan of arrangement for cash and share consideration.
