Riley Lalonde

Riley Lalonde has a business law practice and assists clients with a broad range of corporate and commercial matters. In addition to generally advising clients with respect to corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and commercial issues, Riley assists clients with a range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, corporate restructurings, and the purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial real estate.

Riley has acted for domestic and multi-national companies in a variety of industry areas, including commercial real estate, natural resources, manufacturing, commercial lending, and health-care.

Riley joined EKB as an associate in 2015 after articling with the firm.

• Acts for clients in a variety of sectors in connection with the purchase and sale of businesses, franchises, and professional practices.
• Assists clients with corporate restructuring transactions, including amalgamations, continuations, dissolutions, estate freezes, and succession planning.
• Assists clients with the purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial real estate, including retail, office, and multi-family residential properties.
• Acts for entrepreneurs establishing new businesses and joint ventures in a variety of industry sectors.

• Member, Banking Law, Business Law, Real Property, Securities Law and Young Lawyers subsections, Canadian Bar Association Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch)
• Member, Vancouver Bar Association and former Executive Member (2015-2017)
• Participant, 2018 Globalaw Leadership Programme

• COVID-19 and Commercial Agreements: Can You Terminate or Renegotiate Your Agreement Because of the Pandemic?
• Transparency Registers: Changes Require Private B.C. Companies to Record Information About Significant Individuals and Beneficial Ownership
• Employment Law Essentials: Are Your Contractors Really Contractors? Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors or Employees
• New Property Transfer Rules Require Disclosure of Citizenship and Bare Trust Status
• New Regulations Aim to Restrict “Shadow Flipping”
• Monitoring Service Could Help Property Owners Protect Themselves Against Title Fraud
• Vacancy Tax and Property Transfer Tax Act Changes Proposed by Private Member’s Bills
• Changes to B.C.’s Property Transfer Tax Act Announced In 2016 Provincial Budget
• Changes to Ontario PPSA Choice of Law Rules Affect Secured Parties

• Contributing Author, CLE Buying and Selling a Business

• P2P lending and how it’s regulated