Overview
John Ferber has a corporate-commercial law practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, complex corporate reorganizations, and secured credit and loan transactions. His corporate clients benefit from his extensive experience with industries including manufacturing, distribution, business services, retail, construction, professional services, agriculture, and financial services. His clients range from entrepreneurs to transnational corporations.
John also advises on business structuring, partnership and shareholder relations, including preparing agreements to reflect those relations, and a variety of commercial law matters.
John strives to provide the highest quality of advice and solutions tailored to his clients’ needs in a practical and efficient manner. John has a passion for understanding his clients’ businesses: their history, current needs and future goals.
John volunteers as a course instructor and a speaker. He frequently teaches a course on starting a new business. He also regularly teaches a segment on secured transactions law for law students. He speaks to a variety of groups on business law issues as opportunities arise. John welcomes invitations to speak to interested groups.
Professional memberships
- Canadian Bar Association, Business Law and Banking Law sections, BC branch
- American Bar Association, Banking Law Section
Bar admissions & education
- British Columbia, 1992
- LL.B, University of Toronto, 1991
- B.A. (honours), Queen’s University, 1988
