Scott Allen

Associate

Vancouver

Office

778.783.3942

[email protected]

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Biography

BAR ADMISSION

British Columbia, 2017

Education

University of Calgary (J.D., 2016)
University of Victoria (B.A. with Distinction, 2000)

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Scott is a business lawyer who advises clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, taking a practical and client-focused approach to helping businesses achieve their objectives. His practice includes business acquisitions and dispositions, corporate reorganizations, business structuring, debt and equity financing, strategic business arrangements, commercial agreements, and intellectual property matters. Scott works with entrepreneurs, private and public companies, family offices, investors, institutional organizations, and government entities across a variety of industries, including technology, construction, manufacturing, transportation, financial services, apparel, logistics, agriculture, insurance, and healthcare.

Drawing on experience gained in private practice and prior consulting roles, Scott brings a broad business perspective to his legal work. His background in project management, operations, communications, logistics, and stakeholder engagement enables him to support clients with both legal and commercial considerations.

An active participant in and advocate for cycling and bike racing, Scott maintains a strong interest in the sport and cycling community.

Industry involvement

Recognition

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ 2027 for work in: Corporate Law

Notable matters

Advised private clients and institutional bodies with respect to various technology matters, including service and licensing agreements.
Advised clients on initial structuring and incorporation of their company and related key documents including shareholders’ agreements.
Drafted custom and bespoke commercial agreements to meet clients’ unique needs, including distribution, licensing, and manufacturing.
Managed debt financing processes for clients, acting for borrowers and private lenders and acting opposite institutional and private lenders.
Aided clients to settle commercial and shareholder disputes, plus litigation of varying complexity.
Advised investors and private businesses on equity investments and financings, including both private and strategic investments.
Advised local and foreign companies on trademark development, trademark availability, searching, trademark prosecution and opposition matters.
Advised clients on tailored approaches to address the administration, proper use, licensing of and enforcing intellectual property rights including copyright, trademarks, industrial design and trade secrets.
Advised on strategies to develop and evolve manages client’s domestic and international trademark and intellectual property portfolios.
Advised on and drafted terms of use and privacy policies for the websites and mobile applications of local companies and institutional bodies.
Advised private company and public body clients on data protection and privacy compliance, risk management strategies, and privacy breach response.
Assisted public-traded companies and agents of public-traded companies with various offerings, including prospectus filings, granting of warrants and options and more on the TSX, TSX-V and CSE.
Sale of a BC building and civil construction company to a publicly-traded Canadian-national strategic buyer.
Sale of a BC leader in business of benefits and group retirement brokerage, personal and corporate insurance and wealth management, and financial planning to national Canadian brokerage buyer.
Sale of a Ontario-based software and hardware company (with North American reach) to a US strategic buyer.
Purchase of a Western Canadian business focused on electrical engineering and related technical services for a US-based, North American leader in the industry.
Purchase of a large-scale, BC-focused engineering and architectural firm for a BC buyer with North American wide operations.
Purchase of Alberta-based pipe-bending and manufacturing businesses and related commercial real estate for a strategic BC buyer.
Sale of a BC company specializing in Canadian and US air, ocean and land freight solutions plus warehousing and distribution to a US buyer.
Sale of a BC medical equipment business to a Canadian buyer.
Sale of a Canadian software development company to a Hong Kong buyer.
Purchase of BC private excavating business and related industrial real estate for a BC buyer.
Purchase of multiple transportation and equipment businesses across Western Canada for a BC buyer with North-American reach.
Sale of a BC natural resources business to a US buyer.
Sale of a BC film production company to a Canadian buyer.
Purchase of franchised and stand-alone, private food and beverage business operations for BC buyers.
Purchase of a BC design studio for BC buyers.