David W. Harvey
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Practice Areas
Business Law Services Business Reorganizations Business Transactions Corporate Services Employment and Human Rights Estate and Wealth Advisory Mergers and Acquisitions Private Business and Family Enterprise Planning Succession Planning for Privately Owned Businesses Technology and InnovationShare This Page
OVERVIEW
David is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Services Group, Employment and Human Rights Group, and Technology and Innovation Group. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring and reorganization, employment matters, and a variety of contractual agreements including service and SaaS agreements, licensing agreements, and co-ownership agreements including shareholders’ and limited partnership agreements.
David advises clients across a wide range of industries, but he has developed particular expertise in the technology and video game sector, as well as the health care and dental industries. Known for his practical, strategic approach, David is committed to delivering timely, solutions-oriented advice tailored to each client’s business objectives.
Outside of the office, David enjoys running and hiking with his rescue husky.
David provides legal services through David W. Harvey Law Corporation.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT WORK
BUSINESS
- Acting on mergers and acquisitions of private companies at all stages of the transaction process
- Negotiating and drafting licensing, distribution, and service agreements, including SaaS agreements
- Advising and structuring professional practices, including those of dentists, physicians, lawyers and accountants
- Corporate restructurings and reorganizations, including divisive reorganizations
- Drafting co-ownership agreements, including shareholders’, limited partnership, and cost-sharing agreements
EMPLOYMENT
- Drafting and negotiation of employment and consulting agreements
- Structuring employee ownership arrangements, including ESOPs and full business transitions to employees
- Advising on terminations and related workplace matters
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
David serves as a Clinic Adjunct Professor at the Richards Buell Sutton Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at The University of British Columbia.
PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES
“The Current State of AI Regulation in Canada” (with Ajay Gill, Articling Student, 2024/2025 year)
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
