Metro Vancouver

Administrative & Regulatory Law Firms in Vancouver, British Columbia

73 law firms.

What does an administrative lawyer do?

Administrative lawyers represent people and businesses before the tribunals and boards that make government decisions: licensing, professional discipline, social benefits, and regulatory matters.

These bodies exist at both the federal and provincial levels, so which forum and which rules apply depends on the decision you're challenging.

How do you choose the right firm in Vancouver?

Ask whether the firm regularly appears before the specific tribunal you're dealing with, and how it approaches the deadlines for appeals and judicial review.

LawOnline lists 73 administrative & regulatory law firms in Vancouver, British Columbia. You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of British Columbia directory. Browse the administrative & regulatory law firms in Vancouver below.

A+R Law LLP

7 lawyers

A+R Law LLP is a Vancouver-based law firm, also known as Aldridge + Rosling, that serves clients across Canada. Its practice focuses on modern treaty negotiation and implementation, Indigenous peoples' governance, eco…

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Acumen Law Corporation

10 lawyers · Est. 2008

Acumen Law Corporation is a criminal defence firm serving Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, and Victoria, with a focus on DUI and Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) cases. The firm also handles other criminal matters suc…

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Affleck Hrabinsky Burgoyne LLP is a Vancouver, BC law firm that operates a hybrid model combining in-office and virtual service. Its lawyers focus on complex, multi-party disputes and regulatory matters for institutio…

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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP

110 lawyers · Est. 1973

Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP is a full-service law firm based in Vancouver, with additional offices in Toronto and Kelowna. Founded in 1973, the firm has more than 100 lawyers who handle litigation, dispute re…

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Allen / McMillan Litigation Counsel

14 lawyers · Est. 2018

Allen / McMillan Litigation Counsel (AMLC) is a Vancouver litigation boutique founded in 2018 by Greg Allen and Wes McMillan. The firm represents clients in civil and commercial litigation and administrative matters, …

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Allevato Quail & Associates

6 lawyers · Est. 2014

Allevato Quail & Associates is a Vancouver, BC law corporation specializing in labour law, human rights, defamation, class actions, and energy and regulatory law. The firm describes its approach as strategic, assertiv…

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Arvay Finlay LLP

15 lawyers · Est. 1990

Arvay Finlay LLP is a litigation boutique founded in 1990, with offices in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. The firm focuses on public law, appeals, and complex litigation, including Aboriginal rights, admini…

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Basham Law

1 lawyer · Est. 1977

Basham Law is a Vancouver litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice led by Rose-Mary Liu Basham, K.C. The firm handles administrative law, commercial and corporate law, construction disputes, division of …

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Beach Avenue Barristers is a boutique litigation firm in Vancouver, BC that restricts its practice to litigation, with an emphasis on administrative law related to professional regulation. The firm's three lawyers foc…

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Bennett Jones LLP

16 lawyers

Bennett Jones LLP is a national Canadian business law firm with more than a century of history, grown from a ten-lawyer prairie town office to a firm with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vanco…

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Boughton Law is a full-service law firm based in Vancouver, BC, rooted in the city for more than 75 years. Its team of over 120 lawyers, professionals and staff offers cross-functional support in Indigenous, corporate…

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The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC) is a not-for-profit regulatory law firm in Vancouver that represents unrepresented and underrepresented individuals and groups on public policy issues. Its…

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Chand & Company Law Corporation

1 lawyer · Est. 2007

Chand & Company Law Corporation is a boutique immigration law firm in downtown Vancouver, established in 2007, specializing in Canadian immigration, citizenship, refugee, and human rights law. The firm represents clie…

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Chantler & Company

1 lawyer · Est. 2014

Chantler & Company is a civil litigation firm based in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, founded in 2014. It represents individuals, businesses, strata corporations, non-profits, societies, and First Nations in di…

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Civic Legal LLP

5 lawyers · Est. 2016

Civic Legal LLP is a Vancouver law firm founded in 2016 by Pam Jefcoat and Sonia Sahota, providing legal advice to local governments and other public bodies. The firm focuses on procurement, construction, land develop…

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Clark Wilson LLP

87 lawyers · Est. 1909

Clark Wilson LLP is a business-focused, full-service law firm in downtown Vancouver, BC, with roots dating back to 1909. It advises clients in sectors including technology, real estate, energy and natural resources, a…

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Cliffe Tobias is a Vancouver litigation firm whose counsel have appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, as well as the Supreme Court of Cana…

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Coast Legal

1 lawyer

Coast Legal is a Vancouver-based criminal defence and regulatory law firm representing individuals and corporations across British Columbia and the Yukon. It handles criminal charges, investigations, professional disc…

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Cochrane Sinclair LLP

18 lawyers · Est. 2017

Cochrane Sinclair LLP is a First Nation-led law firm with offices in Winnipeg and Headingley, Manitoba and Vancouver, British Columbia (on Musqueam First Nation territory). Founded in 2017 as Cochrane Saxberg LLP, the…

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Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is a non-profit law firm that has served people in British Columbia since 1971, making it the province's first community law office. CLAS specializes in housing, income securi…

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Davison North Law

4 lawyers

Davison North Law is a boutique corporate and litigation law firm in Vancouver, formerly known as Davison Law Group, with more than 35 years of combined legal experience. The firm's lawyers handle civil litigation, co…

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DJA Counsel, formally Dennis Dawson James Aitken LLP, is a Vancouver litigation boutique providing advocacy and strategic counsel in and out of court. Its lawyers appear at all levels of court and handle complex comme…

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Dolden Wallace Folick LLP (Dolden) is an insurance defence litigation boutique with offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Guelph, Toronto, and Halifax. Its lawyers defend insurers and their insureds in areas like pr…

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Dosanjh Ladner Arora

5 lawyers · Est. 1979

Dosanjh Ladner Arora, formerly Dosanjh Law Group, has been part of British Columbia's legal community since 1979, when Ujjal Dosanjh opened his private law practice in Vancouver. The firm now practises family law, civ…

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