Peter Gorgopa

Counsel

(604) 673-7441 | pgorgopa@singleton.com | |

Jasmin Samra, Assistant
(604) 673-7484 | jsamra@singleton.com

Professional Background

Peter Gorgopa is Counsel practicing in the Corporate Commercial and Wills and Estates Practice Groups at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP. He has earned a reputation for providing quality legal work and personal service with an understanding of and focus on his clients’ needs.

Peter provides strategic advice to individuals and corporations on a broad range of matters, including:

structuring business enterprises, corporations, joint ventures, and partnerships;
preparing buy-sell, shareholder, joint venture, and partnership agreements;
negotiating and implementing business and asset acquisitions and dispositions;
implementing corporate reorganizations;
preparing construction contracts, including financing and public-private partnerships; and
negotiating and preparing employment contracts and providing advice on employer-employee relations.

He has an active real estate practice for both business and personal transactions. His real estate expertise includes commercial leasing, commercial and residential lending, real estate development, and residential and commercial real estate purchase and sale transactions.

As an experienced wills and estates lawyer, Peter advises individuals on the full spectrum of estate, business succession, and tax planning strategies, including wills, representation agreements, alter-ego trusts, spousal and common-law partner trusts, family trusts, and other special purpose trusts.

Education

Called to the British Columbia Bar, 1985
Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie Law School, 1984
Bachelor of Arts (International Relations), University of British Columbia, 1981

Memberships

Peter is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, where he has served as an Ad Hoc Bencher on an ethics and competency committee, and of the Canadian Bar Association, where he has served as a Practice Advisor. He is an active member of his community, and donates his time and experience to many projects, charitable organizations, schools, and sports organizations throughout the lower mainland.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

Founded in 1982 on a construction litigation platform, Singleton Reynolds has established itself as a leading construction firm in Canada, and continues to draw a large volume of assignments related to all aspects of the construction and infrastructure sectors.

Corporate Commercial

Our corporate commercial team focuses on business structuring and transactions for businesses of all sizes and types with a focus on the holistic support of our clients' businesses.

Commercial Real Estate

Our Commercial Real Estate Group has experience in all aspects of the law and practice related to commercial property acquisitions, management, structuring, development and sales.

Employment and Labour

We advise on, and are skilled in, all aspects of employment and labour law, including a wide range of issues which impact the workplace from both the employer and employee perspectives.

Wills and Estates

Whether you are coming to us to design your estate plan, to assist you with the probate or administration of an estate, or to bring or defend an estate litigation matter, we draw upon our extensive experience to provide you with innovative legal solutions.

Experience

Structuring business ventures and the ownership of the business and the assets used in the business;
Negotiating and preparing business agreements, including leases, services agreements, purchase and sale contracts, and employment contracts;
Arranging personal affairs to minimize or avoid taxes on death and to protect assets from wills variation claims by disgruntled or disappointed beneficiaries;
Negotiating and preparing construction contracts for contractors, subcontractors and suppliers, including underpinning, shoring, and crane swing agreements and indemnities for property owners adjacent to development projects;
Interpreting agreements and recommending actions that limit potential liability and risk of loss;
Reorganizing private corporations to facilitate the introduction of new owners and the intergenerational transfer of future growth;
Managing the discipline and termination of employees.

Presentations

Presenter, “Wills and Estate Planning,” Wills & Estates Seminar (with RBC, German-Canadian Business Association, and Philippines Canada Trade Council), November, 2023