Roger E. Holland

Partner

(604) 673-7413 | rholland@singleton.com | |

Tina Toy, Assistant
(604) 673-7458 | ttoy@singleton.com

Professional Background

Roger is a Partner at Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP and Co-Chair of the Corporate Commercial Group, which he has helped build during his two decades with the firm. He specializes in reorganizations, acquisitions, shareholder agreements, succession planning, commercial lending and borrowing, and commercial leases. A member of the bar in both British Columbia and Ontario, he offers extensive experience in negotiating and drafting documents relating to asset purchase agreements; franchise deals; software, publishing and licensing agreements and construction contracts.

Roger Holland has a long track record of helping startups flourish and assisting larger companies enhance their value through mergers or acquisitions. He is known for his dedicated focus on clients’ needs and his proactive approach in delivering the information they require.

Outside of the firm, Roger spends his time with his wife and twins, volunteering on four not-for-profit boards, performing hits from the 1990s with his rock band, and staying fit on his bike and at the gym.

Education

Called to the BC Bar, 1992
Called to the Ontario Bar, 1991
Bachelor of Laws, Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, 1989
Bachelor of Arts (International Relations), University of British Columbia, 1985

Rankings + Recognitions

Ranked in the area of Corporate Law by Best Lawyers Canada®
Awarded the Paul Martin Sr. Award in recognition of his dedicated volunteer work with March of Dimes Canada

Memberships

Past President and Board Member of the YVR Art Foundation
Vice-President and Board Member, The Cultch (Vancouver East Cultural Centre)
Treasurer and Board Member, Canadian Bar Association (BC) Benevolent Society
Board Member, Stroke Recovery Society of British Columbia
Chair, Battle of the Bar Bands (Canadian Bar Association)
Former Director and Treasurer, Tamahnous Theatre Society
Former Director and Treasurer, Contemporary Art Gallery Society of British Columbia
Former Director and Vice-President, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
Member, Canadian Bar Association – Business and Wills and Estates Section
Former Member, Canadian Bar Association – Membership and Business of Law Subcommittees

Rankings

Roger Holland is top-ranked by Leading Global Rankings Agencies and Directories.

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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.

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

Represents a broad range of businesses, companies and partnerships with respect to various aspects of corporate and commercial matters
Drafts and negotiates corporate reorganization documents on behalf of directors and corporate shareholders
Acts on behalf of purchasers and sellers in complex mergers and acquisitions, including:
- The sale of a $70-million business;
- The sale of a $6-million financial services business;
- The purchase of a $6-million construction services business;
- The sale of a $4-million architectural firm;
- The sale of a Canadian engineering company to a U.S. purchaser;
- The sale of a marine services business.
Assists clients by drafting, negotiating and advising on a variety of commercial agreements, including complex shareholders’ agreements, which in one instance included a company with more than 125 shareholders
Set up a franchise system for an automobile rental agency
Negotiated and drafted a design service agreement for the construction of a $100-million sports facility
Negotiated and drafted lease and operating agreements for a large container terminal facility

Publications

Co-author, “Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (“Bill 24”) to come into force on May 1, 2020,” April, 2020
Co-author, “Representations and Warranties Insurance in the Purchase and Sale of a Business,” August, 2018
Co-author, “Allocation of Risk: Purchase Price Adjustments,” July, 2018
Co-author, “Data Rooms: Integral to a Purchase & Sale Transaction,” January, 2018
Co-author, “Thinking of Selling Your Business?,” December, 2017
Co-author, “Who Has Your Confidential Business Information,” September, 2017
Co-author, “Ready for New Not-For-Profit Corporations Act,” July, 2017
Author, “A New Wills and Estates Law for British Columbia,” July, 2017
C0-author, “Changes to Societies & What Board Members Need to Know,” June, 2016
The Wills, Estates and Succession Act’s Intestacy Rules
Fancy a Franchise Think Before You Sign
Author, “How Should a Business Owner/Manager Be Paid?,” July, 2010
Alter Ego and Joint Partner Trusts
The Role and Responsibility of Executors
How Your Will Can Be Changed After You Die
When You Should Write Two or More Wills
The Importance of Writing a Will
Wills
Representation Agreements
Power of Attorney
Joint Tenancies in Estate Planning
Protecting Employer Confidentiality and Property in Employment Contracts
Basics of an Employment Contract
Standard Form Contracts

Presentations

Author of several articles relating to legal issues for a variety of publications
Speaker at various conferences and seminars on a variety of business law topics

News

August 23, 2018

Roger E. Holland

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Experience

Publications

Presentations

News

Representations and Warranties Insurance in the Purchase and Sale of a Business

Allocation of Risk: Purchase Price Adjustments

Data Rooms: Integral to a Purchase & Sale Transaction

Singleton Reynolds Top Ranked by Best Lawyers Canada® and Named Construction Law Firm of the Year

Singleton Reynolds Top Ranked by Best Lawyers Canada®

Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2019 (“Bill 24”) to come into force on May 1, 2020

Singleton Reynolds Top Ranked by Best Lawyers Canada® and Named Construction Law Firm of the Year

A New Wills and Estates Law for British Columbia

Roger Holland recognized for volunteer work with March of Dimes

Ready for New Not-For-Profit Corporations Act

Who Has Your Confidential Business Information

Thinking of Selling Your Business?

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