Brock Smith is a partner of the firm and a member of the Technology, Intellectual Property, Corporate & Commercial and Health Care groups.

He provides strategic legal advice to information technology and emerging growth companies of all sizes, concentrating on asset acquisition and management strategies, technology licensing, outsourcing arrangements, intellectual property audits and other due diligence investigations, and corporate finance transactions.

Brock has also developed a unique practice in the area of public safety law, where he provides ongoing advice to PSAPs, emergency communications corporations and other public safety bodies in British Columbia on matters such as liability and statutory immunity, the legal impact of new and emerging technologies, including wireless and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technologies, and regulatory matters affecting 9-1-1 services.

Brock is an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and is a guest lecturer on information technology and corporate financing topics for various post-secondary institutions, including the Masters of Digital Media Program at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver. He is also a frequent guest lecturer for the Law Society of British Columbia's Professional Legal Training Course on the topics of "Company Law" and "Buying and Selling a Business".

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria in 1987, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990.

Technology & Intellectual Property

Negotiating terms of licensing, implementation and support of mission critical software products with major software vendors and software licensors for enterprise-wide use by a wide variety of businesses, including one of the world's largest accounting and consulting firms, British Columbia's public health authorities and a large regional transportation company.

Negotiating terms of procurement and external services for document service production with an international vendor for a large post-secondary institution in British Columbia.

Negotiating terms of numerous software customization, licensing, implementation and maintenance agreements with several Canadian and U.S. airlines.

Negotiating terms for the sale and resale of software and related implementation and support services pursuant to Canadian federal government procurement policies.

Negotiating the terms of license for numerous patented technologies.

Conducting intellectual property reviews and preparing intellectual asset management strategies for several prominent local organizations.

Private Company Transactions

Structuring, negotiating and completing numerous transactions involving the acquisition and sale of technology-based companies and assets, including cross-border transactions.

General Commercial Transactions

Structuring and completing corporate reorganizations for companies of all sizes, including developing employment packages, non-disclosure agreements and shareholder agreements.

Numerous transactions involving the investment by Canadian and U.S. venture capital funds and financial institutions in emerging and mezzanine stage technology companies.

Corporate Governance

Developing and assisting in the implementation of corporate governance policies and guidelines, including Codes of Ethics and Conflict of Interest Guidelines.

Numerous presentations to boards of directors on corporate governance matters.

Public Safety

Drafting and negotiating a 9-1-1 Services Agreement between a Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) and a Regional District.

Structuring and negotiating the terms of license, implementation and support agreements for a variety of application software and technology products, including computer-aided dispatch (CAD) systems and records management systems (RMS), for use by PSAPs, Emergency Communications Corporations and other public safety bodies in British Columbia.

Creating a provincial corporation, including the governance model, to manage and maintain a province-wide police RMS.

Structuring and negotiating complex services agreements for the supply of technology support services to emergency services agencies, including police agencies and fire agencies.

General corporate and corporate governance advice to PSAPs, emergency communications corporations and other public safety bodies in British Columbia.

British Columbia Technology Industries Association (BCTIA)

IT.CAN

National Emergency Number Association (NENA)

Canadian Bar Association