Alex Petrenko
Member, Executive Committee





Direct Tel. (604) 643-3179
Email ap@cwilson.com





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800 - 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver B.C. V6C 3H1
Main Tel. (604) 687-5700
Fax (604) 687-6314

www.cwilson.com

Area of Practice

Corporate/Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate and Public-Private Partnerships.

Representative Work

Advising the Vancouver International Airport Authority in connection with the Canada Line Rapid Transit public private partnership.

Advising a local Health Authority on the creation of a public private partnership to operate a radiopharmacy.

Advising the purchaser on the acquisition of the Marine Division of British Columbia Railway.

Conversion of BC Ferry Corporation from a Provincial Crown Corporation to a private company owned by a statutory Authority.

Development and leasing of major office towers and shopping centres.

Development and leasing of multi-use facilities such as Canada Harbour Place and Granville Island.

Formation of various real estate and corporate business syndications.

Acquisitions and sales of various businesses as going concerns, including manufacturing companies, high technology companies, food processing companies, retail merchants, health care providers and lumber companies.

Establishment of new businesses in Canada including resource based companies, manufacturing companies, real estate companies and companies involved in the service and hospitality industries.

Acquisition and sales of various shopping centres and downtown office towers.

Work as corporate solicitor for charitable foundations and non-profit organizations.

Formation of franchises, joint ventures and other co-operative business arrangements.

Financing development of the new International Terminal Building of the Vancouver International Airport.

Acquisition and financing of a professional sports franchise.

$300,000,000 debenture issue.

Involvement in both institutional and non-institutional lending and security transactions.

Profile

Alex Petrenko is a partner of Clark Wilson LLP and a member of its Commercial Real Estate, Corporate Transactions and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1976 and Bachelor of Laws (as a Gold Medallist) from the University of Manitoba in 1979.

Memberships & Associations

Member, Law Society of British Columbia (1980)

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Vancouver Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors of the Vancouver Executives Association

Past Member, Board of Governors of the International Foundation for the Arts

Member, North Shore Winter Club

Member, Seymour Golf and Country Club