A Partner at Lindsay Kenney LLP and Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, Joel advises clients across real estate, corporate, and estate matters. He guides complex transactions with steady, strategic counsel and helps clients make informed decisions that balance opportunity and protection.
In his real estate practice, Joel represents buyers and sellers of commercial and residential properties, advises developers on all aspects of real estate development, and acts for landlords and tenants on commercial leasing matters. He also acts for institutional and private lenders and corporate borrowers in secured lending and financing transactions.
In his corporate practice, Joel advises on structuring, governance, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions, drafting and negotiating the agreements that move transactions forward. He also assists with succession planning for personal and business assets and provides guidance to executors and administrators through trust and estate administration and incapacity planning.
Joel is a designated Trust and Estate Practitioner, recognised by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) for his expertise in this field.
Representative Cases
- Representing a multi-national petroleum retailer with respect to the acquisition and construction of a build-to-suit travel centre/truck stop (2025)
- Representing the developer of a multi-phase townhouse/condominium development consisting of over 100 strata lots (2024)
- Representing the developer/vendor of a self-storage facility to a multi-national purchaser (2024)
- $12.5 Million divestiture of a manufacturer of industrial radiators business (2024)
- Representing the seller of a veterinary clinic to an institutional buyer with lease-back of premises (2021)
- Representing a leading BC aircraft manufacturer with respect to commercial financing transactions (multiple years)
- Representing multiple sellers and purchasers of automobile dealership locations (multiple years)
- Counsel to the management group with respect to the acquisition of a minority interest in conjunction with a sale of the enterprise to a venture capital investor (2017)
- Representing the sellers of a family-owned manufacturing enterprise with respect to a share sale with vendor take-back financing and a lease-back of premises to a US buyer (2016)
- Advise the joint venture ownership group with respect to ALR exclusion and the sale of a $23 million development property to a developer (2016)
- Counsel to the owners and developers of a mixed-use residential and industrial property with respect to re-zoning, subdivision, and development (2016)
- Counsel to the retiring shareholders of a construction industry business with respect to the sale of the enterprise to the management group with vendor take-back financing (2015)
- Acted for the developer and seller of a 28-lot strata warehouse development (2015)
- Implemented the reorganization of an operating business to facilitate the acquisition of commercial real estate and holding of operating company shares through family trusts and holding companies (2014)
- Acted for the seller of a 208-lot multi-family development site (2013)
- Structured a management buyout of the controlling interest in an operating business from a retiring business owner (2013)
- Represented a gravel pit operator with respect to the acquisition of the right to mine aggregate and operate an aggregate extraction facility (2013)
- Corporate counsel for a BC based trade association (2013)
- Counsel to the management group with respect to the acquisition of a minority interest in a leading BC civil infrastructure contractor (2012)
- Sale transaction for the vendors of a MURB (multiple unit residential building) investment – $11.5 million (2012)
- Acted for the owners and developers of a 103-lot subdivision with respect to the subdivision, development, and sale of the property in a $22 million sale transaction (2012)
- Represented the shareholders of a professional firm in relation to a shareholders’ dispute and buy-out of a departing shareholder (2012)
Recognitions
- Recognized in Best Lawyers ® in Canada in the area of Real Estate Law, 2024 and 2025.
Education
- Bachelor of Laws, University of British Columbia, 1994
- Bachelor of Arts (Geography), University of British Columbia, 1990
Memberships u0026 Affiliations
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Community Involvement
- Former Director and Secretary, Big Brothers Sisters of Langley, 2002-2009
- Member, Langley Chamber of Commerce
Beyond the Office
Originally from Winnipeg, Joel enjoys spending summer vacations on Lake Athapapuskow, near Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Areas of Law
Business Law
Financial Services
Mergers and Acquisitions and Commercial Transactions
Real Estate
Languages
English
Bar admissions
British Columbia, 1996
