Speaker

Jennifer M. Williams

Commercial Real Estate and Development Lawyer
MLT Aikins LLP, Vancouver

Meet Jennifer:

Jennifer has practiced Commercial Real Estate and Development law for over twenty years, at both national and regional firms. She served as in-house counsel for a prominent Real Estate Developer whose head office and key assets are situated on Capilano Reserve No. 5 of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, on which lands her family resides.

Jennifer advises clients on complex Commercial Real Estate transactions including Commercial Leasing, acquisitions and sales, Development, construction agreements, financing, and the real estate aspects of distressed and insolvent properties including those in CCAA.

Her Indigenous law practices include transactions and partnerships with a wide range of Indigenous nations and peoples through various Real Estate and resource related projects and developments (mixed use, commercial, industrial, food sustainability and financing) that support and advance Indigenous economic development and sovereignty.

Jennifer is proud to announce she has been recognized in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canadaâ„¢ for Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Practice

A former Chair of the Real Estate Subsection of the CBA, Jennifer serves on the Land Title and Survey Authority Stakeholder Advisory Committee and the Real Estate Committee on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association, and BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) Technical Working Group.

Passionate about community involvement, and giving back to her profession, Jennifer is active in the legal community and continuously volunteers her time to charitable and pro bono services including Access Pro Bono and serving as chair and member of firm committees dedicated to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Jennifer’s respect and engagement with the Indigenous community arises from the desire to support Indigenous economic development and support of her Indigenous (Dene) husband and two children who are members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (K’ai Tailé Denesųłiné ) which nation is party to Treaty 8.

In her spare time Jennifer is an avid cactus collector and spends way too much time at ice rinks as a hockey and ringette parent.

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