Ken Burnett

Kenneth N. Burnett
Partner
Miller Thompson LLP
Vancouver

Ken Burnett is a senior partner of the firm and offers a broad range of advice to clients in the areas of corporate, commercial and general business law.

Over the years, Mr. Burnett has provided strategic advice on a number of major commercial transactions, including those relating to aviation matters, joint venture agreements, commercial financing, taxation, transportation, and wills and estate planning. He also advises foreign investors on ownership vehicles for investment in Canada, and has extensive experience advising on pensions and share ownership plans as well as complex corporate structuring, restructuring and acquisition matters.

His clients include transportation companies, resource companies, manufacturers and investment groups, a variety of business organizations and private individuals. He is also actively involved in advising not-for-profit groups and presently on the BC Law Institute Committee recommending changes to the Society Act of BC.

Mr. Burnett is an active author and speaker. Among his efforts, Mr. Burnett has written: “Buying and Selling Aircraft in Canada” (Air and Space Law Conference – American Bar Association, August 2000), “Unincorporated Business Associations” (Negotiating and Drafting Major Business Agreements Conference, March 2006), and “The Set-up and Maintenance of Charities and Not-For-Profits” (CLE Conference, October 2006). He is a former managing partner of the firm.

Mr. Burnett’s philosophy has been to provide clients with services based upon his experience and his ability to obtain a complete understanding of the client’s business and its overall objectives.

Education

• University of British Columbia (LL.B., 1967)
• University of British Columbia (B.A., (Economics and Political Science), 1964)
• Year of call
• Called to British Columbia Bar, 1968

Affiliations

• Member, Canadian Bar Association, Successions, Trusts and Fiduciary Relationships, Business Law, International Law
• Current Chair of the Air and Space Law Section of the B.C. Branch Canadian Bar Association
• Former Chair of the National Air and Space Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association
• Secretary of Pacific Coastal Airlines Limited
• Member of the Canada/Korea Business Association, Association for Corporate Growth, American Bar Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Former Chair of Successions Trust and Fiduciary Relationships (BC Branch)
• Chair of Editorial Advisory Committee of the Probate Practice Manual for BC Lawyers

Additional information

BV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

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