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| Tony DuMoulin is one of the founders of DuMoulin Boskovich, and is currently it's Co-Managing Partner and the Business Law area leader. He was called to the bar in 1972, and practices mainly in the areas of real estate development and corporate and commercial law. He has particular skill in negotiating and documenting complex commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, finance, licensing, and real estate transactions. In recent years Tony's experience has led him to focus on succession planning for business owners. Tony has been a leader in real estate law and practice. He was responsible for the drafting and implementation of the standard real estate contract currently used by licensed realtors in British Columbia. He has also co-authored and revised the B.C. Real Estate Association's Clauses and Phrases Booklet used by the Province's realtors in preparing contracts of purchase and sale, and he drafted a key amendment to the real estate contract necessitated by a significant Court of Appeal decision. Tony has also been a consultant to the Real Estate Council of B.C. in the drafting of the Licensee Practice Manual, and was also consulted in connection with the Strata Property Act. Tony was a legal drafting instructor for many years with the Legal Assistant Program at Capilano Community College in North Vancouver, and has frequently contributed to educational programs for the B.C. Real Estate Association, the Society of Notaries Public, the Law Society's articling students, and the Continuing Legal Education Society. As a legal educator, he has a particular interest in current approaches to legal drafting, favouring a clear and plain style in dealing with complex commercial concepts. Tony has written on various legal topics, including a regular article on legal issues in the Notaries' magazine, "The Scrivener". Tony was born in Vancouver, and holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of British Columbia. After graduating he articled with a firm of solicitors in London, England, where he worked with an international client base and gained experience with global licensing agreements. Immediately following his articles, he began practicing law with his U.B.C. law school classmate, Joe Boskovich, and three other classmates, and he has continued this practice ever since. Tony has always been actively involved in community affairs. He was a founding director of the Cheshire Home Society of British Columbia, which provides housing for the severely disabled; and has been a director and executive member of both the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia and the Vancouver Youth Theatre, as well as other non-profit organizations, such as the McCreary Centre Society, which is concerned with the advancement of youth health issues, and he is the legal advisor to a number of affordable housing organizations in the lower mainland. He is a past Vice-Chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region, where he remains active with inter-faith matters, and a past President of, and legal advisor to, PAL (Peforming Arts Lodge) Vancouver, a charitable society operating an affordable housing project in Coal Harbour for members of the performing arts industry. Articles by Tony DuMoulin |
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