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Edmond Luke, Partner | CO-LEADER, ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP

Edmond Luke *

Partner | CO-LEADER, ASIA-PACIFIC GROUP Fasken
The rapid rise of China and Indo-Pacific Asia are influencing almost every aspect of international business, including, in particular, the real estate, natural resources and technology sectors in Canada. Embracing this change will lead to tremendous opportunities.
Jurisdiction British Columbia, 1994
Language(s) Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Cantonese), Taiwanese, English
Office(s) Vancouver
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Overview

Edmond Luke (陸家驥) is a business law Partner in Vancouver and a founder and Co-leader of the Firm’s Asia Pacific Group. His expertise attracts both Canadian and Asian private and institutional clients in several key industries including real estate investment and development, global mining, energy and environmental, and public and private corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions.

Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Taiwanese, and traveling regularly to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Seoul, Edmond is highly effective in assisting clients with the bridging of diversities between western and Asian business cultures and practices.

Edmond's practice primarily involves investments and business transactions with a special focus internationally on inbound Canada-Asia transpacific related activities and domestically on real estate development in Canada.

His Canada-Asia transpacific experience includes the structuring of foreign direct investment, the listing of Asian businesses on the TSX, and the advising of business investments and acquisitions in Canada by Asian investors in a broad range of industries and sectors. He assists Asian family enterprises and individuals with Canadian ties with their wealth and succession planning in Canada.

In Canada, clients from railway companies to developers, hotel operators and religious organizations, seek out Edmond for his real estate experience and business acumen. On complex legal real estate transactions, Edmond works on rezoning, development approvals, air space parcels, leasehold subdivisions, easements, restrictive covenants, building schemes and statutory rights of way for conventional, transport oriented, mixed use and phased strata, airspace and master-planned community developments.

Achievements

  • Top 100 Most Influential Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia, 12/31/2006
2006 Top 100 Most Influential Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia Top 100 Most Influential Chinese-Canadians in British Columbia (The Vancouver Sun, October 21, 2006)

Client Work

  • Miniso Group acquires approximately 45 of 80 stores owned and operated by the Migu Group, [Deal - Miniso Group], Following a year-long effort to assist the Miniso Group through a number of complex matters involving their former Canadian licensees and numerous related parties (the Migu Group), a restructuring plan and acquisition transaction were implemented pursuant to the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement A...
  • Miniso initiates insolvency proceedings in respect of Canadian licensee, [Case - Miniso Brand], Miniso initiates creditor-driven Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act proceeding against Canadian licensee and related entities.
  • Haro & Thurlow Acquisition acquires one of the largest strata liquidations ever completed in British Columbia, [Deal - Haro & Thurlow Acquisition Corp.], Haro & Thurlow Acquisition Corp. purchased a 160 unit residential strata building, along with commercial units at the corner of Haro & Thurlow Street in Vancouver. This was one of the largest strata liquidations ever completed in British Columbia.   Fasken advised Haro & Thurlow Acquisition Cor...
  • GM Resorts finalizes Grouse Mountain acquisition, [Deal - GM Resorts Limited Partnership], GM Resorts Limited Partnership, established by the Canadian investment and asset management company CM (Canada) Asset Management Co., Ltd., has purchased Grouse Mountain Resort in British Columbia Canada.   Welcoming over 1.3 million guests per year, Grouse Mountain Resort is a thriving four-s...
  • Yukon Zinc successfully completes restructuring and emerges from CCAA protection, [Deal - ​Yukon Zinc], On October 2, 2015, Yukon Zinc Corporation implemented a plan of compromise and arrangement funded by its parent company, Jinduicheng Canada Resources Corporation Limited. Shortly thereafter Yukon Zinc emerged from protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”).   The Yukon...
  • Hyatt Equities, L.L.C. completes sale of the Hyatt Regency Vancouver hotel to Innvest REIT, [Deal - Hyatt Equities LLC], A team of Fasken lawyers acted for Hyatt Equities LLC, an affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, in the sale of the 644-room Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel.
  • Acted for the purchaser in the acquisition of the landmark waterfront Lake Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, British Columbia, [Deal - Confidential Client], Represented the Purchaser on the purchase of the landmark waterfront Lake Okanagan Resort in Kelowna, which includes accommodation, food and beverage facilities, 5,000 feet of waterfront, a nine-hole golf course and a 30-slip marina.
  • FCC Group Investment sells landmark 224-room Hotel Saskatchewan for US$32.8 million by its its affiliate, [Deal - FCC Group Investment Corporation], Represented FCC Group Investment Corporation in the sale by its affiliate of the landmark 224-room Hotel Saskatchewan for $32.8 million in downtown Regina. Assisted our client from the negotiation of the purchase and sale contract, information disclosure during due diligence and completion of the...
  • Hazens Investment completes US$ 96 million acquisition of the Sheraton Gateway LAX, [Deal - Hazens Investment], In November 2013, Hazens Investment, LLC completed the purchase of the 800 room 15-storey Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel next to the Los Angeles International Airport for approximately US$ 96 million. It is the first major overseas acquisition for the Hazens Group, based in Shenzhen, China. T...

Career & Education

Education

  • LLB University of British Columbia

Community involvement

  • Chartered Member, Past Director, Past Officer, Richmond Mandarin Lions Club (member since 1994)
  • Pro Bono: Vancouver International Buddhist Progress Society, Buddhist Light International Association in BC, Buddhist Light College, Yi-Guan Dao (Fayi-Chungde) Association

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Director, Chinese Federation of Commerce of Canada (2003 – 2014)
  • Director, Canada Korea Business Association (2003 – 2008)
  • Chair, Multicultural Advisory Council of British Columbia (2010, 2011 - member as of 2003)
  • National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)

News

  • Canadianlawyermag.com quotes Edmond Luke in an article on cross-border trade agreement and its benefits to Canada, 11/5/2018
  • The Canadian Lawyer Magazine quotes Edmond Luke in an article about Asian investment growth flooding Law firms with legal work, 11/14/2016
  • The Financial Post quotes Edmond Luke in an article about Chinese investment in Canada’s real estate market, 11/2/2016

Publications

  • Global Overview, Getting the Deal Through - Mining 2012 - Canada, 7/1/2012

Speaking Engagements

  • Foreign Workers, 8/2/2014
  • Introduction to Canadian Laws, 6/6/2014
  • Pacific Northwest Economic Conference, 1/29/2010
Introduction to Canadian Laws UBC Sauder School of Business - 2014 ICBC International Leadership Development Program location location Vancouver
Pacific Northwest Economic Conference location location Vancouver

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