Celso Boscariol

Background

About Celso Boscariol

PROFILE • Senior corporate commercial lawyer with a practice focused on banking, real estate and corporate commercial law. Client focussed and service oriented with strategic mind set. • Strong client relations and business development skills. • Solid understanding of government relations at all levels of government. • Strong communicator, oral and written with well developed public speaking skills in English and Italian and writing and drafting legal and non-legal documents. • Currently a partner at Watson Goepel LLP with law firm management as well extensive board leadership experience and community service. LEADERSHIP • Recognized Italo-Canadian community and business leader. Currently president of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West. • Frequent speaker at conferences in Italy and Canada on Italian Canadian business relations and promoting and doing business in Canada • Active leadership in the political process at all levels of government primarily with the Liberal Party of Canada, including past BC president and co-chair of the 1996 national convention. • Many years of participation in community organizations ranging from business groups and not-for-profit agencies to school and church. • Served on numerous boards both as a director and chair with a solid knowledge of governance, business and legal issues. • Extensive fundraising experience in not-for-profit and political sectors. Specialties: Provincial Nominee Program-acquisition of business and immigration process Commercial & real estate lending transactions Guided an employee shareholder group on the acquisition of the employer Manage litigation & relationship with major institutional and corporate clients Charities & not for profit entities Aboriginal law: impact/benefit analysis and duty to consult Board work: governance, legal advisor, director and chair