Celso Boscariol

Presidente

Avvocato e Socio Studio Legale WATSON GOEPEL LLP

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