Atty. Angela D. Austman
Angela leads the firm’s Fund Investments & Asset Management Group and has more than two decades of experience advising Canadian asset managers and institutional investors on fund structuring, formation, and investment activities across all asset classes, both domestically and internationally. Within her fund investments practice, Angela diligences and negotiates separately managed account agreements, pooled fund investments, secondary acquisitions, co-investments and direct investments on behalf of a diverse range of institutional investors.
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Angela D. Austman is a business and securities attorney based in Vancouver, British Columbia, practicing at Lawson Lundell LLP. They have 24+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2002. Admitted to practice in British Columbia (2002), Northwest Territories (2016), Nunavut (2016), and Yukon (2016). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Private Funds Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Securities Law (2026). Serands clients in Vancouver, BC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Angela leads the firm’s Fund Investments & Asset Management Group and has more than two decades of experience advising Canadian asset managers and institutional investors on fund structuring, formation, and investment activities across all asset classes, both domestically and internationally
- Within her fund investments practice, Angela diligences and negotiates separately managed account agreements, pooled fund investments, secondary acquisitions, co-investments and direct investments on behalf of a diverse range of institutional investors
- She is a trusted advisor to public and private sector pension plans, benefit plans, university and indigenous endowment funds, family offices and charitable foundations situated throughout Canada
- Angela’s corporate finance and securities practice involves assisting clients with the formation, management and operation of mutual funds, alternative funds, mortgage investment corporations and other investment vehicles, and the offering of their securities in public offerings and private placement transactions
- She also routinely assists clients in obtaining investment fund manager, portfolio manager and exempt market dealer registration and advises registrants on a wide range of securities registration matters, including exemption applications, regulatory compliance examinations and compliance policies and procedures
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Why local counsel matters in British Columbia
Practicing law in British Columbia. Legal matters in British Columbia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Vancouver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate British Columbia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in British Columbia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in British Columbia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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