Atty. Jean Yuen
Jean is a Shareholder practicing primarily in the area of Indigenous Law, with a special emphasis on First Nations economic development. She is ranked as a leading Canadian Indigenous Law lawyer by LEXPERT and has extensive experience in advising on land issues and development projects in respect of reserve land.
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Jean Yuen is a business and real estate attorney, practicing at Boughton Law Corporation. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Aboriginal Law / Indigenous Practice (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Leasing Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Real Estate Law (2026).
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- Jean is a Shareholder practicing primarily in the area of Indigenous Law, with a special emphasis on First Nations economic development
- She is ranked as a leading Canadian Indigenous Law lawyer by LEXPERT and has extensive experience in advising on land issues and development projects in respect of reserve land
- She has assisted both First Nations and developers in structuring partnerships and other business arrangements to pursue commercial and residential developments on reserve land, and advised lenders in securing their loans for on reserve projects
- As well as economic development matters, Jean routinely advises on First Nations governance and property taxation matters and assists First Nations in the drafting of laws, policies and codes and in negotiating road tenure, protocol, accommodation and impacts and benefits agreements
- A substantial part of Jean’s practice involves commercial leasing, both in relations to First Nations lands and fee simple lands
- Professional Activities Recipient of the 2023 YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the Reconciliation in Action (Ally) category Author of “Chapter 13, Real Estate Development on First Nations Lands” in CLE British Columbia Real Estate Development Practice Manual Member of BCREA Standard Forms First Nations Leasehold Land Task Force (2021) Speaking Engagements Presenter, “Real Estate Development Update 2023”, CLEBC, June 2023 Presenter, “Leases on First Nations Lands” for the Pacific Business & Law Institute‘s Future of Commercial Leasing 2023 seminar, May 2023 Presenter, “Leasing Structure”, PBLI Conference, September 2021 Presenter, “Development on Reserve Lands”
- Hot Topics in Real Estate Development, PBLI Conference, September 2019 Speaker, “Conveyance of Leasehold Interests in First Nations Lands”, CLEBC, December 2018 Co-Presenter, “Development on First Nation Lands”
- Hot Topics in Real Estate Development, PBLI Conference, October 2015 Speaker, “Structuring a Residential Development on Reserve Land – Issues to Consider”
- Agassiz Harrison Area First Nations Business Forum, October 2015 Co-Chair and Speaker, “Which Land Regime Are You In?”
- Real Estate Development on First Nation Lands, PBLI Conference, February 2014
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