News Harper Grey proudly sponsors The Lawyer Show March 21, 2024 Roselle P. Wu
Partner
Roselle has established a reputation for herself as an adept problem solver.
Biography
Roselle is a partner at Harper Grey and the co-chair of both our commercial litigation and insolvency and restructuring groups. She maintains a broad and complex practice focused on commercial litigation, banking and insolvency, estate litigation, and real estate disputes.
With over twenty years of experience, Roselle has handled a range of complex commercial matters including contract, shareholder, corporate, partnership, and real estate disputes. She also has experience with class actions.
In her wills and estates practice Roselle represents executors, beneficiaries, and family members in resolving disputes concerned with the distribution of estates and related matters.
Roselle’s banking and insolvency practice is concentrated on acting for financial institutions and trust companies in security enforcement and insolvency matters. She also has an active bankruptcy and insolvency practice advising creditors, debtors, and trustees.
Roselle has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia.
Roselle was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prior to attending law school, Roselle trained as a classical pianist and competed at the regional, national and international levels.
Assistance Team Expertise
Education
University of British Columbia, LL.B., 2001
McGill University, B.Mus., 1998
Languages spoken
- English
Experience
Civil Litigation
Court applications under the Patients Property Act for the appointment of a committee
Successfully defending a life and disability insurer in a summary trial
Appearing successfully before the British Columbia Court of Appeal as junior counsel in a disability insurance matter
Successfully defending physicians in against allegations of medical malpractice
Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Acting for creditors in priority disputes
Representing creditors in Companies Creditor Arrangement Act proceedings
Providing legal opinions to Trustees in Bankruptcy
Acting for debtors in bankruptcy proceedings
Banking
Representing banks, trust companies and other financial institutions in security enforcement proceedings, including mortgage enforcement and commercial collections and restructuring
Assisting clients in security enforcement proceedings including management of property, mortgage insurance claims as well as listings and sales
Wills and Estates
Advising and acting for family members and others who have been disinherited or feel they have been treated unfairly
Acting for executors in contentious disputes among beneficiaries
Professional Credentials
Leadership
- Advocates Club, Past President (2009-2010 and 2011-2012)
- Banking and Insolvency Group, Co-Chair
- Borealis String Quartet Society, Founding Member
- British Columbia Creditors Remedies – An Annotated Guide, published by the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Contributing Author (2009)
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Health Law Section, Past Chair
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Wills and Trusts (Vancouver) Subsection and Health Law Section, Former Past Chair
- Canadian Bar Association, National Health Law Section, Former Past Chair
- Harper Grey Commercial Litigation Group, Co-Chair
- Harper Grey Mentoring Program, Mentor
Memberships
- Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, Member
- Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (BC), Member
- The Law Society of British Columbia, Member
Recognition
Recognized as a “Future Star” in British Columbia by Benchmark Canada®
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