Ross Langford,

Ross is a partner in the Kelowna office of Lawson Lundell and is a member of the firm’s Corporate Commercial, Board Advisory and Corporate Governance, Real Estate and Estate Planning Groups.

Ross provides business and strategic legal advice to a diverse group of businesses, business people, entrepreneurs and institutional clients in the technology, real estate, wine industry and commercial world. His legal experience is complemented by a finance and business background.

As a corporate/commercial lawyer, Ross provides advice to businesses and societies, assisting with corporate matters and a broad range of commercial agreements. He advises private company clients on mergers and acquisition transactions, corporate structuring, reorganizations, corporate finance, and board advisory and governance issues.

As an estate planning lawyer, Ross often works closely with clients’ other advisors to provide individuals with clear advice to establish plans and structures that implement clients’ wealth transfer intentions and to ensure planning for incapacity is in place. Ross can assist clients with unique and sometimes complicated matters, such as the use of trusts, dealing with blended family issues and ownership of assets in other jurisdictions. He also assists clients in dealing with estate administration and probate matters.

As a real estate lawyer, Ross advises clients on a variety of real estate projects and transactions, including buying and selling properties, development, subdivision, financing, marketing and ownership structuring. Having advised clients on such matters for many years, he is able to assist clients with whatever complexities they might face in the ownership of real estate.

• Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP Canada), Member
• Law Society of British Columbia, Member
• Canadian Bar Association, Member
• Kelowna Bar Association, Member
• Canadian Tax Foundation, Member

Ross has previously served in many business and charitable capacities in the community, including:

• UBC Chancellor Search Committee, Chair (2023)
• UBC Chancellor Reappointment Committee, Chair (2022)
• Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia, Director (2014 – 2022; two terms as Chair)
• UBC Chancellor Search Committee, Chair (2018)
• Axel Merckx Youth Development Foundation, Director (2011 – 2021)
• Alumni Association of the University of British Columbia, Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee (2015 - 2018)
• UBC Okanagan’s “start an evolution” Capital Campaign Cabinet, Chair - $100 million campaign goal achieved (2012 – 2015)
• Economic Development Commission of the Central Okanagan, Director (Multiple terms; two terms as Chair)
• UBC Chancellor Reappointment Committee, Member (2015)
• Central Okanagan Foundation, Director and Executive Committee member for multiple terms
• UBC Okanagan Athletic Scholarship Breakfast Committee, Member
• Pacific Safety Products Inc., Director
• Okanagan Science & Technology Council, Founder, Director and Executive Committee member
• Investment Advisory Committee of the Altura Growth Fund (EVCC) Inc., Member
• C. Business Advisory Council for the Western Diversification Secretariat of Industry Canada, Member
• Apex Freestyle Ski Club, Director
• Kelowna-Scottsdale Business Council, Director
• United Way, Director
• Kelowna Bar Association, President
• Contributing writer to Okanagan Business Magazine

• Best Lawyers in Canada: Corporate Law, 2023, 2025
• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Leading Practitioner for Corporate Commercial Law and Corporate Mid-Market, 2024