Mark Rappaport
Principal Lawyer
About
Mark is a Principal Lawyer and a member of the Business Law Group in our Victoria office. He is an entrepreneur at heart and known for having a practical, business-focused approach to solving his clients’ legal issues. Mark’s work style is open, collaborative, and solutions-oriented.
EXPERTISE
Mark’s practice primarily focuses on commercial real estate, leasing, financing and development, as well as general corporate, commercial, and business transactions. His clients include privately held companies, societies, not-for-profits, and First Nations’ economic development entities.
WORTH NOTING
In his spare time, Mark enjoys spending time with his wife, two teenagers, and their yellow lab, and boating, fishing, mushroom picking, surfing, and playing ping-pong. Prior to entering the practice of law, Mark worked as a research diver for the University of Victoria and as a salmon and halibut fishing guide in Haida Gwaii and Tofino.
Credentials
- Called to the Bar in British Columbia, 2008
- Called to the Bar in Alberta, 2006
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Dalhousie Law School, 2005
- Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biology (with distinction), University of Victoria, 2001
LEADERSHIP + COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Former Co-Chair, CBA Vancouver Island Commercial and Real Estate subsection
- Volunteer, Surfrider Foundation South Vancouver Island
- Board member of multiple private companies
MEMBERSHIPS + ASSOCIATIONS
- Member of Canadian Bar Association
- Member of Law Society of Alberta
- Member of Law Society of British Columbia
- Member of Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce
- Member of Urban Development Institute Capital Region
- Member of Royal Victoria Yacht Club
- Member of Surfrider Foundation South Vancouver Island
PUBLICATIONS
- Mark Rappaport, Bringing Meaning to First Nations Consultation in the British Columbia Salmon Aquaculture Industry, Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies 146, 2005
