About
Partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP based in Canada, Chris Roine advises businesses, governments and First Nations on partnerships, commercial arrangements and governance and serves as the western regional lead for BLG’s Indigenous Law Group. He previously served as Director General for the western negotiations branch of Crown‑Indigenous Relations, was senior counsel at BC Hydro, and earlier practised representing Indigenous organizations on treaty negotiations, governance, lands and economic development, aboriginal rights and title, consultation and accommodation, and specific claims.
Practice areas
Indigenous LawGovernment & Public LawCorporate / CommercialEnergy
Office
Expertise
Treaty negotiationsAboriginal rights & titleConsultation & accommodationIndigenous governanceSpecific claimsFirst Nations engagementGovernment negotiationsCommercial partnerships
Education
- MA, Simon Fraser University, 1996
- LLB, University of Western Ontario, 1991
Admissions
- British Columbia, 2000
- Ontario, 1993