Bruce N. Geiger

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Bruce Geiger is a Partner and a Trade-mark Agent practicing in the Edmonton office of Miller Thomson since 1990. Bruce is a trusted advisor to businesses at all stages of development, including start-ups and scale-ups. He is particularly aligned with the needs of entrepreneurial clients, and has extensive experience with shareholder/loan capitalizations, shareholder and partnership agreements, employee/shareholder compensation and equity plans, acquisitions, family transition/restructurings (both within estate plans, and during ownership or generational transitions), debt/equity financings, and sales/divestitures.

For many of his clients, serving as a trusted advisor includes oversight and guidance in relation to other legal and professional services. This role frequently entails working in close cooperation with the “home office” for mature private/family enterprises, and in an advisory board capacity for select clients. He has served as embedded counsel for a high growth technology company, and understands the need for clear communication, and timely, integrated legal solutions. Bruce enjoys dealing with people, and takes a keen interest in learning what makes their issues unique.

Bruce’s clients span a wide variety of sectors, including professional services, real estate development, franchising, technology, manufacturing, construction, oilfield services and distribution. He takes a pragmatic and solution based approach in working with other professionals to fully address the client’s goals, and draws upon his broad experience in order to provide a complete, multifaceted solution to best achieve those goals. He has extensive experience in corporate commercial law, mergers & acquisitions, real estate development and financial services, with a particular focus in cross border transactions, tax, IT/intellectual property and corporate commercial law.