Partner
Ryan Bortolin


Biography
Ryan Bortolin is a partner with Stewart McDannold Stuart and a member of the firm’s solicitors group. He has a wealth of expertise in local government law and advises clients on the full range of legal matters that confront local governments, including: bylaw drafting, construction projects, procurement and tendering, development matters, privacy, real estate transactions, and governance issues. He has also represented local governments at all levels of court in BC on matters ranging from bylaw enforcement to contractual disputes.
Ryan is a sought-after speaker on a variety of topics related to local governments and regularly appears at conferences.
Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Masters of Education degree from the University of Calgary. He earned his LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 2009. Before attending law school, Ryan taught English in Asia, the Middle East, and South America. After completing his articles, Ryan completed a one year clerkship with the BC Supreme Court in Victoria.
*Providing services through a law corporation.
Representative Work
- Construction agreement, cost sharing agreement, and lease for combined municipal and affordable housing building.
- Complex utility replacement project in park involving three levels of government.
- RFP and associated contracts for field operations facility, arena upgrade, and landfill operator.
- Complex multi-year information technology service provider agreements.
- Profit-sharing agreements between municipality and telecommunication company for provision of high-speed internet.
- Complex facilities management agreement for convention centre, events centre, and multi-sheet arena facility.
- Transfer of regulatory authority over a park.
- Administrative hearings in front of councils and boards, including business licence denials.
- Land transfer agreement and development control covenants, land dedication, and flood control.
- Advice on the ability of local governments to use land dedicated as park for the accommodation of the unhoused population.
- Land exchange for highway purposes.
- Drafting sewer use, election, water, film permit, procedure, delegation, special event, animal control, and development cost charge bylaws.
- Employment agreements for senior municipal officials.
- Funding agreement between local government and First Nation for the provision of affordable housing on a reserve.
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