Maria K. McKenzie

Partner at Farris LLP
Pacific Centre South, 25th Floor, 700 W Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V7Y 1B3
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4.4
Overall Rating

4.4

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Maria practises business law with a particular emphasis on infrastructure, including public private partnerships. Maria has provided legal advice in the following matters: advising the public sector, private sector and lenders on public private partnership and other alternate financing and procurement transactions, advising on various secured and unsecured credit facilities and project financings for lenders and borrowers, advising on various mergers and acquisitions for private companies, advising on various commercial property purchase, sale and lease transactions, advising on various corporate reorganizations, and providing general corporate and commercial advice.

Maria joined Farris as an associate in 1995 and became a partner in 1999. Prior to joining the firm, Maria clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for Madame Justice Beverley McLachlin from 1990 to 1991.

Maria is repeatedly named in Chambers Global and Chambers Canada as a Key Individual in the areas of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and Infrastructure, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers list for Canada in the area of project finance law, and is consistently named as one of Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada.

Year of Call

1992

Legal Recognition

•The Best Lawyers in Canada (2026)
•Chambers Canada Ranked Lawyers (2026)
•Chambers Global Ranked Lawyers (2026)
•Lexpert Leading Infrastructure Lawyers (2025)
•Lexpert Leading Lawyers in Canada (2025)
•The Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in Public Procurement Law (2023)

Pro Bono and Community Work

•Supervising Lawyer for the UBC Law Students’ Legal Advice Program since 1992

In the News

Recognition

Farris Lawyers Named in the 2026 Chambers Global Guide

February 12, 2026

Sponsorship

Farris Supports Pacific Autism Family Network

December 2, 2025

Recognition

Farris Lawyers Named in the 2026 Chambers Canada Guide

September 25, 2025

Infrastructure Procurement & Finance
Banking & Financial Services
Corporate & Commercial
Construction Law
Infrastructure
Government & Public Municipal Sector

University Attended:

University of British Columbia, B.Comm., Hons., 1990

Law School Attended:

University of British Columbia, LL.B., 1991

Year of First Admission:

1992

Admission:

1992, Ontario; 1993, British Columbia

Memberships:

Affiliations

•Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
•Member of the Law Society of Ontario

Reported Cases:

Representative Work: Acting for the Province of British Columbia, Transportation Investment Corporation and/or South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority in a number of British Columbia transportation infrastructure projects.; Acting for the lenders to successful and short-listed proponents in transportation, healthcare and other social infrastructure projects across Canada.; Acting for successful and short-listed proponents in transportation, healthcare and other social infrastructure projects across Canada.; Acting for borrowers and lenders in respect of secured and unsecured commercial credit facilities.

ISLN:

909961723

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Vancouver, BC
Pacific Centre South , 25th Floor, 700 W Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B3
Canada

604-661-9319 Phone
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