A business-minded debt finance lawyer, Kean provides efficient and practical advice to lenders and borrowers to achieve their legal goals.

Kean Silverthorn is an associate lawyer in the firm’s Financial Services Group in Vancouver. His practice is focused on a wide range of corporate lending transactions.

Kean has extensive experience representing and advising financial institutions, private lenders, and corporate clients in structuring and completing significant domestic and cross-border debt financing transactions (including project financings), whether secured or unsecured, senior or subordinate, bilateral, or syndicated. His industry knowledge includes infrastructure, natural resources, real estate, technology, and diversified commercial industries.

Kean is a contributing author to the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Mortgages Practice Manual, a leading mortgage practice text in British Columbia.

Kean was called to the British Columbia bar in 2019 and is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia. While in law school at the University of Victoria, Kean received numerous academic awards, served as editor-in-chief of the law journal, and acted as vice president of the Business Law Association. Kean also volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada and was an academic peer tutor to fellow students. Prior to law school, Kean earned a BComm from the University of Victoria, completed the Canadian Securities Course, and gained significant experience in various industries.