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Vintage Law Group is a Vancouver, BC law firm providing a full range of legal services to the wine industry. Mark Hicken is the principal lawyer at Vintage Law Group. For certain matters, particularly litigation, Mark often works in collaboration with the team of lawyers listed here. Mark also provides direct marketing services and internet marketing services to wineries and wine agents through his marketing agency, DT-Pro Marketing Inc. (see also companion blog, winemarketing.ca).
Mark has a B.A. (Honours) from UBC and a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He is a member of the Law Society of B.C., the Canadian Bar Association, the International Association of Wine Lawyers (Association Internationale des Juristes du Vin) and the American Society for Enology & Viticulture. He has also completed the Wine Executive Program at the University of California, Davis. Mark is also a member of the advisory board for the BC Hospitality Foundation and is an associate member of the Import Vintners & Spirits Association. Mark has a diverse background including time spent working for larger Vancouver law firms such as Lawson Lundell and Russell & DuMoulin (now Fasken Martineau), entrepreneurial technology businesses and marketing agencies. Mark has supported the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival for about a decade and is currently a member of the Wine Committee for the Bacchanalia Gala.
Recently, Mark has also been interviewed and quoted on wine law issues in the National Post, the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Province, the Advocate, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, Lawyers Weekly, CKNW radio, CBC radio, CBC television, Global television and in the trade publication Wines & Vines. Mark was the co-chair of the November 2009 conference in Vancouver, Winery and Wine Distribution Law and the 2011 Wine Law in British Columbia Conference.
Mark believes that effective legal advice must be provided in the context of a client's business objectives. This is critical in the Canadian wine industry where regulatory structures affect every aspect of the business from conception to consumption. Please feel free to contact Mark if you have any questions about legal issues affecting your winery or agency. Also please let Mark know if you would like any general information articles about a particular topic posted on this web site. |
