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Chris Jackson is the Chief Projects and Legal Officer at Peterson Group. Peterson is headquartered in Vancouver and specializes in real estate investment, development, property management, capital lending and private equity, with a portfolio across North America.

Chris advises on all legal matters of the business, including governance, acquisitions, dispositions, lending, insurance and ERM. He also has executive-level responsibility for the Construction, Development and Sales and Marketing Departments.

Chris graduated from the University of Windsor Law School in 2006 and clerked at the BC Court of Appeal in 2007. He worked in the Vancouver office of an international law firm in its Real Estate Group from 2007-2011. He then served as General Counsel for an international real estate development and management company for over 7 years before joining Peterson.

Chris’ role at Peterson extends beyond traditional in-house legal responsibilities, including the design and implementation of Peterson’s ESG program.

Chris is a member of the Executive Leadership Committee for Light the Night Vancouver (supports the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada), a long-time participant in the CBA's Battle of the Bar Bands (supports the BC Benevolent Society) and a former President of the Hoop-Law Charity Basketball Tournament (supports multiple BC charities).