David Spratley

He advises clients primarily on issues such as:

• Creating, protecting, enforcing and commercializing intellectual property rights
• Developing, distributing, licensing and supporting software, video games and other technology
• Complying with federal and provincial privacy legislation
• Establishing and protecting franchise systems and other distribution systems

Born and raised in Vancouver, David graduated with an honours degree in political science from the University of British Columbia and then temporarily forsook the west coast to obtain both a bachelor of laws and a masters of library and information studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

He returned to Vancouver article with Davis and joined the firm's Technology & Outsourcing and Intellectual Property practice groups upon his call to the bar in 2002.

From October 2008 through April 2010 David worked in-house for a large public healthcare organization where he advised on legal issues and strategies in a wide range of areas, including information technology, life sciences, business and commercial initiatives, privacy, human resources, communications, procurement and facilities.