Sarah Bird

Partner

Vancouver
SBird@blg.com
604.640.4176
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Sarah is known for her ability to handle difficult legal and commercial issues and find creative solutions that mitigate business risk. Her practice focuses on public-private partnerships, project development and finance, Indigenous law, lending and general corporate commercial law. 

Sarah’s expertise extends to leading major public-private partnership and project finance transactions, including representing proponents and lenders with respect of all phases of public infrastructure and transportation projects.

Additionally, she also advises lenders and resource companies on securing financing or refinancing for projects and facilities in the natural resources sector, and assists clients on a broad range of commercial, regulatory and financing matters.

Experience

  • Gilcrease Expressway West Project (Oklahoma, USA) – advising the successful proponent
  • Patullo Bridge Replacement Project (British Columbia) – advising a bidder on its bid submission for the Project
  • Surrey Light Rail Project (British Columbia) – advising TransLink with respect to the proposed Surrey-Newton-Guildford light rail transit project

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Professional Involvement

  • Member, Law Society of British Columbia
  • Member, Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships

Awards & Recognition

  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2020) of The Best Lawyers in Canada (Banking and Finance Law) and since 2021 (Project Finance Law and Asset-Based Lending Practice).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2024) of Chambers Canada – Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Projects: PPP & Infrastructure - Nationwide).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2024) of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Projects: PPP & Infrastructure).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition of Lexology Index: Projects & Procurement (formerly Who's Who Legal).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2020) of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Aboriginal Law, Corporate Commercial Law, Infrastructure Law) and in the 2024 edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (Energy - Electricity, Project Finance).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2022) of Lexpert Special Edition: Infrastructure.

Bar Admission & Education

  • British Columbia, 2005
  • LLB, University of British Columbia, 2004
  • BA (Hons., English language and literature), , Queen's University, 2000