University Counsel

Phone: (604) 822-0687
E-mail: hubert.lai@ubc.ca

Hubert is a graduate of Upper Canada College and obtained his law degree from Queen’s University. Hubert articled in Vancouver with the intellectual property law firm of Barrigar & Oyen (now known as Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala), and practised law with the national firm of Fraser & Beatty (now known as Fraser Milner Casgrain).

Hubert left private practice to join the University as Legal Counsel. Hubert was appointed as the University Counsel in 2001. At the time, he was the youngest person to have ever served in such a capacity at a major Canadian university. Hubert also pulled double-duty from 2006 to 2007, serving as the University’s Associate Vice President, Government Relations. Since 2007, he has served as a member of the University Executive.

Hubert is involved in a number of organizations, both related and unrelated to the University. He serves as a director and officer of UBC Research Enterprises Inc. and as a director of the CEP Commerce Executive Programmes Society. He has previously served as a member of the British Columbia Advisory Council convened to advise the federal Secretary of State for Western Economic Diversification, as a director and a member of the LIST Foundation, as a founding officer of Webnames.ca Inc., as a founding director and officer of Paragon Testing Enterprises Inc., as an officer of the Cedar Lodge Society, and as the President of the Vancouver Branch of the Queen’s Alumni Association.