Stephen Sweeney will be speaking at the Waterloo-Wellington Estate Planning Council on Thursday, January 9, 2020 on the topic: "Selected Taxation Issues with Shareholders' Agreements".

Jennifer Corak will be speaking at CAGP Greater Toronto Area Chapter's Professional Half Day Summit, For the Love of Gift Planning!, on January 23, 2020 as part of the Estate Administration Panel.

New Additions

We're pleased to welcome two new lawyers to our Private Client Services national team:

  • Elena Hoffstein (Toronto) is a recognized leader in both private client services as well as charities. On the private client side, she represents clients on simple and complex estate planning. She also advises both charities and donors on effective legislative, tax and regulatory matters, tax effective charitable gifting.
  • Nicole Woodward (Toronto) advises clients in all areas of domestic and complex cross-border estate and trust matters, including planning for high net worth estates, estate and trust administration, and the preparation of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents.