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2001 McGill College
Montréal, Canada,
H3A 1G1
Telephone: (514) 286-1144
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Commercial

Mergers, acquisitions, and management buy-outs.
Joint ventures.
Corporate reorganizations.
Financing through tax shelter securities (SPEQ, etc.).
Commercial leasing, distribution, licensing, supply.

International Business and Tax

International ventures and joint ventures.
International transactions, organizations and reorganizations: use of effective tax treaty jurisdictions.
Creation of "active business" investment companies in low tax jurisdictions.
Residency changes for individuals (London, Monaco).

Tax

Relocation of holding companies or those with incipient capital gains.
Voluntary disclosures to tax departments.
Charitable organizations, including their registration with Revenue Canada and Revenue Quebec.
GST/QST issues.
Income splitting for professionals and entrepreneurs.

Estate Planning - Inter-Generational Transfers of Business

Estate freezes/reorganizations - general principles and goals.
Creation of Charitable Foundations or programs of planned giving to selected institutions to preserve the name and prestige of the family.
Estate planning on a local, national or international basis.
Business succession and family transition counselling and guidance, including business perpetuation and outside boards.
Estate planning for owners of small and medium-sized companies.
Tax effective rather than tax motivated will planning.

Labour

Drafting and reviewing of employment contracts, severance packages and employer policy handbooks.
Employer and employee representation in matters of dismissals and layoffs (civil Courts and quasi-judicial Courts such as the Labour Commission Board and Grievance Arbitrator appointed in virtue of the Canadian Labour Code).
Collective layoff notice.
Recourses against union in matters of failure of its duty of fair representation.
Disability insurance recourses.

Creditor Protection

Asset protection trusts - Canadian and offshore.
Directors' liabilities issues.
Insolvency reorganizations.
Matters relating to bankruptcy proceedings, including petitions in bankruptcy.

Intellectual Property

Registration and protection of trade marks, copyrights, trade secrets and their defense as well as advice as to their use.

High-Tech

Assistance and support to the execution of strategic alliances.
Advice as to the execution of agreements on the international level.

Immigration

Immigrant Investor Programs.
Settling in the U.S.
Work permits for skilled foreign temporary workers.

Litigation

A new approach to unpaid accounts receivables.
Efficient collection.
Public Authorities Liability.
Estate law; annulment of wills, liquidation of estate, rendering of accounts.
Shareholder litigation including recourse in oppression.
Probation of wills.
Seizure.
Trust modifications.
Class action suits.
Defamation.