Estates and Succession Lawyer

Salary is based on experience

Our Ottawa client is seeking an Estates and Succession Lawyer to join their team.

Duties:

• Personal Tax and Estate Tax Mental Incapacity Matters including guardianship and capacity issues
• Planning through the drafting of Wills and Powers of Attorney for Personal Care and Property
• Charitable Donation Planning including public and private foundations
• Estate/Power of Attorney Administration including the passing of accounts for trusts, estates and attorneys under powers of attorney, asset inventory, distribution of estate assets, filing of estate documents, interpretations of wills and trusts, and executorship duties
• Protection of Minors including appointing guardians and establishing trusts for minor children
• Property Issues including ownership options to ensure estate planning goals are achieved; and Litigation/Alternative Dispute Mechanisms including capacity issues, estate disputes, and Will interpretation issues
• Planning including the drafting of family trusts, adult trusts, estate freezes, life insurance trusts, spousal trusts, inter vivos trusts, Henson trusts for special needs beneficiaries, variation of trusts, multiple Wills, post mortem tax planning, and administration of trusts
• Succession Planning for businesses including corporate reorganizations, shareholder agreements, use of life insurance, variable share structures, and tax advantageous dispositions

Key Perks:

• Health, dental, life insurance, LTD
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous PTO (paid time off)
• and more!

Please note only candidates who match the requirements will be contacted for this role. We are consistently reviewing applications to identify a potential match with any of the other various opportunities we are working on.