Private Client Services

Our lawyers are uniquely positioned to advise and represent clients and help them navigate the complexities of their business and personal affairs at some of the most critical junctures in their lives. As trusted advisors, our team offers a breadth of knowledge and expertise in a range of domestic, cross-border and international services, including:

• Business succession planning
  
• Estate planning & administration
• Estates & trusts litigation
• Family law
• Philanthropy
• Tax planning 

With widespread capabilities, we have earned a reputation of being a go-to full-service law firm that delivers seamless and comprehensive private client services across all practice areas, industries and borders. Our team uses an integrated, one-stop multi-disciplinary approach and works collaboratively with clients’ other preferred personal and professional advisors, including family offices and accountants.

We excel in advising private businesses and entrepreneurs as they navigate through the life cycle of their business organizations. As market leaders, we provide thoughtful, sophisticated counsel that addresses our clients’ every business and legal need and help our clients identify opportunities. We bring a practical and business-oriented perspective, coupled with sound judgment and compassion, which allows us to help our clients achieve an optimal balance between their business, legal and personal interests.

Our clients include high net worth individuals, executives, family business owners, private businesses, estates, trust companies, family offices, government agencies, and charitable and not-for-profit organizations. Given the personal nature of our clients’ matters, our team, both collectively and individually, cultivate an environment of trust, security and discretion, and keep our clients’ best interest top of mind. 

While our office is based in Ontario, clients benefit from our team’s great reputation, leveraging our robust national, cross-border and international network of contacts that allow us to advise clients and their families who may be living or operating businesses in different jurisdictions around the world.   

As a testament to our exceptional professional capabilities, members of our team have been recognized as leading practitioners in prominent legal directories, including The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Best Lawyers in Canada and Chambers Canada.