LINMAC - Key Persons
My practice focuses on corporate tax planning, as well as personal tax and estate planning. This involves finding effective solutions to tax challenges encountered by high-net-worth individuals, business owners and their related corporations.
My practice for over 40 years has focused on acting for small and medium sized enterprises and finding practical and creative solutions for the problems they face.
My practice focuses primarily on mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate and commercial law. I have experience advising both privately held and publicly traded entities and their equity holders on various transactional matters.
My practice is founded in advising on mergers and acquisitions, acting for borrowers and private lenders and advising on commercial real estate acquisitions and financings.
For over 25 years, I have worked with public issuers, closely held corporations, limited partnerships, and trusts providing advice and direction regarding corporate structure, corporate reorganizations, regulatory compliance, and capital raising.
My clients represent all manner of industries, including oil and gas exploration and development businesses, oil and gas service businesses, real estate investment trusts, investment funds, and agricultural supply and service businesses.
I am an associate in the Calgary office. My practice focuses primarily on tax and estate planning, tax dispute resolution, corporate acquisition and general corporate matters.
My practice focuses exclusively on family law with a specialization in litigation. I have experience negotiating out of court matrimonial settlements and preparing domestic contracts and agreements.
I am passionate about empowering entrepreneurs with practical advice so they can focus on the success of their business and building value.
Job Titles:
- Professional Corporation V. John F. Schneider Professional Corporation ( Canmore Legal Services ), 2013 ABQB 601 ( Lead Counsel ) . Pleading Amendment Application
- Professional Corporation V. John F. Schneider Professional Corporation ( Canmore Legal Services ), 2016 ABQB 173 ( Full Indemnity Costs Decision Re
Horst Tyson Dahlem Professional Corporation v. John F. Schneider Professional Corporation (Canmore Legal Services), 2017 ABCA 97 (Court of Appeal decision affirming trial judgment. The focus of the Court was personal liability of professionals operating through their professional corporations.)
Horst Tyson Dahlem Professional Corporation v. John F. Schneider Professional Corporation (Canmore Legal Services), 2016 ABQB 92 (Trial decision - lead counsel). Trial decision of the Hon. Justice G.C. Hawco awarding the Plaintiff (client) full judgment with interest and costs throughout in regard to a claim of debt and dismissing the counterclaim of the Defendants alleging various matters.
Horst Tyson Dahlem Professional Corporation v. John F. Schneider Professional Corporation (Canmore Legal Services), 2015 ABQB 413 (lead counsel). Application for an attachment order and apportionment of costs.
My practice includes all aspects of trust and estate planning and estate administration.
I am able to skillfully manage challenging areas of estate and trust law while delivering advice that is comprehensive, practical, and tailored.
My services include the preparation of wills, powers of attorney, and trusts (including alter ego trusts, Henson trusts, insurance trusts, and spousal trusts). I advise clients on methods to minimize income tax and estate administration tax payable on death, and how best to structure their estate plan to avoid unnecessary cost and conflict. I routinely work with our tax team to implement creative estate planning strategies in a seamless manner.
I have experience with complex estate administration, for both large and small estates, including cross-border and multijurisdictional estates. I provide guidance to estate trustees through all stages of the estate administration process, including applications for probate, executors' compensation and the preparation of estate accounting.
John F. Schneider Professional Corporation, operating as Canmore Legal Services, et al. v. Horst Tyson Dahlem Professional Corporation, 2017 CanLII 61802 (Supreme Court of Canada dismissal of opposite party's application for leave to appeal the 2017 decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal)
As Chief Operating Officer of Linmac, I am responsible for overseeing the business and financial operations of the Firm, working closely with the Management Committee in setting Firm strategy and providing organizational support, as well as directly overseeing the finance and accounting function at the Firm.
I am a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CMA) with over 20 years of financial and leadership experience. I have spent over a decade in the legal industry, and previously worked in the natural resource and retail sectors.
I am a member of the British Columbia Legal Management Association as well as the Association of Legal Administrators. Outside of the office, I enjoy spending quality time with my lovely wife and two active children. My other interests include golf, wine collecting, and enjoying all things outdoors.
Job Titles:
- Toronto Office Team Lead and Partner
My practice focuses on providing advice and assistance in the areas of trusts, estates, and tax planning.
I draft Wills, Powers of Attorney, Personal Directives/Representation Agreements, Deeds of Trust, and related legal documents, and I provide advice and assistance to clients with respect to the planning and administration of trusts and estates. My tax planning practice focuses primarily on the taxation of trusts and estates, including post-mortem planning.
I am a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), through which I hold my TEP designation.
I am an Associate working at the Calgary office. My practice focuses on a variety of the firm's practice areas, including corporate law, employment law, estate planning and tax planning.
My practice is centred around providing comprehensive guidance to private company owners and entrepreneurs in the areas of trusts, estate planning and administration, tax planning, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters.
My practice focuses primarily in the area of private capital, with a specific emphasis on high net worth, succession, family office and related tax planning, corporate acquisition, and reorganization tax planning, and private equity and hedge fund formation and structuring, including inbound and outbound financings and related business arrangements.
Further, my practice involves general corporate matters and tax dispute resolution.
I represent parties in a wide range of business law disputes from standard to high-stakes and complex matters.
A strategic thinker and trusted advisor, I work to resolve clients' problems efficiently so they could focus on advancing their interests. There are numerous reported court decisions in which I acted as counsel. That said, some of the cases I am most proud of are those resolved through measured planning without lengthy proceedings altogether.
In addition to managing a very active and robust litigation practice, I am a Commissioner and ad hoc Hearing Chair on the Appeals Commission for Alberta Workers' Compensation, having been appointed in October 2020. I have also recently served (2020-2024) as a member of the Law Enforcement Review Board, which hears appeals arising from decisions of police services across Alberta.
As an entrepreneur at heart, my focus is on providing pragmatic and effective legal advice to clients, assisting with transformative events such as incorporation, the purchase or sale of a business, corporate reorganizations and commercial property acquisitions and dispositions.
Robert is a trial lawyer. He specializes in civil, commercial, and personal injury litigation. Having appeared before all levels of courts in British Columbia, he also has experience with matrimonial dispute, estate proceeding, and appellate advocacy.
Having spent almost 15 years as in-house counsel at two of Canada's largest publicly-traded companies, I bring a practical, results-oriented approach to my corporate/commercial practice. My practice focuses on helping businesses small and large throughout their lifecycle, from incorporation to restructurings, to growth and acquisitions, and to exit events like a sale. I also assist in the buying, selling and leasing of commercial real estate as well as helping private individuals with succession planning.
Job Titles:
- Vancouver Office Team Lead and Partner
My practice is focused on small business and family enterprise. My clients are primarily Canadian private corporations and family offices. I have 25 years of experience as a trusted advisor rendering tax, trust and related legal advice on private company transactional and related estate planning matters.
I am leading a purpose-built team to service business start-ups, expansions, transitions, restructuring and sales with tax efficiency at the forefront of our advice. We believe legal advice should be practical, relevant, and responsive to all the needs of business owners, whether that requires legal advice on business affairs or on personal matters.