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Charlottetown

141 Kent St., Suite 300
McInnes Cooper Building
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 1N3

Tel: 902.368.8473
Fax: 902.368.8346

Fredericton

570 Queen St., Suite 600
Barker House
Fredericton, NB
E3B 6Z6

Tel: 506.458.8572
Fax: 506.458.9903

Halifax

1969 Upper Water St., Suite 1300
Purdy’s Wharf Tower II
Halifax, NS
B3J 3R7

Tel: 902.425.6500
Fax: 902.425.6350

Moncton

644 Main St., Suite 400
Blue Cross Building, South Tower
Moncton, NB
E1C 1E2

Tel: 506.857.8970
Fax: 506.857.4095

Saint John

1 Germain St., Suite 1700
Brunswick Square
Saint John, NB
E2L 4V1

Tel: 506.643.6500
Fax: 506.643.6505

St. John’s

10 Fort William Pl., 5th Floor
Baine Johnston Centre
St. John’s, NL
A1C 1K4

Tel: 709.722.8735
Fax: 709.722.1763

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From the development of wills and trusts, to complex international and offshore strategies, our Estates and Trusts lawyers work with everyone from individuals to large corporate clients to ensure their families are protected and their long-term objectives are met in the most efficient and tax-effective manner. We design and implement a variety of estate and trust strategies to minimize tax and creditor risk, protect the privacy of our clients, and provide for an efficient transfer of wealth to intended heirs. Among the many areas where we can advise you are:

Appropriate uses of life insurance
Complex wills, family trusts, alter ego, joint partner and other trusts
Establishing private foundations
Establishing trusts for owners of family-run businesses
Estate freezing
Post-mortem tax planning and restructuring
Succession planning
Tax aspects of foreign trusts
Property held in foreign jurisdictions

We provide a full range of services to help clients in the complicated and time-consuming process of estate administration. As your professional and trusted advisor, a McInnes Cooper lawyer can act as your executor, trustee, and attorney, to ensure that your estate is settled efficiently and that ongoing trusts are administered with care.

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