Safe hands.
Our lawyers can assist with every legal step of operating a charity, from creation to dissolution and everything in between.
Helping charities, not-for-profits and individuals with tax and other matters.
Services
How we help
Here are just some of the areas we can help you with.
Incorporating and registering your charity.
Learn more : Charitable RegistrationRepresenting you when the CRA is investigating.
Learn more : CRA AuditsStructuring significant donations, during lifetime or in estate planning.
Learn more : Gift PlanningBy-laws, board and member meetings, disputes and other corporate actions.
Learn more : GovernanceTax and compliance advice for charities.
Learn more : Tax PlanningObjections and appeals, before the CRA and, where a matter goes further, the courts.
Learn more : Litigation & AdvocacyOur Ethos
We believe the best legal counsel starts with listening. By understanding your mission, your people, and your goals, we provide practical guidance that helps organizations move forward with confidence.
Strong voice.
The team has appeared on behalf of charities and donors before the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Sound advice.
We are committed to ensuring that each client receives responsive, creative, solution oriented and cost-effective legal services.
Registered Charities
Registration is a status you keep, not one you win. The annual return, the disbursement quota and receipting are where it is usually lost.
Nonprofits & Associations
Incorporation decides which statute governs you, what your objects say, and what your bylaws actually require of the board.
Foundations & Donors
A significant gift has to do what the donor intends and be safe for the charity to accept. We act on both sides of that.
Individuals & Corporations
Helping individuals and corporations that have a tax dispute.
Who we serve
Built for the organizations making a difference.
We act for many organizations across Canada, and regularly work with and support other organizations and legal advisors who prefer to take advantage of our specialized expertise.
Learn more : who we serveTax Disputes & Litigation
When the CRA investigates, you need guidance.
An audit letter starts a difficult government investigation with a potentially expensive and reputationally difficult ending. We can help protect you through the process.
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Taxpayer Objections & Appeals
Challenging reassessments before they harden into debts.
Charity audits & revocation defense
Protecting your charitable registration.
Tax Court and beyond
Full representation at every level of court.
Featured Resource
Running a Charity: A Canadian Legal Guide
Written for the directors, financial managers and staff responsible for a Canadian charity. 218 pages, Civil Sector Press.
Newsletter
Charity Law Insights
Our monthly newsletter on developments affecting Canadian charities and not-for-profits.