Natasha Girouard

Expertise

Business, Commercial and Corporate Law

• Corporate Reorganization

Notarial Practice- Wealth Protection

• Asset Protection Planning
• Estate Planning
• Estate Settlement
• Spousal rights Planning
• Trusts

Tax Law

• Canadian Taxation
• Estate Planning
• Estate Settlement
• Trusts

Strategic Teams

• Business Transfers
• Wealth Protection

Professional background

Natasha Girouard is the partner responsible for the firm’s team of notaries who specialize in wealth protection and is also co-leader of the Wealth Protection strategic team.

Her expertise is in estate and taxation planning. Ms. Girouard helps clients put in place mechanisms to protect their assets and to transfer their wealth, in particular by the use of trusts. She often uses this planning tool in the preparation of testamentary trusts, estate freeze trusts and asset protection trusts. She also contributes to secure the clients’ relationships by putting in place personalized marriage contracts and common law spouses’ agreements.

Ms. Girouard also specializes in the transfer of family businesses.

Publications

• "Étude de cas 2 : La création d’une fiducie jusqu’à sa liquidation," (with Richard Gauthier, Julie Doyon and Isabelle Gouin), Association de planification fiscale et financière, Congrès 2008.
• "L’incidence de la date d’union sur l’exemption de résidence principale," (with Annie Boivin), Stratège, Association de planification fiscale et financière, December 2008.
• "Étude de cas 2 : Protection du patrimoine : fiducies et autres stratégies," (with Pierre Fleury, Philippe Jordan, Geneviève Leblanc and Hubert Sibre), Association de planification fiscale et financière, Congrès 2006.

Involvement

Ms. Girouard takes part in the organization of the Les Médailles de la relève competition in collaboration with Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the International Business Family Center, which seeks to honour a successful transfer of a private business in Quebec from its owner to a team of its managers (management buy-out and/or family members).

Professional affiliations

• Chambre des notaires du Québec
• Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF)
• Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
• Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF)

Conferences

• "Créer et vivre avec une fiducie de protection d'actifs," (with Julie Loranger), conference given at the bi-annual training session of the Chambre des notaires du Québec, March 2009.
• "La résidence principale : trous et stratégie," Lunch training conference given at the Association de planification fiscale et financière (with Annie Boivin), September 2008.

Publications

• Nouvelles > Conference on Estate Planning March 28th, 2012
• Nouvelles > The Role of Testamentary Liquidator: Interview with Natasha Girouard and Julie Loranger March 28th, 2012
• Nouvelles > CIBC 21 km Challenge June 20th, 2010