December 21, 2009
Extra-judicial Variation of a Civil Law Trust
We invite you to read this article by Boriana Christov, member of the Wealth Protection Team. This article was published in 28 Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal 151. [PDF]

April 1, 2009
BCF is proud to present the fifth edition of our bulletin of current legal issues You Need to Know
This issue is devoted to wealth protection and contains articles written by BCF's lawyers and notaries. [PDF]

February 9, 2009
Trusts and Asset Protection Seminar
The Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF) will hold a seminar on trusts and asset protection at the Hotel Omni Mont-Royal, in Montreal, on February 19, 2009. Julie Loranger, notary at BCF and member of the Firm's wealth protection team, will give a presentation on trust liquidation. For more information, visit the APFF website at http://apff.org.

February 9, 2009
Creating and Living with an Asset Protection Trust
Natasha Girouard and Julie Loranger, notaries at BCF and members of the Firm's wealth protection team, are giving on March 26 a conference called "Creating and living with an asset protection trust". This conference will take place as part of the "cours de perfectionnement du Notariat".

February 2, 2009
Impact of the date of union on the principal residence exemption
You will find attached an article co-authered Natasha Girouard, coleader of BCF’s Wealth Protection Team and Annie Boivin, Wealth advisor, CIBC Private Whealth Management. This article is extracted from the December 2008 Stratege magazine published by the "Association de planifrication fiscale et financière". [PDF]

September 5, 2008
Natasha Girouard delivers a presentation on tax exemption on a main residence
On September 23rd, Natasha Girouard, partner at BCF, and Annie Boivin from CIBC, will discuss how to benefit from tax exemptions on a main residence in certain contexts. The conference is hosted by the APFF and will be held at the Hilton Bonaventure.

July 9, 2008
Pierre Allard Conference at the National Bank Financial
On July 3 rd, Pierre Allard gave at the National Bank Financial a conference on trusts and antenuptial settlements. More than forty people were present. [PDF]

June 11, 2008
Taxation and Financial Products: Understanding Various Financial Transactions
Pierre Allard and François Giroux, members of the Wealth Protection team, gave a presentation on June 6, 2008 to the Canadian Tax Foundation. The slides are available online. [PDF]

March 4, 2008
The Trust of which you are a trustee might have to produce a federal, as well as a provincial. [PDF]