Ryan is a tax and estate planning lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in all matters of Canadian income tax. His detailed knowledge of tax planning is utilized to assist a wide variety of clients who are largely owner-managed businesses, medical and dental professionals and higher net worth individuals. Tax advisory work is another key aspect for Ryan when working with larger corporations, governments, and First Nations.

After spending nearly a dozen years with a large international law firm, Ryan adopted a different style of legal practice for his clients to address concerns he faced frequently. His advice ranges from the formation of a business right through to the wind-up or sale of the business and draws upon his wide range of contacts in the legal field to help his clients manage whatever legal situations arise. Ryan aims to answer his phone when available and returns emails promptly, as well as providing transparent and fair billing practices which often includes fixed fee arrangements.

Ryan is there every step of the way to ensure his clients’ needs are met. He seeks to break down complex concepts and to ensure an understanding and comfort level with the tax and estate planning before it is implemented and he works quickly and efficiently to find practical solutions for complex problems. Ryan works with an extended network of accounting and financial planning professionals to ensure not only the set-up of a plan but also the execution and carry-through of the plan.

Ryan is married with three school aged children. In the summers he can be found out in lake country Manitoba and has been known to take the odd call from his kayak or from the chairlifts while skiing during his free time in the winter with his family. In the shoulder seasons he’s honing his tennis game, indoors or out, whichever the weather allows and with whatever time is not spent shuttling his kids between various activities.

EDUCATION:

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners -
TEP - Trust and Estate Practitioner Designation
Call to Alberta Bar, 2003
University of Manitoba, L.L.B. (Gold Medal), 2002
University of Winnipeg, B.A.
(Gold Medal - Political Science, General Course), 1999

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Law Society of Alberta
Canadian Tax Foundation
STEP Canada - Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Phone: (403) 451-8557
Cell: (403) 998-6811
Fax: (403) 451-9687
Email: shewchuk@greenfields-law.com