Westcoast Wills & Estates
Westcoast Wills & Estates
Estate planning made easy – Phone: 604.230.1068
December 2021 Update: Due to Covid, physical office spaces in North Vancouver and West Broadway are open by appointment only. Clients can book in with one of our estate lawyers, who are working both remotely and in the office. During the pandemic, we prefer meetings by phone call or video conference. Call 604 230-1068 to book.
Wills and Trusts Lawyers
Comprehensive estate planning including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, representation agreements, and committeeship.
Probate Lawyers
Our estate lawyers ease the burden on executors who are making a probate application to probate a will and help families with intestate estates.
Estate Litigation
Contesting a will? Disinherited? Defending a will? Our estate lawyers can prepare you for what to expect.
Corporate Lawyers
Our business lawyers can help you incorporate a new company, maintain a business, or windup a corporation.
Westcoast Wills & Estates
We are different
With offices in North Vancouver, Squamish and on West Broadway in Vancouver, Westcoast Wills and Estates is a unique law firm. Our corporate lawyers, wills lawyers and probate lawyers offer:
- Flexible meeting times – Our estate planning lawyers are available weekdays and evenings to accommodate your busy schedule.
- Personal, focused, professional service – We are wills lawyers who practice only in the areas of estate planning law and probate law. We provide personal, caring and comprehensive advice.
- Competitive rates – our rates are highly competitive; contact us for further details.
- Responsible business – we donate a percentage of all purchases to charity, we use sustainably sourced paper, and we strive to reduce our carbon footprint.
Estate Planning for Peace of Mind
With Westcoast Wills and Estates, an estate planning lawyer will help you develop a comprehensive estate plan, which may include us preparing some of the following documents for you:
- a Will
- a Power of Attorney
- a Representation Agreement
- an Alter Ego trust
- a Joint Partner trust
- Beneficiary Declarations, including trusts, for RRSPs, Insurance policies, TFSAs, Pension Plans etc.
- a Nomination of Committee
- a Living Will or an Advance Directive
Probate & Committeeship Services
A probate lawyer from Westcoast Wills & Estates can ease the burden on executors and estate administrators. The stresses of being an executor of a will can often be overwhelming. Our probate lawyers can help as much or as little as needed with the probate application or otherwise.
Our committeeship lawyers can apply to court on your behalf for an appointment of committee. This is most often needed when a person becomes incapacitated and they have not already given a power of attorney over their finances to someone else. In this case, all bank accounts that are held only in their name are effectively frozen. If your loved one is in this situation, someone may have to be appointed as their committee of person and estate.
Corporate Services
A corporate lawyer from Westcoast Wills & Estates can help with all steps in the life of a company.
- Incorporate a new company
- Roll over personal assets into a company
- File annual reports and prepare company resolutions
- Help with buying/selling/mergers of companies
- Winding up a company in a tax efficient manner.
Westcoast Wills & Estates’ head office is located in the central Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. We also have two satellite offices: one in Squamish and another on West Broadway (close to Granville Street) in Vancouver. Both our North Vancouver and Vancouver offices are wheelchair accessible and on a number of transit routes.
Mobile service is also available. A will or probate lawyer can travel to you if you live in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Squamish, Lions Bay, Burnaby, and most parts of Greater Vancouver from Kerrisdale to Coquitlam. Special arrangements for estate consultations may be made for meetings outside of this area.
Our team speaks English, Cantonese, and Italian as well as basic French.
Appointment times to see our lawyers in North Vancouver or Vancouver are available weekdays, both during the day and evening to accommodate those with busy work schedules.
Contact us for a free quote
Head Office - North Vancouver
1200 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC V7M 3H6, Canada
West Broadway Office
1285 W Broadway #600, Vancouver, BC V6H 3X8