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Louise Houle puts her invaluable experience at your disposal to keep your assets safe.

Louise is an experienced lawyer in the taxation team. Her practice focuses on tax and estate planning, especially for families holding real estate in Canada, the United States and Europe. She also advises wealthy families on matters pertaining to trusts as well as Canada-United States cross-border tax planning.

Louise has extensive experience in complex national and international business structuring and in estate planning. She is very familiar with matters relating to personal taxation and death taxes in Canada and the United States, inheritance and estate taxes in Europe as well as philanthropy, non-profit organizations and charities.

Louise has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Québec Crown Corporation Investissement Québec (2008-2010). She has also been a member of the Board of Directors (1994-1998) of Desjardins Venture Capital and of its Investment Committee (1999-2011). She has become familiar with governance and reporting for financial institutions. From 2004 to 2012, she has also served as member of the Board of Directors of Selwyn House School and The Study School Foundation (2004-2013).

Having always represented numerous foundations and charity organizations during her career, Louise has been secretary of both the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation since 2001, and the Cree Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation since 1998. She has also held this position for the Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation, from 1999 to 2015.

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Location
  • 800 René-Lévesque Boulevard West, 26th floor
    Montréal, QC H3B 1X9
    Canada
Languages
  • English
  • French
Education
  • McGill University, Masters of Laws, LL.M., graduated 1981
  • University of Sherbrooke, LL.L., graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
  • Quebec, 1982
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF) - Member
  • Barreau du Québec - Member
  • Canadian Bar Association - Member
  • Canadian Tax Foundation - Member
  • Cree Eenou-Eeyou Community Foundation - Secretary since 1998
  • Desjardins Capital de risque - Member of the Investment Committee from 2005 to 2011
  • Investissement Québec - Member of the Board from 2008 to 2010
  • Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation - Secretary since 2001
  • Selwyn House School - Member of the Board from 2005 to 2012
  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - Member
  • The Study School Foundation - Member of the Board from 2004 to 2013

De Grandpré Chait LLP
Headquarters: Montréal, Quebec

24 The Best Lawyers in Canada awards

4 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2024 for work in:
  • Trusts and Estates
Awards:
  • Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
    "Repeatedly Recommended" in Estate and Personal Tax Planning
    2021

  • Chambers High Net Worth
    Private Wealth Law
    2017

  • Best Lawyers in Canada® - Trusts and Estates (2019)

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