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Erin Bokshowan

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Work Department

Corporate Governance, Taxation, Estate Planning & Administration, Corporate / Commercial, Charities & Not-for-Profits, Owner-Operated Enterprises, Regulated Professionals

Position

Partner

Career

Erin is a partner in the firm focused on private enterprise, taxation and estate planning. She assists clients at all stages of the business cycle, from incorporation to winding-up, ensuring all transactions are undertaken in a tax-efficient manner. Erin has specialized expertise on income tax, provincial sales tax, and goods and services tax issues, and has completed Parts I, II and III of the CPA Canada In Depth Tax Course. She assists clients in planning and implementing corporate reorganizations and with the purchase and sale of privately owned businesses. Erin provides governance advice to clients and is experienced in drafting unanimous shareholder agreements and partnership agreements. She also has experience dealing with the establishment and governance of not-for-profit entities and registered charities.

Erin also works collaboratively with clients to develop their succession and estate plan. This includes providing strategic advice regarding owner-manager exit strategies and the transition of their business enterprise to the next generation. She also assists clients in transitioning wealth on death, and prepares wills, powers of attorney and advance health care directives.

Erin attended law school at the University of Saskatchewan where she was awarded the Law Society of Saskatchewan Gold Medal as the most distinguished graduate. At the time of her graduation Erin had the second highest marks ever recorded in the history of the College of Law.

Additionally, Erin spent part of her career as in-house legal counsel for one of the world’s largest diversified mining companies, and thus brings a unique business-focused perspective to all her files.

Memberships

• Member, MLT Aikins Executive Board
• Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Director, Saskatchewan Blue Cross (2018-present)
• Volunteer Learning Group Facilitator, Law Society of Saskatchewan CPLED Program (2015-present)
• Member, Canadian Tax Foundation (2010-present)
• Editorial Board, Saskatchewan Law Review (2007-2008)
• Volunteer, Campus Legal Services (2006-2008)

Education

• TEP (STEP Canada, 2022)
• CPA In-Depth Tax Course, Levels 1-3 (2013)
• Saskatchewan Bar (2009)
• LLB with great distinction (Saskatchewan, 2008)