Tim H.R. Brown, T.H.R. Brown Law Corporation, Partner

Bar Admission

1994, British Columbia

Recent Employment

Richards Buell Sutton LLP, 1992 to Present
British Columbia Attorney General, September 1991 to February 1992 Litigation Assistant

Practice Focus

Income Allocation Planning and Estate Planning Advice

• design, negotiate and implement corporate succession planning, dealing with multi-family issues, complex corporate and trust structures, and reasonable family expectations
• design special corporate structures to create effective, cost-efficient and tax sensitive business succession plans
• have drafted hundreds inter-vivos trusts for income splitting, creditor protection and estate planning goals
• draft numerous wills, and other testamentary type instruments for simple and complicated estate plans
• design specialized plans to avoid or minimize estate taxes and costs such as probate fees and to avoid the need to apply for probate
• work with accountants and financial / insurance planners in a team approach

Represent primarily owner-operated / owner-managed private businesses based or carrying on business in British Columbia - advise on the following issues:

• incorporation, share ownership, shareholders agreements, management
• basic tax law issues - planning and dealing with the Canada Revenue Agency
• contracts, business purchase and sale negotiations
• employment and independent contractor issues including tax concerns
• negotiation to resolve disputes before litigation
• financing / lending issues

Education

Numerous Continuing Legal Education Courses in Business Law, Taxation, and Estate Planning
In-Depth Tax Course - Levels 1 and 2 - 1998-2000 Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Bachelor of Law - 1993 The University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Bachelor of Arts (History) - 1989 The University of Western Ontario, London, ON

Professional/Business Affiliations

Law Society of British Columbia
Canadian Bar Association

• Taxation Law subsection
• Business Law subsection
• Wills & Estates subsection

Vancouver Estate Planning Council
Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

Tim Brown is an employee of T.H.R. Brown Law Corp., a corporate partner at Richards Buell Sutton LLP. His preferred areas of practice are Wealth Preservation, Estate Planning and Corporate and Commercial law. He earned his B.A. in History in 1989 from the University of Western Ontario, his LL.B. in 1993 from the University of Victoria and was called to the Bar in 1994.

Tim is well-regarded by his co-workers, his clients and their other service providers alike for his exceptional skillset and creative thinking. "People come to lawyers to get things done because they need help. I like getting things done. Being creative without being aggressive is key.

Almost everything I do is subject to a cost benefit analysis for my clients, with a focus on getting a bang-for-their-buck. If they save $150,000 because they invested in $5,000 worth of estate planning it's worth it. If they're going to spend $10,000 just to save $15,000 I may well tell them not to do it."

Tim has taught basic computer science and data processing at BCIT during high school holidays. He enjoys driving his dream car - a 1972 MGB convertible - during the summer months. He also takes dangerous holidays - he was in Moscow during the aborted August 1991 coup d'etat.