About the Speaker:
Laura West is a partner in the private wealth group of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP. She is engaged in a general practice in the areas of wealth management, estates, trusts, charity and not-for-profit law. She advises clients on estate planning, charitable giving, family business succession planning, trust and estate administration and the establishment, governance and regulation of charities and non-profit organizations. She has taught wills and estate planning at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, has lectured and written frequently on estate planning and charity issues and she is the co-author of Charitable Giving in Canada.