Maureen Berry’s practice is focused on wills, estate planning, domestic and international trusts, private corporation taxation, and executive compensation. Maureen also advises charities and non-profit organizations. Working with Canadian and international families, firms, corporations and charitable organizations, she provides advice on all aspects of private client matters, including inter vivos trust and will planning, post-mortem planning, donation planning, as well as succession planning.
Maureen is a leading practitioner in the areas of tax law and estate planning, earning recognition from Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global, the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and Who’s Who Legal. In 2016, she was regarded as one of the five 'Most Highly Regarded Individuals – Worldwide' by Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal Canada. Maureen also holds certification as a taxation law specialist from the Law Society of Ontario.
As an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, she formerly taught Advanced Estate Planning for more than two decades. Maureen has previously taught both corporate tax and international tax at the University of Toronto and Western University, as well as Private Company Taxation at the Canadian Bar Association’s Tax Law for Lawyers intensive course.
