Tim J. McGowan
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Lawyer at Bennett Grant LLP
- Called to the bar
- 1991
Real Estate Law
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Business & Corporate LawReal Estate LawWills, Estates & TrustsBusiness & Corporate LawAbout Tim J. McGowan
Real estate, corporate and commercial work, and estates and estate planning make up the core of Tim J. McGowan's practice at Bennett Grant LLP in Kitchener. Tim's clients are a varied group: businesses and members of the professions buying or selling a company, buyers and sellers of commercial and apartment properties, and certain institutional lenders on the mortgage side.
Teaching has run alongside the practice. Tim has taught Business Law at Conestoga College and has given many talks to groups over the years, on subjects like buying, selling and mortgaging real estate, will drafting and planning an estate.
Tim was called to the bar in 1991, after a political science degree at the University of Waterloo and law school at Western, and has spent a whole legal career at this one firm. In 2000, when it practised as Madorin, Snyder LLP, Tim's work also took in family law and construction law. The early years brought plenty of courtroom time, with commercial and estate litigation and many clients represented at trial and before both the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal of Ontario. That background in disputes now helps shape the practical advice Tim gives on transactions and estate plans.
Practice areas
Property sales, purchases and commercial mortgages
Tim has worked for many buyers and sellers of development land and of industrial, commercial and apartment building properties. For certain institutional lenders, Tim handles commercial mortgages on properties such as hotels, retail plazas, condominium buildings and development sites.
Buying and selling a business
Businesses and members of the professions have relied on Tim when a company changes hands, whether the deal is a sale of shares or of assets.
Estates and estate planning
Estates and estate planning are among Tim's main areas, and earlier in Tim's career the estate work extended into litigation.
Education & credentials
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours Political Science, University of Waterloo (1986)
- Law degree, University of Western Ontario (1989)
- Called to the bar (1991)
In the community
- In 2000, Tim was president of the Kitchener-Waterloo Meals on Wheels Program.
- Around the same time, Tim served as a director of the Kitchener Downtown Business Association's mural program and as an executive member of Knights of Columbus Council 9276 in Kitchener.
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