William T. Lowes Professional Corporation
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.2 lawyers · Established 1953 · Waterloo Region
One of 4 law firms listed in New Hamburg, and one of 3 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About William T. Lowes Professional Corporation
William T. Lowes Professional Corporation is a local firm for corporate, commercial, agricultural and real estate work, wills and estates, and domestic contracts, serving Wilmot Township and the surrounding areas. Its roots in the community go back more than seven decades.
Tim Lowes (William Timothy Lowes) brings over 40 years of work in real estate, wills and estates, and corporate, agricultural and commercial law. After building a practice in Waterloo, Tim Lowes expanded it to the New Hamburg area in 2009. Tim Lowes earned a law degree at the University of Ottawa in 1980 and was called to the Ontario bar in 1982.
Rachel V. Law (Ropp) grew up on a farm in Tavistock and joined the firm in 2023 as a summer law student, then completed articles here. With an honours agriculture degree from the University of Guelph (2022) and a Juris Doctor from Western University (2025), Rachel Law was called to the Ontario bar in 2026. Rachel Law's practice takes in corporate, commercial, agriculture, real estate, and wills and estates work, along with marriage and cohabitation agreements.
Law clerks support the lawyers, including one for estates and one for real estate files. The office is at 67 Huron Street in New Hamburg and is open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Anyone with a legal question or wanting to book a consultation can use the contact form, and the team commits to getting back promptly.
History
The practice began in 1953, when Newton A. Thomas opened a law office and ran it until retiring in 1989. John A. Harder bought it in 1991 and grew the range of services. In 2009 Tim Lowes purchased the practice from John A. Harder, who remained with the firm as counsel until retiring in 2015.
Practice areas
Business & Corporate Law
Real Estate Law
Wills, Estates & Trusts
Agricultural Law
Family Law
Notary & Commissioner Services
Farms and rural land
Farmers, family farms, agribusiness owners and rural landowners across Southwestern Ontario make up the agricultural client base. The work covers setting up farm businesses as sole proprietorships, partnerships or family farm corporations, financing and security for farm operations, and leases and operating agreements.
Business law
Entrepreneurs and corporations get legal support here, from shareholder and partnership agreements to buying and selling a business. Winding up and dissolving companies is part of the work as well.
Residential and commercial property
Real estate files run from residential and commercial purchases and sales to title review, title insurance and fixing title defects. Mortgage loans, financing documents and acting for lenders are part of the work too.
Wills, trusts and estates
Estate planning here includes dual wills (also called corporate wills) and trust agreements. Executors and trustees get support and advice through estate administration, both probate and non-probate.
Domestic contracts
Cohabitation agreements help unmarried couples who are building a life together. Marriage contracts do the same job for married couples, protecting assets brought into the marriage, setting out how property would be divided and supporting wider financial planning.
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Notary and commissioning
Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths services are available for signing legal documents, affidavits and statutory declarations.
Good to know
Accessible parkingMilestones & recognition
- In 2024 Rachel Law received the Paul Bradley Award in Real Estate Law, given for the highest standing in that subject.
- A food law research paper by Rachel Law, on what Canadian courts could take from American decisions about the effects of glyphosate, was presented at the Canadian Association of Food Law and Policy Conference and earned the 2024 Gowling WLG-Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law.
In the community
- Money the firm raised through its notary and commissioning work in 2025, $2,392.90 in total, went to the Breakfast Club program, which serves breakfast to children at Forest Glen and Grandview Public Schools.
The neighbourhood
The practice sits in downtown New Hamburg, a town first known as Cassel before German settlers renamed it in the mid 1800s. Wilmot Township designated New Hamburg's heritage conservation district in 1992 under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act. Its commercial and institutional core centres on the corner of Huron and Peel Streets, and most of the district's buildings are brick, dating from 1840 to 1939. Huron Street also crosses the River Nith on the Hartman Bridge, a single-span Pratt truss that links it to Waterloo Street.
Frequently asked questions
- Will William T. Lowes help sever a lot or adjust a boundary on farmland?
- Yes. Agricultural land work covers severances, boundary adjustments and easements, along with buying, selling and clearing up title on farm property.
- Where do the notary fees I pay at William T. Lowes end up?
- Every notarial fee the firm collects goes to local charities that help people in need.
- Does the Lowes firm's family practice handle anything besides domestic contracts?
- No. The family law practice is limited to drafting domestic contracts.
- Can William T. Lowes plan how my family farm passes to the next generation?
- Yes. The firm works out strategies for moving a farm to the next generation, which can involve tax planning, transferring shares and lining the transfer up with estate documents. Rachel Law counts helping farm families with succession planning among the most rewarding parts of the job.
Where to find them
67 Huron Street, New Hamburg, Ontario N3A 2K6 · 519-662-3421
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