We take great pride in providing our clients with innovative approaches, both in tax planning and tax controversies. ALVAREZ, JIMENEZ, DE PASS is well equipped to provide highly personalized services in the areas of estate planning and estate and trust administration. Our Firm's practice in this area is attuned to specific client circumstances and family needs, preservation of wealth and of business interests, minimization of estate taxes, impact of taxation on global holdings and asset protection for both domestic and international clients, through tax and trust structures.

We also render the service of filings, procedures and petitions before the tax authorities, as well as implementation of financial strategies relevant for companies.

Tax law has been a significant practice area at Alvarez Jiménez de Pass for more than 20 years. Members of this group have extensive experience in all areas of tax law including Income Tax and Goods and Services Tax. In addition, we provide expert advice in relation to corporate and personal tax planning. Members of our group have extensive experience advising large corporations as well as planning the affairs of privately held businesses including advising on tax efficient structures and business succession.

We monitor developments in tax legislation and policy that affect our clients and endeavor to keep them informed about significant changes.

Alvarez Jimenez de Pass works with the principals of significant corporate clients and other high net worth individuals to develop and implement long-term strategic objectives directed towards the intergenerational management and transfer of wealth.

We seek an understanding of the unique familial relationships of such individuals so that appropriate approaches and solutions can be developed and implemented in a flexible and creative manner. We have expertise in the law of family trusts and immigration trusts, corporate reorganizations, estate planning and related tax issues.

Such planning will involve but not be limited to the preparation of wills and trusts, powers of attorney, nominations of committee, living wills, property transfers and related matters. As tax minimization is an important objective, estate planning often involves the creation of holding companies and the implementation of an estate freeze. We also assist clients in the selection of low tax jurisdictionsWe will implement the settlement of family trusts, off-shore trusts

Alvarez Jimenez de Pass real estate lawyers provide an in-depth knowledge of all aspects of real estate law and real estate business. As result of long-established working relationships with developers, contractors, industry, institutional and private investors and governments, our members are knowledgeable about issues relating to commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and mixed-used projects With this experience, we are able to assist our clients with timely and efficient solutions on how best to structure all aspects of the acquisition, financing, rezoning, subdivision, development, leasing and sale of real property.

Our full range of real estate services is complemented by our firm’s in-depth experience in other areas including income tax, property tax and assessment, securities, litigation, corporate commercial, environmental, aboriginal, labour and employment and other business areas, which provide our clients access to a team with the resources to handle the largest and most complex of transactions. With this balance of services and senior and junior lawyers and a well trained staff, we provide our clients with a mix of judgment, experience, and energy customized to fit their needs.

Corporate and commercial law is one of the main practice areas of Alvarez Jimenez de Pass. Our Corporate/Commercial Law Group provides a fundamental resource for the firm as a whole, and their skills and expertise find application in each of the firm's practice areas.Our corporate and commercial lawyers advise clients on a complete range of business law matters. Typically, in addition to providing general advice, each lawyer has expertise in one or more specific areas of business law such as business organization, corporate governance, securities law, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, finance and investment, domestic trade and international trade, antitrust and regulation and other government regulation of business and investment

We represent individual clients from all points of the world and we pledge to provide you with professional customer service at every step toward achieving your immigration goals.

Our firm provides immigration services to corporations and other organizations, as well as, entrepreneurs and individuals worldwide, and complements its business practice by offering corporate clients a wide range of immigration services for their officers and employees and their respective families. We specialize in obtaining work permits, residence visas, pensioner resident documents, special entry visas and the registration of companies with the immigration authorities to facilitate the issuance of work permits and resident visas to their foreign employees.

ALVAREZ, JIMENEZ, DE PASS has extensive experience representing clients in dispute resolution, and litigation procedures mainly in connection with foreign investment matters and commercial transactions. Our counsel embraces complex civil, commercial, and criminal procedures.

We handle all types of general business, commercial and civil litigation disputes, as well as arbitration and mediation of such cases.

We have handled legal cases involving breaches of purchase and sale contracts; and other contractual disputes; commercial real estate disputes; broker commission disputes; employment contract disputes; promissory note, vendor agreement and other creditor claims; fraud, negligence and other tort claims arising out of business, contract or investment dealings; and many more types of commercial litigation cases.

In our litigation practice, we maintain a constant focus on the important balance of seeking to obtain our clients' objectives of success in the litigation while minimizing the costs and expenses of achieving those objectives, wherever possible. Realizing this goal is significantly enhanced by involving our clients in all important management and strategy decisions throughout the handling of their case. We also never lose sight of the importance of thoroughly explaining the litigation process and settlement options, where available, to our clients, as their case progresses. We take pride in helping guide our clients through what can otherwise be difficult, confusing and anxious experiences.