About Alexei Paish
Alexei maintains a broad tax practice with a view to achieving tax efficiency across his clients’ personal and business affairs. Alexei’s advisory work relates primary to succession / estate planning and reorganizations of closely-held corporations. Alexei also regularly advises on immigration / emigration tax planning, taxation of settlements, executive compensation and tax-exempt organizations.

Alexei currently serves as the vice-president of the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Vancouver Young Practitioners Steering Committee and is an instructor and author for Chartered Professional Accountants (British Columbia) and the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC). Alexei also serves as a director of the Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, a registered charitable organization.

Prior to joining Thorsteinssons LLP, Alexei clerked with the Honourable Judith M. Woods of the Federal Court of Appeal and practiced at a national law firm. Alexei obtained his Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, where he received numerous awards including the Honourable R.L. Maitland Memorial Scholarship for highest standing in second year of law. Alexei previously worked as a professional freelance percussionist with organizations including the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Island Symphony and Theatre Under the Stars. In his downtime, Alexei enjoys writing and playing music, exercise and spending time with his family.

About Sam Liang
Sam is a lawyer specializing in tax, trust and estate planning. His practice involves personal and corporate tax planning, estate planning and drafting wills and trust. He has extensive experience in corporate reorganizations and corporate transactions. Sam received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alberta in 2010 where he graduated with distinction and was awarded a number of awards including the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society Prize in Corporate Tax and the Alberta Law Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2011.

Sam completed all three parts of the Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants In-Depth Tax Course. Prior to practicing law, Sam received his Bachelor of Applied Science Chemical Engineering – Chemistry Honours degree from the University of British Columbia in 2003 and worked as a process engineer at Chemetics. Prior to founding Liang Tax Lawyers, Sam articled at a national law firm in Vancouver and practiced tax law at a national tax boutique (Thorsteinssons LLP) and a local tax boutique (Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers).

Sam is a member of various professional committees including the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Canadian Bar Association Wills and Trusts Subsections and is the Treasurer for the Canadian Bar Association Taxation Subsection and a Contributing editor for Canadian Tax Focus, the Canadian Tax Foundation. Sam has also published over a dozen papers on tax law issues, including for the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia.

About Erin Swint
Erin’s practice focuses on assisting Canadian private companies, their principals, and advisors with Canadian income tax matters to help them achieve their goals and objectives. Her firm provides both independent tax planning and compliance services directly to taxpayers and indirectly as an external tax consultant to other Chartered Professional Accountants.

In her twenty-five plus years in the accounting profession, she’s experienced the joys of articling at a midsized Vancouver firm, growing as a tax specialist at what is now a national firm, building a specialty tax consultancy practice in a small firm, and navigating a multi-office regional firm before launching her boutique tax driven firm. These varied practices have provided an interesting insight into a wide range of industries, clients, and practice styles. Erin brings these experiences to bear when navigating client tax planning and compliance matters through client’s personal and business lifecycles.

A believer in education and giving back to the profession, Erin was a founding member of the Fraser Valley CPA Association and Fraser Valley Tax Technical Group. She’s also a member of the Abbotsford Estate Planning Council, volunteers with the Canadian Tax Foundation through active participation at the BC CTF Tax conference, regularly speaks on Canadian tax matters of interest to individuals and Canadian private companies, and takes pride in mentoring university students interested in careers in accounting and tax.”

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This event will be broadcast from the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada past and present.

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