Atty. Alison Oxtoby
Alison’s practice is focused on wealth management, estate planning, trusts, and personal and corporate tax planning. She works with high-net-worth individuals, families and owner-managers to develop customized strategies to manage and transfer wealth.
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Alison Oxtoby is a trusts attorney based in Vancouver, British Columbia, practicing at Fasken. Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Trusts and Estates (2026). Serves clients in Vancouver, BC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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Alison’s practice is focused on wealth management, estate planning, trusts, and personal and corporate tax planning. She works with high-net-worth individuals, families and owner-managers to develop customized strategies to manage and transfer wealth.
Alison works on matters such as:
- Basic estate and incapacity planning (wills, powers of attorneys and health care representation agreements)
- Complex estate plans involving tax-planned wills, multiple wills, alter ego and joint partner trusts, family trusts, life insurance trusts, and other advanced planning strategies to minimize probate and the risk of wills variation and other claims
- Tax-driven reorganizations such as estate freezes and other tax-deferred transfers of property
- Estate administration
Alison has also authored papers and presented to the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, the Canadian Bar Association, the Law Society’s Professional Legal Training Program, the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), Federated Press and the Pacific Business & Law institute. She was a co-editor and contributing author of the Annotated British Columbia Business Corporations Act, published by Canada Law Book.
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Why local counsel matters in British Columbia
Practicing law in British Columbia. Legal matters in British Columbia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Vancouver are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate British Columbia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in British Columbia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this venue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in British Columbia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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