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Matthias Duensing is a versatile lawyer with a focus on wills, trusts, estates, and real estate. In his practice, he covers a broad spectrum of services, from drafting wills, powers of attorney, and trusts to advising estate trustees on the administration process, including probate. Additionally, he assists real estate clients with transactions involving residential and commercial properties, such as sales, purchases, and refinancing.

Matthias is not only dedicated to his clients but also to staying abreast of developments in his fields. He shares his expertise through writing articles for publications like The Lawyer’s Daily and Advocate Daily, ensuring that his insights reach a wider audience.

His specialization lies in estate executor and trustee work, where he serves as an independent professional for clients seeking such roles. Moreover, Matthias actively engages with the community, volunteering his time and expertise as a supervising lawyer at Pro Bono Student Canada’s Wills Project. This initiative provides much-needed estate planning services to low-income individuals, facilitated by law students under his guidance.

Furthermore, Matthias extends his knowledge beyond his practice by speaking regularly on estate planning issues to federal government employees, collaborating with the largest provider of retirement planning seminars for the Federal Public Service. With his fluency in German, he can effectively serve clients who require legal assistance in that language.

Overall, Matthias Duensing exemplifies a lawyer deeply committed to his clients, profession, and community, offering expertise in wills, trusts, estates, and real estate matters with a focus on professionalism and service.

Chanelle Aching is a lawyer called to the bars of Ontario (2021) and Trinidad & Tobago (2015). Her practice focuses on residential real estate and estate planning – managing transactions end to end and designing estate plans tailored to each client’s circumstances.

Her background spans financial services and regulatory compliance in Toronto and the Caribbean, including capital markets work at a major Canadian bank, leading AML investigative teams through complex financial crime reviews, and supporting major litigation, insolvency, and regulatory matters as an e-discovery lawyer with a global professional services firm.

Chanelle holds an LL.M. from Osgoode Hall Law School and an LL.B. from the University of the West Indies. She contributes annual pro bono legal analysis to the World Bank Group’s Women, Business and the Law initiative.