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Maureen Tabuchi is a sole practitioner, who provides legal services in the areas of real estate, estate and tax planning, incorporation and friendly divorce. She is consulted regularly by realtors on the taxation of real estate and real estate conveyancing in general. Prior to her current passion as a “lawyer for life,” Maureen worked in the fast paced thrill of Mergers and Acquisitions with Ernst & Young, LLP on Bay Street.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1986, her law degree from the University of Victoria in 1989 and her Masters of Tax degree from the University of Waterloo in 2000. “My Masters degree in Taxation, provides me with significant knowledge and understanding of tax law and practice, and in addition to my legal education, is useful for understanding the tax implications of real estate transactions”.
After Maureen was called to the Ontario Bar in 1991, she practiced real estate law part-time as she raised her two daughters, Mika and Rebecca. Back then, deals were done at the registry office where keys and cheques were exchanged in a crowded room and you lined up for hours at a time to register your transfers and charges. During that time, she also upgraded her skills with part-time study in computers, business management, economics and marketing.
The 2-year Masters of Taxation program at the University of Waterloo furthered Maureen’s education. “You learn to be creative when you become intimate with tax legislation. It is important to be a creative problem solver for your clients”. Maureen then spent 5 years with Ernst and Young as a specialist in their Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Group. Realizing that the corporate environment was not where she wanted to spend the rest of her career, Maureen spent the next 2 years exploring competitive fitness while she managed a health club and invested in real estate. She proceeded quickly to the national level of competition and accumulated several awards.
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In 2006, Maureen returned to general law practice as a sole proprietor. Her love of real estate law prompted her to brand herself as the Complete Real Estate Lawyer – a Lawyer that makes House Calls. “There’s nothing like the smile on my client’s faces when I give them the keys to their new home, their new future”.
Daughters Mika and Rebecca, now 14 and 17, fill Maureen’s day, as does her continued love of sports – snowboarding, wakeboarding, golf and continued fitness competition. Her love of travel is apparent – she’s visited Thailand, Australia, Hawaii, the Caribbean, Greece, the U.K and Ireland. “Travel is such an education, I’m amazed at all I see and learn in other countries, other cultures and religions”.
Her profession still takes the majority of her time, including lecturing at the Ontario Bar Admission Course, Tax Section, and publishing an article in the Canadian Tax Journal titled, ‘Share Capital Reorganizations for Private Corporations’.
Maureen’s dedication to her community is apparent from a long list of volunteer positions with not-for-profits - the 100k Road Bike Ride for Credit Valley Hospital for the past 2 years, past member of the Board of Directors for Girls Inc., and currently volunteering with Our Place Peel and Interim Place where she gives her time with a wide range of activities from wrapping Christmas gifts to fundraising. “It means something to me to be able to add meaning to my life by making a difference in someone else’s”. |
