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Professional Background
Bill has practised law in Calgary since 1977, focusing on tax, wills and estate planning law corporate reorganizations for business clients. Bill joined Miles Davison LLP in 2002.
Since returning to private practice in 1989, following 6 years as in-house tax counsel at Texaco Canada Resources, Bill has been extensively involved with structuring and reorganizing corporations, owner-managed businesses and partnerships.
Bill recently completed the successful negotiation of a Service Contract with the National Iranian Oil Company in Iran on behalf of a Canadian public company.
His preferred areas of practice are as counsel:
- for estate and probate matters and applications
-to corporate management and boards of directors in Canadian and international corporate-commercial and tax structuring matters
- to public and private corporations in structuring reorganizations for domestic and international agreements
- for wills and estate planning
- for tax issues and planning
Education
1971 University of Calgary B.A., Economics
1976 Carleton University, B. Comm., Honours
1977 University of Ottawa, LL.B.
1978 Admitted to the Bar of Alberta
Professional and Community Experience
Member, Alberta Statutes Legislative Review Committee, since 1981
Member, Calgary Estate Planning Council, since 1979
Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (Calgary branch)
Member, Canadian Bar Association; Tax, Securities,International Business Law, and Wills and Estates Sections
Guest Lecturer, Business and Environment Lecture Series, University of Calgary, Faculty of Management
Current Chairperson, SAIT Trojan Athletic Foundation Board, Executive Committee
Founding Director and Past President, Country Hills Golf and Country Club
Past President, Calgary Winter Club Board of Directors
Bill was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008
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Bill Ranson
wranson@milesdavison.com
403.298.0383
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