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Professional Background
Bill has practised law in Calgary since 1977, focusing on tax, wills and estate planning , corporate reorganizations and international transactions for individual and business clients.
Since returning to private practice in 1989, following six 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 joined Miles Davison LLP in 2002 after 14 years in smaller partnerships in corporate-commercial practice.
Bill completed the first successful negotiation of a service contract with the National Iranian Oil Company in Iran on behalf of a Canadian public company. He subsequently completed the sale of that project to China National Petroleum Corporation International.
His preferred areas of practice are as counsel:
- to corporate management and boards of directors in Canadian and international corporate-commercial matters
- to public and private corporations in structuring reorganizations for domestic and international agreements
- to issuers of securities
- 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
2008 Appointed Queen's Counsel in the Province of Alberta
Professional and Community Experience
Member, Alberta Legislation and Law Reform Committee, since 1981(Calgary Chair since 2005)
Member, Calgary Estate Planning Council, since 1979
Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (Calgary branch)
Member, Canadian Bar Association; Tax, Business Law,International Law and Wills and Estates Sections
Guest Lecturer, Business and Environment Lecture Series (1993), 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. Member from 1983-1992
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Bill Ranson
wranson@milesdavison.com
403.298.0383
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