Johanna Gates

Associate

• Queen’s Marque
  600-1741 Lower Water Street
  Halifax, N.S.
  B3J 0J2
• +1.902.420.3307
• +1.902.420.1417
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Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): Nova Scotia, 2025

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Legal Assistant(s): Vicki Greenough

Johanna maintains a practice with a focus on corporate formation and reorganization, estates and trusts, real property, and tax. Drawing on her background in business and economics, she provides practical, tailored legal advice to individuals, families, owner-managed businesses, and charitable organizations.

Johanna’s representative experience includes:

• Preparing wills and other estate planning documents, including cohabitation agreements and marriage contracts, for individuals and families of varying net worth, including complex strategies and detailed trusts for children, grandchildren, and other heirs
• Assisting with residential and commercial real estate transactions
• Supporting charitable status applications for private and public foundations and assisting with their ongoing administration
• Incorporating companies and advising on corporate governance matters for owner-managed businesses
• Drafting shareholders’ agreements and other commercial agreements for owner-managed or family-owned businesses
• Assisting with the administration of estates of varying complexity and value, ranging from $200,000 to $800 million