Christopher Marr,
TEP

Partner

• Suite 1000, Brunswick House
  44 Chipman Hill
  Saint John, N.B.
  E2L 2A9
• +1.506.632.2789
• +1.506.652.1989
• cmarr@stewartmckelvey.com

Language(s) spoken: English, French

Bar Admission(s): New Brunswick, 2011

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Legal Assistant(s): Shelley Sommerville

Chris practices corporate and commercial law, and thrives in seeing how fundamental concepts from different areas of law can be combined to create new approaches to legal tasks that benefit clients. Chris brings this approach to his practice in mergers & acquisitions, corporate law (for profit and not-for-profit), estates and trusts planning and administration, pensions and benefits advice, and securities distributions and investment industry advice. Chris works with business owners, professionals, high net worth families, investment management companies, and pensions and benefits administrators. Chris also works with corporate management, in-house counsel and other law firms as agent counsel.

Chris received an Osgoode Certificate in Pension Law and has his Trust & Estate Practitioner designation. The TEP designation is an internationally recognized hallmark of professional expertise in trusts and estates.

Chris’ representative experiences include:

• Acting in private placements and public offerings, corporate structuring, business succession, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate transactions.
• Acting on behalf of investment industry registrants and advising on many types of registrant issues, including advising private funds.
• Drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements for corporations of all types.
• Acting in estate planning and administration matters including advising on powers of attorney, the formation of family wealth structures, the drafting of wills, including multiple wills strategies, and the execution of post-mortem plans.
• Acting in pensions and benefits matters including advising on survivor benefits, death benefits and eligibility for certain retirement benefits.