Attorney

Mark A. Potechin

Tax Law Solutions for Bakers | BBLT Associates

  • Email: mark.potechin@bakersbbltassociates.com
  • Call: +1 514 392 8414
  • Location: Montréal, Calgary

Introduction

Mark Potechin practices tax law with a focus on income tax planning for ‎corporations and individuals as ‎well as representing them before the tax ‎authorities. Part of his practice is focused on wills, estates and ‎‎trusts, especially resolution of estate disputes.‎

Mark’s first job was in the tax department of an international accounting firm. Mark now ‎has over 30 years’ ‎experience working in income tax, meeting the corporate tax ‎requirements of owner-managed enterprises ‎and the personal tax planning needs of the ‎owners and their families.‎

Mark is a past President of the Wills, Trusts and Estates section of the Canadian ‎Bar Association (Quebec ‎Division). He is also the Program Chair of STEP (Montreal).‎
Mark has taught income tax courses both at McGill and Concordia Universities, has been a group ‎coordinator on numerous occasions for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax ‎Course and has lectured and written extensively on numerous tax topics. ‎

Mark was instrumental in establishing McGill University’s former Graduate Diploma in Taxation program ‎and was its first Academic Coordinator. Mark previously lectured at McGill in the Federal and Provincial ‎Tax course dealing with GST and QST.‎

In 2015, Mark was awarded a Lexology Client Choice award in the Corporate Tax Category for Quebec, in ‎recognition of his ‎outstanding client service.‎

Mark has been recognized by Best Lawyers® in Canada, for his exceptional work and contributions in the ‎‎areas of tax law and corporate law‎.‎

Areas of Focus

Corporate  Tax  Private Clients Trusts and Estates  Transactional Tax  Charities and not for profit

Bar admissions

Québec, 1981

Languages

  • English
  • French

Education

  • LL.B. (Honor’s), McGill University
  • B.C.L. (Honor’s), McGill University

Awards

  • Best Lawyers in Canada (Tax Law), 2019-2024; (Corporate Law), 2020-2025
  • Lexology Client Choice Award, Corporate Tax (Quebec), 2015
  • Martindale-Hubbell, BV Distinguished Peer Review Rated

Seminars

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
  • Income Tax and Estate Planning Rules for Non-Tax CPA’s, Accountants Study Group, November 9, 2021
  • Basic Income Tax and Estate Planning Rules for Non-Tax Practitioners, Canadian Bar Association, Wills, Estates and Trusts (Quebec Division), May 25, 2021
  • 2020 STEP Tax, Trust and Estate Pot Pourri, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Montreal), March 12, 2021
  • Pipeline and Other Estate Issues, Accountants Study Group, December 17, 2019
  • Estate Planning Tips and Traps, Accountants Study Group, November 20, 2018
  • Various Trust and Estate Issues, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Montreal), February 16, 2017

Community Involvement

  • Member, Board of Directors of United Israel Appeal of Canada
  • Chair, Board of Directors of United Israel Appeal of Canada’s Audit Committee
  • Past President, Jewish Eldercare Centre (320 bed long term care facility)

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Member, Association de Planification Fiscale et Financière
  • Past President and Member, Executive, Canadian Bar Association’s Wills, Estates and Trusts Section (Quebec Division)
  • Program Chair and Member, Executive, Society of Tax and Estate Practitioners (Montreal Division)
  • Past President, Canadian Bar Association’s Income Tax Section (Quebec Division)
  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins de Notre-Dame-de-Grace
  • Former Secretary and Member, Executive Committee, Caisse Desjardins de Notre-Dame-de-Grace
  • Former Member, Executive, The Financial and Estate Planning Council of Montreal