Larry J. Hagan
Year of Call: 1989 (BC), 1982 (AB)
Practice Areas: Tax, Corporate



Larry Hagan was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1955, graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (with distinction) in 1978 and a Bachelor of Law Degree in 1979. He received his designation as a Chartered Accountant in 1981. Following graduation he articled with Code Hunter in Calgary and was called to the Alberta Bar in 1982. After an extensive world tour he practised with Cook Snowdon in Calgary until 1989 when he moved to Vancouver, where he joined the firm of Ferguson Gifford and was called to the British Columbia Bar.

In 1990 he joined a client company and spent three years in real estate, manufacturing and distributing. He returned to the practice of law in 1993 with Kane, Shannon & Weiler and became a Partner in 1999.

Mr. Hagan is a member of the Law Societies of Alberta and British Columbia, the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Canadian Tax Foundation. He is a member of the Rotary Club of North Delta, spent three years as a boy scout leader ,and coached soccer and little league baseball.

Mr. Hagan is a member of several tax study groups and has taught and lectured extensively to various professional organizations.

Mr. Hagan's practice area is that of income tax planning and documentation with respect to estate planning, income splitting and structuring of purchase and sale transactions to be efficient and effective in terms of income tax liability. This includes providing for estate freezes, inter vivos family trusts, the reorganization of corporations, the tax-wise use of joint ventures and partnerships, and various means to either defer or save income tax for individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts and joint ventures.

Because of his background, not only as an accountant and a lawyer, but also having spent a number of years in business, Mr. Hagan thinks that he provides for the client a unique combination of someone who tries to look at the practical side of a tax driven plan. He has a good feel for financial statements, legal documents and the business aspects of a transaction.