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Tamar Silverbrook Toronto Lawyer

Tamar Silverbrook

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Getting to know your clients, including appreciating their unique personal and financial circumstances, is instrumental in protecting a smooth wealth transition that accurately reflects clients’ goals.
Jurisdiction Ontario, 2018
Language(s) English
Office(s) Toronto
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Overview

Tamar Silverbrook is a member of the firm’s Private Client Services group. Tamar helps clients navigate the complexities of estate and succession planning by advising on wealth management, estate, and family planning issues. Whether it’s drafting wills, powers of attorney, setting up trusts, advising trustees or executors, or creating strategies for wealth preservation and growth, Tamar works closely with clients to ensure their goals—both personal and financial—are reflected in a cohesive, tailored plan.

Tamar has a broad estates and trusts practice, with a focus on succession planning for high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and professionals. She also advises executors, trustees, and beneficiaries on trust administration and estate administration matters.

Tamar has been featured in Post City Magazines’ Toronto’s Top Lawyers of 2024 in Wills and Estates and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch for four consecutive years for her work in Trusts and Estates.

Achievements

Experience

  • Hoya Vision Care completes acquisition of Centennial Optical Limited, [Deal - Hoya Lens Canada Inc.], A global vision care company acquired a Canadian distributor of ophthalmic frames, lenses, and optical accessories.

Career & Education

Education

  • JD Osgoode Hall Law School at York University
  • BA Huron University College, University of Western Ontario

Community involvement

  • Pro Bono Student Canada’s Wills Clinic

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Canada (2019- Present)
  • Member, Junior Trusts and Estates Practitioners (2018- Present)
  • Member, Ontario Bar Association (2018- Present)
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association (2018- Present)

Knowledge

Events

Publications

  • Toronto's Top Lawyers of Toronto 2025, 11/1/2025
  • Osgood Women Network - Alumnae in the Spotlight, 1/1/2021
  • Will interpretation – drafting to avoid ambiguity, 10/10/2018

Speaking Engagements

  • Practice Tips for Wills and Estates Lawyers (2024), 3/7/2024
  • What I Wish I Knew..., 2/7/2024
  • Wills and Trusts for Business Owners: Practical Considerations, 2/8/2023
  • Everyone Needs a Plan: Succession Planning for Millennials and Gen Z – Planning and Protecting Intergenerational Wealth Transfers, 10/6/2022
  • Succession Planning for Your Real Estate, 8/15/2022
  • Case Comment - Navigating Current Trends in Dependants’ Support, 2/25/2020
Speaker Practice Tips for Wills and Estates Lawyers (2024) LawPro
Speaker What I Wish I Knew... Ontario Bar Association – Ontario Legal Conference: Family, Trusts & Estates Law
Speaker Wills and Trusts for Business Owners: Practical Considerations Ontario Bar Association – Ontario Legal Conference: Family, Trusts & Estates Law