Otto-Hans Nowak – Director

Mr. Nowak is the President and the sole director of Parkview Law Corporation and Senior Counsel to Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (“BLG”), one of the largest national law firms in Canada. Mr. Nowak had to retire several years ago from BLG as Tax Partner upon reaching the mandatory retirement age under the partnership agreement. He now provides legal and tax services to BLG and its clients through his law corporation. Mr. Nowak was a captain and F-104 Starfighter Pilot in the West German Air Force before migrating to Canada in 1971. He attended the University of British Columbia and received the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws. After his articles with Ladner Downs, a predecessor law firm to BLG, he initially worked as an associate with Ladner Downs and became a partner in 1983. In 1989, he was asked to open and manage a law office in Hong Kong. He returned to Ladner Downs as partner in 1993. Mr. Nowak has a wealth management and wealth transfer planning practice with special emphasis on holistic global estate planning, but he also practises in the areas of domestic tax planning, international tax planning and international wealth transfer, estate and asset preservation planning. Mr. Nowak continues to travel extensively on legal business to Southeast Asia (including China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia), Europe (including Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) and the Middle East (including the United Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait).