LAWYER

A year after receiving a BA (Economics) from the University of Calgary Paul continued his post secondary studies in law graduating from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, in 1986. Paul articled with the law firm McKimmie Matthews and was called to the Alberta Bar in July of 1987.

Paul then spent the next three years with Deloitte Haskins Sells working in the Calgary office tax group. He completed the CICA In-depth Tax Course and gained considerable experience in tax compliance and planning.

In the fall of 1989 Paul started his law practice focusing on owner-manager tax planning. His practice also included consulting on international tax issues for Roy Saunders of International Fiscal Services Limited and Milton Grundy of Gray's Inn Tax Chambers, both international tax practitioners based in London England; and Denys Laurence of International Management Trust, an international tax lawyer based in Monaco. Paul enhanced his international tax practice by obtaining a Masters of Law, International Taxation, from Regent University, Faculty of Law, in the spring of 2001.

Paul was appointed Queen's Council in 2008 and holds memberships in the Law Society of Alberta, the International Fiscal Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Canadian Bar Association.

R. Paul Jacobson, Q.C.
Jacobson Law Office
Suite 2600, 144 - 4th Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3N4
Telephone: (403) 210-0278
email: jake@fiscalplanning.com