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Anna Chen is a litigation lawyer in Gowling WLG’s global Private Client Services Group, focusing on estate litigation and estate law. Her practice focuses primarily on assisting clients when disputes arise involving wills, trusts, inheritances, and estate administration. Anna works diligently to assist her clients to resolve these matters through negotiation, mediation, and, when necessary, litigation. Anna also practises family law, assisting on matters such as property division claims, spousal support disputes and family law claims against estates. Estate law and family law often intersect, and Anna has a particular interest in bridging the two areas of law.ESTATE LITIGATIONAnna acts for executors, administrators and trustees, heirs and beneficiaries, and both prosecutes and defends claims to best serve the needs of her clients. She advises and represents clients in relation to estate matters including: - applications for dependant's relief when disinheritance or insufficient provision is involved; - claims for unjust enrichment; - proceedings to obtain court interpretation of wills and related documents; - applications to remove an executor or trustee or to compel them to account to the beneficiaries; - applications to appoint a guardian or a representative; - claims to challenge an alleged will or trust or to prove their validity; and - claims to challenge joint bank accounts and other joint tenancies or designations falling outside a will.Anna is fluent in Mandarin.MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATIONS- Member-at-Large, Canadian Bar Association Wills, Estates and Trusts Section- Member, Canadian Bar Association Elder Law and Family Law SectionsCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT- Pro Bono Ontario- Look Good Feel BetterFor more information, please visit her profile at: https://gowlingwlg.com/en/people/anna-chen

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