Leah Tolton has joined the Advisory Board of the Alberta Business Family Institute (ABFI). For nearly 30 years, Leah has been a trusted advisor to a broad range of family businesses in Alberta. Built on the principle that family enterprise is the heart of the provincial economy, the ABFI provides knowledge and skill enhancement opportunities that foster the continued success of family-based organizations.

Leah's practice at Bennett Jones has an emphasis on providing legal services to ultra high net worth families and their companies, family-owned businesses and their owners and boards of directors in matters related to corporate governance and succession planning, corporate structuring and sophisticated corporate reorganizations. She has extensive experience with the strategic planning, risk management, mergers, acquisitions and sale transactions of family enterprises.

As a further commitment to her work with family-owned businesses, Leah obtained the designation as Family Enterprise Advisor in 2023.

The ABFI was conceived through the collaborative efforts of a group of Alberta business families, members of the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta, and founders of the Business Families Foundation. More details about the ABFI are available here.

About Bennett Jones

Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to 500 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. Serving clients since 1922, we are proud to be the firm that businesses trust with their most complex legal matters.