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Steven Meurrens
Associate
Steven.Meurrens@larlee.com
Steven Meurrens was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was raised in Vancouver, Tianjin, and Beijing. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he obtained a Juris Doctorate in 2009. He also attended the University of British Columbia, where in 2006 he completed a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Political Science and a minor in Chinese Language. Mr. Meurrens was admitted to the British Columbia Bar in May, 2010.
Steven practices in all areas of immigration law, including work permit applications, BC provincial nominations, skilled worker applications, spousal sponsorships, applications on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, investor applications, residency and sponsorship appeals, the establishment of immigration trusts, and judicial review applications at Federal Court.
Mr. Meurrens is currently a member of the executive of the Canadian Bar Association of BC's Immigration Law Section. He is the chair of the CBA BC's sub-committee for the Provincial Nomination Program. He is also a volunteer with Access Justice.
Steven's blog, where he discusses developments in Canadian immigration law, is http://www.smeurrens.com.
As an articling student, Mr. Meurrens assisted in the establishment of offshore trusts for non-residents. He also helped represent recent Canadian immigrants who did not properly structure their affairs prior to immigrating before the Canada Revenue Agency. He has an acute interest in helping clients immigrate to Canada in a way that will prevent avoidable tax issues, and fully realize the benefits of immigrating to Canada.
Steven can speak and read Mandarin. He is learning French.
Professional Memberships and Activities
- Member, Law Society of British Columbia
- Member, Immigration Section, Canadian Bar Association (BC)
Publications
- Author, Sponsorship Bars and Conditional Permanent Residency: Coming Soon to the Spousal Sponsorship Program?, UNB Law Journal, VOL. LXII, 2011.
- Author, Unilateral Disclaimer of Collective Agreements; Exploring the Constitutional Implications, (Banking & Finance Law Review, September 2009)
- Author (with Kendall Andersen), Canada: Creativity in Restructuring (Creditflux, April 2009)
Education
- J.D., University of Toronto, 2009
- B.A., University of British Columbia, 2006
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