Kevin Schouten is a business lawyer who applies years of practical corporate experience in helping clients involved in sophisticated commercial transactions with an Alberta connection. He advises businesses of all sizes throughout Canada with corporate and commercial law issues, such as share and asset acquisitions, business formations, drafting and interpreting commercial contracts and commercial property matters, including both acquisitions and commercial leasing.

Many professional service providers turn to Kevin. He regularly handles sales and acquisitions for dentists, veterinarians, therapists, architects, physicians and other professionals in Alberta. Kevin estimates that he has handled 150 mergers and acquisitions over the last six or seven years.

In addition to M&A and commercial law, Kevin represents corporate clients in business dissolutions, reorganizations, shareholder agreements, various commercial agreements and often represents borrowers in debt financing matters. “I’m often a business resource in commercial litigation cases, where I can help explain the underlying issues in a contested commercial claim or dispute.”

Value to Clients

Kevin thinks like a businessman and holds a Masters of Business Administration.  For 12 years, he worked in marketing and management roles for major Canadian corporations. “For many years as a business person, I consistently saw lawyers impeding deals. I did not want to be that lawyer. I view my role as making sure my clients understand the risks in a transaction’s deal-points, without using legalese. Then, I let my clients decide how to handle an issue as it is their money.”

As a lawyer now, Kevin’s years as a client give him a greater appreciation for the client’s perspective. For example, Kevin puts a premium on responsiveness and communication.  “Never any surprises. I instill this in our junior lawyers.  When the work is done and my client gets an invoice, my objective is for the value I provided the client to exceed the amount billed.”

Outside the Office

Kevin is a veteran baseball, hockey and lacrosse coach who still plays hockey himself. “I have two knee surgeries and one shoulder surgery to prove it.”