STEVEN FRUITMAN

Steve Fruitman is one of the founding partners of Magellan Law Group. Steve has extensive business law experience, in a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including business structures, corporate governance, purchase and sale of businesses, corporate reorganizations, private financings of equity and debt, negotiating and drafting partnership and shareholder agreements, shareholder dispute resolution, service and supply agreements, lease agreements, and a wide range of other corporate and commercial issues. Steve advises on issues relating to securities, technology, the Internet, trust, tax and wealth preservation as well.

Steve also acts in the area of pension and benefits law, advising plan administrators, employers and pension boards of trustees on issues relating to pension plans and retirement income compensation. He also advises on pension plan governance, the division of pensions on marriage breakdown, drafting and amending of pension plan texts, and the implementation of individual pension plans. Before starting his own firm, Steve was a lawyer at large national law firms in both Vancouver and Ontario.

 Prior to his legal career, Steve obtained his B.Sc. in Actuarial Science and Economics. He then obtained his Associate designation from the Society of Actuaries and practised for four years as an actuary at two of the largest insurance companies in the country. Steve was born in Toronto, and moved to the Lower Mainland 2003.

An avid cyclist, Steve rides for fun, but does his part for the environment and healthy living by frequently commuting by bike. He has also put his love of cycling to good use by participating in the B.C. Lung Association’s Bicycle Trek for Life & Breath, a 200 km ride through the Fraser Valley. Over the last four years Steve has managed to raise over $10,000, part of more than $30,000 raised by the team Steve helped organise. A passionate community volunteer, Steve joined the Board of Directors for the B.C. Epilepsy Society in 2010 and has enjoyed helping youth realise their potential for over twenty years by tutoring kids of all ages in math and sciences.