Kevin Schouten

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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."

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • University of Saskatchewan
    Bachelor of Commerce
    1988
  • University of Calgary
    Master of Business Administration
    1993
  • University of Calgary
    Bachelor of Laws
    2005
  • Alberta
    2006

Involvement

  • Professional
  • Volunteer Work
  • Canadian Bar Association
    Member
    2002 - Present
  • Calgary Bar Association
    Member
    2005 - Present
  • Calgary Chamber of Commerce
    Member
    2008 - Present
  • NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association
    Member
    2008 - Present
  • Bow Ridge Baseball
    Baseball Coach
    2016 - Present
  • Calgary Hornets Lacrosse Association
    Coach
    2014 - Present
  • Bow River Bruins Hockey Association
    Coach
    2013 - Present
  • Calgary Rotary Challenger Park
    Director
    2010 - Present
  • Calgary West Soccer Club
    Coach
    2013 - 2014
  • Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Soccer
    Coach
    2011 - 2013
  • Academic Planning Committee
    Representative
    2004 - 2006
  • Student Legal Services of Calgary
    Group Leader
    2003 - 2005