Overview

M. Elena Hoffstein is Senior Counsel in Miller Thomson's Toronto office. Her private-client practice includes estate planning, family-business succession, corporate reorganizations and cross-border matters. She advises charities and donors on charitable giving and the legislative and tax issues affecting philanthropic planning, including multi-jurisdictional assets. Hoffstein also handles estates and trusts disputes, including will contests and mental-capacity matters, and brings corporate-governance experience to her advisory work. Her official profile lists charities and not-for-profit law, corporate governance, estates and trusts litigation, and private client services among her principal areas. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1980, she earned her J.D. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. from Columbia University. She writes and speaks on estate planning, trusts, charity law and charitable giving, with firm-listed engagements continuing through 2026.

Practice Areas

• Private Client Services
• Charities and Not-For-Profit
• Corporate Governance
• Estates and Trusts Litigation

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1980 (ON)