About Us
The Company
ExpatLegalWills.com
is operated by PartingWishes Inc., a privately held corporation based in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. It is an independent organization which works
with lawyers in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom to provide legal document
creation services to the public, but is not itself tied to a particular law firm.
Formed in 2000, the company has a dedicated team devoted
to ensuring high customer service, as well as an extensive list
of partners and private investors.
Our mandate is to allow people to create
common legal documents in a very easy, convenient, private, secure and
cost-effective manner, without the need to pay the high expenses of a
lawyer. We go far beyond any do-it-yourself kit or online repository of
legal forms and documents. If you wish, all of your legal documents can be
stored and maintained by you online, in a completely private and secure
manner. This will ensure that you can keep it updated to reflect any changes
in your financial or family situation.
The
ExpatLegalWills.com
website allows Expatriates who own assets in Canada, the U.S. or the U.K. to create a
special Last Will and Testament, which serves to document their wishes regarding those assets held in
Canada, the U.S. or the U.K., but does not revoke any existing Will that they may
have regarding assets in their home country.
Furthermore, at no extra cost, members can specify their funeral wishes,
upload important files and documents,
and even create messages to
be sent after they have
passed away.
ExpatLegalWills.com
uses a unique Member-Keyholder® relationship, which
ensures that the information created by our members is completely secure,
yet available to their designated personal Keyholders® only at the
appropriate time.
Our Executive Team
Tim Hewson
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Hewson co-founded PartingWishes Inc. in 2000.
Since graduating from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK
with an Honours degree in Human Factors he has accumulated over 15 years
experience as a telecommunications consultant and Business Manager for
small companies in the UK and in Canada. He also has extensive
experience in e-commerce business management for large corporations in
Canada and the United States, and has worked as a Product Manager for
market leading Call Center and Unified Messaging products.
Tim has over
24
years of experience helping people to write their Will and other estate planning documents.
He has been interviewed by many of the major news media outlets and has contributed to articles in most leading publications.
He has also contributed to a number of financial planning books.
Throughout his career, Tim has written extensively on the subject of Will writing and estate planning.
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Henry Raud
President and Chief Technology Officer
Henry Raud has over 20 years experience in the PC, telecommunications
and software development industry.
Since graduating with an Honours
Computer Science degree from the University of Toronto, he has
held several technology and executive management positions in a
multinational corporation. During that time, he has been
responsible for the successful delivery of many complex software
development projects.
Henry joined forces with Tim Hewson in 2000 to
form PartingWishes Inc.
As President and CTO, he has full accountability and responsibility
for all website and software development activities, as well as managing
the financials of the corporation.
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Our Advisory Team
Bradley M. Sniderman - Attorney at Law
Cindy Harm, BA, MBA - Senior Business Advisor
John Lumsden, CISSP - Principal Engineer, Tangible Consultinga
Gordon Allison, BSc - Human Factors Consultant