Michael Capobianco | Investment Advisor

Personal and Family Wealth Management

Michael creates long-term relationships with clients and their families, taking time to understand your unique financial goals and guiding you on your path to achieving them. He works closely with an extended team of professionals at RBC Wealth Management, as well as your existing professionals (such as accountants, lawyers, or your own family office) to seamlessly guide you through the four core stages of the life cycle of wealth:

The creation of wealth. In the early stages of your working life, Michael can help you build your wealth efficiently while you focus on progressing in your career and developing key skills to succeed long-term. Michael will help you develop and implement a comprehensive financial strategy to meet your personal and family goals, while protecting your long-term financial health.

The growth of wealth. As you advance in your professional career, increased earnings can lead to more complicated or time-consuming wealth management requirements. Michael will introduce and implement more sophisticated strategies to minimize tax, grow and protect wealth, and ultimately help you enjoy confidence and clarity in your finances.

The protection of wealth. As a seasoned professional with considerable wealth already built, your wealth strategy will likely place an importance on preservation. Michael leverages his extended team of specialists at RBC Wealth Management to provide sound financial planning, Will and estate planning and insurance to help you protect your wealth and family or business.

The transfer of wealth. Michael works with an experienced Will & Estate Consultant at RBC Wealth Management to ensure you have complete control over the legacy you pass to future generations. Whether your wealth will help loved ones fund future goals like education or home ownership, or help advance a cause or charity that is close to your heart, Michael and our team will help you minimize tax and maximize your impact.

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Murray Shapiro, BA, LL.B, TEP

Vice-President, High Net Worth Planning Services, Family Office Services, RBC Wealth Management

Murray has been providing advice and technical support in relation to high-net-worth family wealth planning since 1994. Conversations include scenarios to be aware of in transitioning, including the costs of transitioning, your assets to your intended heirs. Additional areas of concern may include tax, asset preservation and philanthropic planning.

Murray’s expertise encompasses both domestic and international family circumstances, and in many cases is focused on the challenges of transitioning a family business. His guidance supports clients in their relationships with their external professional advisors, with whom he frequently interacts.

Before joining RBC’s Canadian Wealth Management Services team in 2008, Murray worked with RBC’s Global Private Banking group as the senior resource in their global trust business for over 13 years.

Prior to joining RBC, Murray practised law for six years in the areas of estate and tax planning, as well as various areas of business law.

Murray was a Director of STEP Canada (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners) from its inception until 2009, and has been a member of the International Tax Planning Association and the Canadian Tax Foundation over the years. He has been a featured speaker at Estate Planning Councils, Law Society and STEP practitioner education conferences in Canada and abroad.

Jennifer Janeczko, M.Tax

Financial Planning Specialist, Family Office Services, RBC Wealth Management

Jennifer Janeczko completed her Masters of Taxation degree at the University of Waterloo in 2004 after completing a postgraduate diploma in Financial Planning from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2001.

Prior to joining RBC in 2015, Jennifer gained a unique understanding of planning for the owner-manager through various roles within the insurance and accounting industries. Her professional experience includes working extensively with high net worth individuals and their advisors dealing with estate and succession planning, corporate and personal tax, insurance planning, family trusts, private foundations and charitable organizations.

Jennifer has over 10 years of taxation experience, is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, sits on the board of directors of the Estate Planners’ Council of Hamilton and is a student member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Alessandra Prioreschi, MA, JD

Will & Estate Consultant, Family Office Services, RBC Wealth Management

After completing a Master of Arts degree in English at the University of Waterloo, Alessandra obtained a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law in 2000. She was called to the Ontario bar in February of 2002, and commenced her career as a tax lawyer with the Toronto office of
a prominent national law firm, completing Levels I and II of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ In-Depth Tax Course.

Over her years in private practice, Alessandra served a variety of business clients and their owners ranging from technology start-ups to established manufacturing, property development and retail businesses, advising on tax and estate-planning, including wills and trusts.

Alessandra is now pleased to offer her years of advisory experience to provide Will and Estate Planning services to RBC’s valued clients.

Complimentary Will & Estate planning consultation

In appreciation of your valued business relationship with us, your advisor is pleased to offer you a complimentary Will & Estate Planning consultation with Alessandra, a Will & Estate Consultant.

Alessandra works closely with your advisor to provide you with information on structuring your estate in an efficient and tax effective manner. Following your meeting, Alessandra will provide you with a report outlining various estate planning issues for you to explore in further detail with your own lawyer or accountant.

To schedule a meeting with Alessandra Prioreschi, please contact your advisor.

Jag Gandhi, LL.B, TEP, FEA

Vice President, High Net Worth Planning Services, Family Office Services, RBC Wealth Management

Jag specializes in trust and estate planning for business owners, high-net-worth individuals and their families as part of a holistic approach to their wealth planning journey.

With over 18 years of legal private practice experience, Jag spent 12 years specializing as a trust and estate planning and estate administration lawyer, most recently as a partner at Miller Thomson LLP in the Private Client Services group. She regularly advised clients on sophisticated and complex estate planning matters related to blended family planning, business succession planning, and cross-border planning while incorporating appropriate tax minimization strategies.

In addition to having her Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) she has most recently obtained her Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA) designation with Family Enterprise Canada which has allowed Jag to broaden her estate planning practice to family legacy building and governance for high-net-worth families.

As an active member of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) and STEP, Jag frequently writes and speaks on various topics related to trust and estate planning, as well as administration. She has been ranked as a Lexpert – leading lawyer in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in the area of Estate and Personal Tax Planning for three consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023).

Wealth Planning Consultation

Jag works closely with your RBC advisor to identify strategies and solutions on structing your affairs in a manner that addresses your overall wealth planning needs, which you would then discuss and implement with your accountant and lawyer.

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