Senior Counsel & Cross-Border Advocates

Michael Wheeler directs the firm's cross-border corporate structuring, bilateral tax advisory, high-stakes commercial litigation, and high-net-worth inheritance and wealth succession matters across the United States and Canada, including complex cross-border estate preservation.

Lead Consultant

Michael (Mike) Wheeler

LL.B. (Harvard University) • LL.M. (University of Cambridge)

Michael Wheeler serves as Lead Consultant at Altitude Law Professional Corporation, directing the firm's cross-border corporate structuring, bilateral tax advisory, high-stakes commercial litigation, and high-net-worth inheritance and wealth succession matters across the United States and Canada. He also oversees complex cross-border estate preservation, applying an international comparative jurisprudence perspective to the protection and orderly transfer of family wealth.

Throughout his career, Mr. Wheeler has advised corporate boards, private equity principals, and family office executives on cross-border mergers, regulatory defense, fiduciary asset preservation, and complex estate and succession planning. His practice is defined by direct, hands-on strategic oversight—ensuring that every legal architecture is engineered to withstand rigorous judicial and regulatory scrutiny on both sides of the border.

Splitting executive oversight between our Stillwater, Minnesota and Ottawa, Ontario chambers, Mr. Wheeler coordinates seamless bilateral counsel for clients navigating federal, state, and provincial statutory frameworks.