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CANADA
– Leading tax law firms
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lake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
has a strong platform in all
of Canada’s major business
centres, as well as strategic
offices in the US and overseas. The firm’s
very strong cross-border M&A practice
enables the tax team to play a major
role in the businesses of its domestic,
non-Canadian and international client
base which includes issuers, underwriters
and investors in cross-border public
and private debt and equity offerings.
Transactional highlights for Bruce Sinclair
in Vancouver, who is also a chartered
accountant, included acting for Red Back
Mining regarding Kinross Gold’s $7bn
acquisition of all common shares of
Red Back. Toronto-based practice head
Jeffrey Trossman advised global mining
company Cliffs Natural Resources in its
complex $5.1bn cross-border acquisition
of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines.
The already strong tax controversy
and litigation team, which represents
clients at all stages of the tax dispute
resolution process, was further boosted
by the arrival of Edwin Kroft QC and
Deborah Toaze in the Vancouver office
from
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
. Both Kroft
and Toaze have been leading on some of
the team’s most significant contentious
matters, including advice to HSBC Bank
Canada in a substantial case involving the
deductibility of guarantee fees and the
application of transfer pricing rules. In the
oil and gas rich region of Calgary, Robert
Kopstein and Edward Rowe are
‘firm
heavyweights
’, utilising their ‘
deep knowledge
and experience
’ to produce ‘
creative responses
to tax issues and strategic approaches when
dealing with the other side
’. Paul Tamaki in
Toronto is also recommended.
With offices in Toronto, Montréal
and New York,
Davies Ward Phillips
& Vineberg LLP
operates an integrated
Canadian and US tax practice, making
it particularly well-positioned to assist
clients on tax planning in a wide range
of commercial matters in or relating
to North America. The team advises
on the full spectrum of domestic and
international transactions. John Ulmer
regularly advises on tax aspects of
international business ventures, corporate
finance and real estate transactions,
and more recently has been a pioneer
in a number of innovative transactions
involving Canadian REITs, where he is
currently advising clients on compliance
with the new REIT legislation. Ian Crosbie
has broad transactional experience with
a focus on public and private corporate
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