The Lexpert Guides to the Leading US/Canada Cross-Border Corporate and Litigation Lawyers in Canada profiles leading business lawyers and features articles for attorneys and in-house counsel in the US about business law issues in Canada.
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CORPORATE TAX K.A. Siobhan Monaghan Siobhan Monaghan is a partner in the taxation practice. She has extensive transactional tax experience, including domestic and cross-border reorganizations, financings, mergers and acquisitions, spin-off transactions and securities transactions. She is a co-author of Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations (Carswell, 2012) and a contributing author to Tax Policy in Canada (Canadian Tax Foundation, 2012) and to International Stock Plans: The Practitioner's Guide, published by NASPP. Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada as a leading practitioner of tax law, recognized by The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended Corporate Tax practitioner and listed in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading practitioner in the area of tax. Monaghan is the Secretary-Treasurer, National Tax Law Section for the Canadian Bar Association, a member of the CBA-CICA Joint Committee on Taxation, and a member of the CICA's Income Tax Education Committee. LLB, LLM, Osgoode. Called to the Ontario Bar (1988) and the Alberta Bar (1985). Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5558 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto smonaghan@dwpv.com Stephen S. Ruby Tax partner. Practice encompasses a broad range of corporate taxation matters, including corporate acquisitions and reorganizations, financings, international tax and tax litigation. Past Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation. Past President, Canadian Branch, IFA. Former Co-chair, Joint Committee on Taxation of CBA and CICA. Former Chair, National Tax Section, CBA. Former Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall (international tax). Instructor, Osgoode LLM program on real estate taxation. Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV). Included in Chambers Global, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers, The 2006 Lexpert® Guide to the 100 Most Creative Lawyers in Canada (Corporate Tax), International Tax Review's "Leading Tax Advisers," Canadian Who's Who and Who's Who in Canadian Business (22nd edition). Recipient of The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for his great contributions to Canadian tax law. LLB, Osgoode. Called to Ontario Bar in 1973. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5515 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto sruby@dwpv.com Mitchell J. Sherman Partner. Tax practice focuses on corporate/commercial transactions, including equity and debt financings, acquisitions, divestitures, syndications, reorganizations, structured products, investment funds and international tax planning. Recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Lexpert® , PLC, Euromoney, The Best Lawyers in Canada and Law Business Research's Who's Who Legal Canada. Also recognized as one of the 250 leading global tax lawyers by the Tax Directors Handbook 2012. Author of numerous papers and frequent speaker on income tax matters. Member, CBA and IFA(C). Member of Editorial Board and frequent contributor to Corporate Finance Tax Journal. Vice Chair of the National Taxation section of the CBA. Executive member of the CICA-CBA Joint Committee on Taxation. Has presented seminars to senior CRA officials on advanced corporate reorganizations and partnerships. JD, University of Toronto, 1987. Ontario Bar (1989). Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4189 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto msherman@goodmans.ca Carrie B.E. Smit Partner and head of Goodmans' Tax Group. Practice focuses on corporate/commercial transactions, cross-border mergers, corporate reorganizations, debt restructurings, domestic and international debt financings, international tax planning and privateequity investments. Advised on Apax Partners' $708-million acquisition of Trader Corporation from Yellow Media, Newmont Mining's $2.3-billion acquisition of Fronteer Gold, Total S.A.'s $1.15-billion acquisition of UTS Energy Corporation, and Postmedia Network's $1.1-billion acquisition of the publishing business of Canwest. Has also acted on numerous financial/CCAA restructurings and income fund conversions. Author of papers on income tax matters and a frequent speaker at conferences. Recipient of Best in Tax Award at the 2012 Euromoney Americas' Women in Business Law Awards. Recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Lexpert® , Chambers & Partners, PLC, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney and Law Business Research. Member of CBA and IFA. A former governor and member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Tax Foundation. Ontario Bar, 1992. Goodmans LLP Tel: (416) 597-4230 Fax: (416) 979-1234 Toronto csmit@goodmans.ca LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca | 91 D-00-Bios.indd 91 13-05-16 1:53 PM