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. R. Ian Crosbie Taxation Partner. Experience in a wide range of domestic and cross-border public and private M&A, structuring, financings and financial products. Regularly advises Canadian and foreign-based corporations on international tax matters and corporate groups on reorganization and restructuring matters. Has extensive experience with private-equity funds, advising on fund formation and fund investments. Advises on general corporate tax matters and tax dispute resolution. Frequent speaker and writer on income tax topics. Former Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation. Member, Editorial Board, Canadian Tax Journal. Contributing editor, Corporate Finance. Recognized in Chambers Global, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Who's Who Legal: Canada, Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisors, The Best Lawyers in Canada and other directories. BA, LLB University of Toronto. Called to Ontario Bar (1988). Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 367-6958 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto T F icrosbie@dwpv.com Ronald K. Durand Partner in the Toronto Tax Group. He has been involved in numerous divestitures, mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations, corporate restructurings and financings. His tax law expertise is recognized in the following publications: The Best Lawyers in Canada; The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; International Who's Who of Business Lawyers; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business; The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory; and PLC Which Lawyer? Member of the taxation committees of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Executive member of the Canadian branch of the IFA; member of the joint CBA and CICA committee on taxation; past governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation; past lecturer at the law schools of Western, Windsor and York Universities and for the CICA; speaker for the Canadian Tax Foundation, IFA, Inter-Pacific Bar Association, CBA, Law Society of Upper Canada, Tax Executives Institute, and several other organizations. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5542 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto T F rdurand@stikeman.com John G. Lorito Partner and head of the Tax Group. He conducts a general income tax practice with a focus on domestic and cross-border M&A and financings and corporate reorganizations. He represents domestic investment dealers on derivatives and structured products. He has advised extensively on tax issues relating to investments by non-residents in Canada, including investments in Canadian real estate and resource properties. Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada and The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. He has written and spoken extensively on various subjects, including the application of the general anti-avoidance rule, corporate reorganizations, the use of hybrid entities and Canadian inbound investment structures. He is a former member of the CICA/CBA Joint Committee on Taxation and the Insurance Bureau of Canada's Tax Panel. He is currently a lecturer in Corporate Taxation at the University of Toronto. Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (416) 869-5272 Fax: (416) 947-0866 Toronto G T F jlorito@stikeman.com Al Meghji Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Partner in the Taxation Department. Practices exclusively in the area of tax litigation. Widely regarded as one of Canada's leading tax litigators and is tax litigation counsel for a number of leading Canadian and multinational corporations. Appears regularly in the Tax Court and the Federal Court in significant tax litigation matters. Has argued a number of landmark tax cases in the SCC, including successfully arguing the first GAAR case for a leading financial institution and the first transfer-pricing case for a major pharmaceutical multinational and appearing as intervenor counsel for the Canadian Bankers Association and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers in significant matters. Previously of the Tax Litigation Section of the Department of Justice in Ottawa. Also a chartered accountant. LLM, Harvard Law School (1990). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1990 and the Alberta Bar in 1995. Tel: (416) 862-5677 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto ameghji@osler.com 90 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 90 13-05-16 1:53 PM G T F