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CORPORATE TAX Paul K. Tamaki B Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Paul Tamaki has acted on numerous cross-border and domestic financings and M&A transactions. Main area of practice is corporate income tax, including acquisitions, reorganizations, financings, securitizations, joint ventures, restructurings, transfer pricing and other international transactions. Also represents clients in tax disputes and other representations to governments. Frequent writer and speaker on Canadian tax matters. Former Governor and member of the executive committee of the Canadian Tax Foundation. Past Chair of the National Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association. Past Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Tel: (416) 863-2697 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto T F paul.tamaki@blakes.com Richard G. Tremblay Practice is focused on corporate taxation, with an emphasis on international taxation (foreign affiliates, tax treaties and transfer pricing), as well as on the resolution of disputes with Canadian federal and provincial revenue authorities. Regular contributor to Tax Management International. Has written numerous papers for a variety of publications including Canadian Current Tax and Federated Press' International Tax. Is also a regular speaker at Canadian Tax Foundation and International Fiscal Association conferences. Previously worked for the Department of Finance in tax policy, and in international tax for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte) in Ottawa and Toronto. Member of the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association, and the International Fiscal Association. BSc (Mathematics), University of Ottawa (1973); LLB, Osgoode Hall Law School (1977); LLM (US Tax), New York University (1984). Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1979. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tel: (416) 862-6441 Fax: (416) 862-6666 Toronto T F rtremblay@osler.com Jeffrey C. Trossman Practices in all areas of income tax planning, including cross-border mergers & acquisitions, inbound and outbound investments, multijurisdictional reorganizations and the taxation of REITs and investment funds. Represents taxpayers at all levels in the tax appeal process. Writes and speaks frequently in numerous venues, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the International Fiscal Association, the Ontario Bar Association and the International Tax Review. Member of the faculty for the 2007 – 13 Institutes on Tax Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions, organized by the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and the New York City Bar Association. Served as a country reporter for Canada at the 2008 Congress of the International Fiscal Association, held in Brussels. Member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Committee on Taxation of Business Entities of the New York City Bar Association. Recognized as a leading tax practitioner in several international publications. Admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1991. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (416) 863-4290 Fax: (416) 863-2653 Toronto O T F jeffrey.trossman@blakes.com John M. Ulmer Tax partner. Practices income tax-related matters, including tax aspects of international business ventures, corporate finance and real estate transactions. Counsel to some of Canada's largest real estate development companies, real estate investment trusts and financial intermediaries. Advises on formation of international joint ventures and foreign acquisitions for Canadian clients and on tax aspects of Canadian investments by foreign investors. Acted on large-scale European, US and Latin American acquisitions. Co-author, Ward's Tax Law and Planning. Canadian National Reporter, 2000 Congress of International Fiscal Association, and panelist on treaty issues at 2000 and 2003 congresses. Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV). Included in Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in Canada, and Law Business Research's International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers. LLB, Osgoode; LLM, Harvard. Called to Ontario Bar in 1980. Received Treasurer's Medal. Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (416) 863-5505 Fax: (416) 863-0871 Toronto julmer@dwpv.com 92 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 92 13-05-16 1:53 PM O T F