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CORPORATE TAX Edwin G. Kroft, QC Partner in the firm's Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary offices. Leader of the firm's Tax Controversy and Litigation Group. Practice is exclusively dedicated to handling federal and provincial tax disputes, including those related to transfer pricing. Appears before all levels of court, including Supreme Court of Canada. Extensively published on taxation issues. Sits on the Editorial Board of Tax Litigation and Canadian Tax Journal and formerly for many years on the Rules Committee of the Tax Court of Canada. Recipient of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Award for Excellence in Income Tax Practice and Education for his outstanding contribution to the profession and the Canadian tax community. In 2012, Kroft was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal for significant contributions to the Canadian Tax Foundation. Honorary CGA designation, CGA Association of BC. Admitted to the British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta Bars. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-5200 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver Fel T F ed.kroft@blakes.com Joel A. Nitikman Focuses on resolving tax disputes between taxpayers and federal and provincial tax authorities. Has acted as counsel in numerous tax cases at all levels of courts, both provincially and federally, and has also settled many cases out of court at the pre-assessment or objection stage. A professor of tax dispute resolution at the UBC Faculty of Law. Also practices corporate and individual business tax, focusing on offshore tax planning, corporate reorganizations and other business-related tax matters. Practice also includes advice on GST and provincial commodity taxes. Has acted for numerous private and public companies on complex, tax-efficient restructurings. Has obtained numerous advance rulings from Revenue Canada and provincial tax authorities. Writes and lectures extensively about various tax subjects. A member of the CTF, the IFA and numerous other tax groups. Awarded The Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award at the 58th Annual Canadian Tax Conference. Dentons Canada LLP Tel: (604) 443-7115 Fax: (604) 683-5214 Vancouver joel.nitikman@dentons.com Sandra E. Jack, QC Sandra E. Jack's practice is restricted to taxation matters with an emphasis on corporate and international tax. Appointed Queen's Counsel in 2006. Qualified as a chartered accountant and awarded FCA in 2010. Awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She is a member of Council and the executive committee of the International Fiscal Association — Canadian branch. She is also a member of the CBA, CTF, CPTS, LSA, CICA, IFA and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta (ICAA). Jack has previously served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Appointments for the Tax Court of Canada, a member of the Canada Revenue Agency's Tax Professionals Advisory Committee, a Co-chair of the Joint Committee of the CBA and the CICA on Taxation, a Chair of the National Tax Section of the CBA, a governor and member of the executive committee of the Canadian Tax Foundation, a Chair of Calgary Legal Guidance and a director of CPTS. Jack has lectured on tax-related topics for the CTF, CPTS, CBA, CICA, University of Calgary — Faculty of Law, ICAA and IFA. Felesky Flynn LLP Tel: (403) 260-3308 Fax: (403) 263-9649 Calgary B T F sjack@felesky.com Darcy D. Moch Co-chair of the firm's tax department. Practice focuses on the income tax aspects of corporate reorganizations, mergers & acquisitions, take-overs, debt financing transactions, transactions involving income funds, partnerships and other flow-through vehicles, asset-based financings, and cross-border financing and leasing transactions. Practice also includes personal tax planning and residency matters, foreign tax planning for Canadian residents and structuring investments for non-residents into Canada. He is the Chair of the National Taxation Section of the Canadian Bar Association and Co-chair of the CBA-CICA Joint Committee on Taxation. He served on the Canadian Tax Foundation's Board of Governors and is a past director and president of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society. He has presented a number of papers on a variety of tax-related topics at national, international and local tax conferences. Called to the Alberta Bar in 1988. Bennett Jones LLP Tel: (403) 298-3390 Fax: (403) 265-7219 Calgary mochd@bennettjones.com 94 | LEXPERT • June 2013 | www.lexpert.ca D-00-Bios.indd 94 13-05-23 12:15 PM T F