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CORPORATE TAX Guy Du Pont, AdE Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Tel: (514) 841-6406 Fax: (514) 841-6499 Montréal gdupont@dwpv.com Wilfrid Lefebvre, QC Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Tel: (514) 847-4440 Fax: (514) 286-5474 Montréal wilfrid.lefebvre@nortonrosefulbright.com Richard W. Pound, QC, FCA Stikeman Elliott LLP Tel: (514) 397-3037 Fax: (514) 397-3063 Montréal rpound@stikeman.com Edwin G. Kroft, QC Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Tel: (604) 631-5200 Fax: (604) 631-3309 Vancouver ed.kroft@blakes.com 96 | LEXPERT • December 2013 | www.lexpert.ca Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Advocatus Emeritus (bestowed by Barreau du Québec on its most distinguished members); member, American Law Institute (one of very few Canadians to earn this honor since 1923); Order of Merit from University of Ottawa. Co-head of Litigation group in Montréal. Extensive experience in complex, high-stakes litigation. Appeared at all levels of court in Canada, including Supreme Court of Canada, in a number of leading cases and in a wide range of areas. Recently lead counsel who successfully argued BCE Inc.'s appeal before Supreme Court of Canada over C$52-billion takeover by Teachers' Consortium, widely considered to be one of the most important commercial cases ever decided in Canada. Among Canada's leading litigation counsel in International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, The Best Lawyers in Canada, Benchmark Canada and The Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers. AV rating – MartindaleHubbell. Called to Québec Bar (1976), Ontario Bar (1983). Wilfrid Lefebvre is a senior partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada. He practices in the areas of income tax and represents clients before tax authorities, courts and administrative tribunals. He has extensive court experience and has served as legal counsel in many complex and important cases. He has appeared before the Supreme Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and before other courts. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1982. Lefebvre started his career at the Department of Justice in Ottawa, where he worked as a legal advisor to the Department of Supply and Services, subsequently joining the Tax Litigation Section of the Department of Justice. In 1976, he became the Director of the Legal Services Branch of Revenue Canada and in 1978 was appointed General Counsel in charge of tax litigation in Canada. He was a member of the Technical Committee on Business Taxation (Mintz Committee) appointed by the Minister of Finance of Canada to review and recommend changes to the Canadian tax regime, which tabled its report in 1997. Practice includes tax litigation, tax advisory work, negotiations with tax authorities and commercial and sports arbitration. Editor-in-Chief of Canada Tax Cases, Stikeman Income Tax Act Annotated and Pound's Tax Case Notes. Has lectured in taxation matters at McGill University Faculty of Law and in Chartered Accountancy program. Chancellor of McGill University (1999–2009), currently Chancellor Emeritus. Member of the International Olympic Committee, Chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and oversaw all Olympic television negotiations, marketing and sponsorships (1983–2001). Founding Chairman of World Anti-Doping Agency, member of the International Council for Arbitration in Sport. Chairman of the Foundation of Greater Montreal. Named in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world for his relentless efforts to rid sport of performanceenhancing drugs. Included in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2013. Member of the Québec (1968) and Ontario (1980) Bars. 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 sat 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.