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CORPORATE TAX
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Tax partner whose practice concentrates on various Canadian and international
tax matters, with a particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions, corporate
reorganizations and restructurings, corporate fi nance, trusts and dispute resolution.
Adjunct professor of taxation at the University of Toronto and McGill University.
Speaks widely on Canadian and international tax matters for the IFA, CTF and other
private organizations. Recognized in ! e Best Lawyers in Canada, Chambers Global:
! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business, Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading
Tax Advisers and ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory. BCL, McGill. Admitted to
the Bar in Québec (1981) and Ontario (1997).
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Practice encompasses domestic and international tax planning, cross-border M&A
and estate planning, corporate reorganizations and restructurings, corporate fi nance,
dispute resolution. Speaker and writer on corporate income tax matters; wrote articles
for national and international publications referred to and cited by the Tax Court of
Canada and Federal Court of Appeal. Advised Department of Justice on "Benefi cial
Ownership" in Canadian income tax law and its application in Québec. Conferred the
Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award in 2012 for his article "Subsection
55(2): en and Now." Editor-in-Chief of the Corporate Structures and Groups journal;
editor of Taxation of Corporate Reorganizations periodical and Personal Tax and Estate
Planning journal. Recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers Global, International
Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers/Business Lawyers, Best Lawyers in Canada for
corporate tax, trusts & estates, ! e Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500
Lawyers in Canada, Lexpert® Guide to the Leading US/Canada Cross-border Corporate
Lawyers in Canada.
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Ian Gamble is listed in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Tax Law. Gamble has
also been listed in the Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisers and has been noted as
among the Top 10 tax advisors in Canada by the International Tax Review. Gamble is
consistently recognized as a leading tax lawyer in Canada in ! e Canadian Legal Lexpert®
Directory. Chambers Global: ! e World's Leading Lawyers for Business has described
Gamble as "responsive, prepared and proactive; off ering accessible and very practical tax
advice." Gamble advises on numerous corporate and international tax-related matters,
representing clients in the telecommunication, real estate, mining, forestry, and oil &
gas industries. Gamble is the former Editor-in-Chief of the International Tax Planning
journal (Federated Press). He is also the author of the well-known text Taxation of
Canadian Mining (Carswell), which was cited with approval in 2013 by the Supreme
Court of Canada in the leading case of Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. v. ! e
Queen, 2013 SCC 29.
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Robert Kopstein is a tax partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP who practices in the
areas of Canadian, US, domestic and international tax with emphasis on Canada-US
cross-border transactions. Has extensive experience in corporate fi nance, resource
taxation, mergers & acquisitions and tax controversy matters. Authored and presented
numerous papers on a variety of topics at various professional organizations, including
the CTF, TEI, CR A, CBA, ABA, Tax Analysts and the Canadian Corporate Counsel
Association. Canadian editor for BNA International Tax Guide. Canadian contributor
to the book Tax Planning for International Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and
Restructurings (Wolters Kluwer). Contributed to a United Nations study on tax
treaties between developed and developing countries. Primary external consultant to
the Province of BC in respect of its unlimited liability company legislation. Admitted
to the Ontario Bar in 1984; British Columbia Bar, 1995; and Alberta Bar, 2006.
Obtained LLB from McGill University, 1982; LLM (taxation) from the University of
Florida, 1995.
Robert
Raizenne
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (514) 904-5626
Fax: (514) 904-8101
Montréal
Mark D.
Brender
Osler, Hoskin &
Harcourt LLP
Tel: (514) 904-5777
Fax: (514) 904-8101
Montréal
Ian J.
Gamble
Thorsteinssons
LLP
Tel: (604) 602-4290
Fax: (604) 688-4711
Vancouver
Robert
Kopstein
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-3317
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
rraizenne@osler.com
mbrender@osler.com
gamble@thor.ca
robert.kopstein@blakes.com
