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CORPORATE TAX
Partner in the fi rm's Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary offi ces. Leader of the fi rm'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 the 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 Cana-
dian Institute of Chartered Accountants Award for Excellence in Income Tax Practice and
Education for his outstanding contribution to the profession and the Canadian tax com-
munity. In 2012, Ed Kro was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee
Medal for signifi cant contributions to the Canadian Tax Foundation. Honorary CGA
designation, CGA Association of BC. Admitted to the British Columbia, Ontario and
Alberta Bars.
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 the University of
Ottawa; Tax Court of Canada Medal (2014). Co-head of Litigation group in Montréal.
Extensive experience in complex, high-stakes litigation. Appeared at all levels of court in
Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, in a number of leading cases and in a
wide range of areas. Lead counsel who successfully argued BCE Inc.'s appeal before the
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 Chambers Global, International Who's Who
of Commercial Litigators, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, e Best Lawyers in Canada,
Benchmark Canada and e Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advis-
ers. Called to Québec Bar (1976), Ontario Bar (1983).
Warren Mitchell, QC, was educated at the University of British Columbia, from which
he holds both Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees. He was fi rst admitted
to the Bar of Alberta (1963) and has since been admitted to the Bars of British Columbia
in 1966 and Ontario in 1990. Mitchell served as a solicitor in the Taxation Division of the
Department of National Revenue until 1965. Mitchell's practice focuses on large case tax
litigation. He has appeared as counsel in the provincial, trial and appellate divisions of Brit-
ish Columbia and Ontario, and in the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court – Trial Divi-
sion and the Federal Court of Appeal, as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Joel Nitikman focuses on resolving tax disputes between taxpayers and federal and pro-
vincial tax authorities. Has acted as counsel in numerous tax cases at all levels of court, both
provincially and federally, and has also settled many cases out of court at the pre-assess-
ment or objection stage. A professor of tax dispute resolution at the UBC Faculty of Law,
he also practices corporate and individual business tax, focusing on off shore tax planning,
corporate reorganizations and other business-related tax matters. His practice also in-
cludes advice on GST and provincial commodity taxes. He has acted for numerous private
and public companies on complex, tax-effi cient restructurings, and obtained numerous
advance rulings from Revenue Canada and provincial tax authorities. He writes and lec-
tures extensively about various tax subjects. He is a member of the CTF, the IFA and nu-
merous other tax groups and was Awarded the Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writ-
ing Award at the 58th Annual Canadian Tax Conference.
Edwin G.
Kroft, QC
Blake, Cassels &
Graydon LLP
Tel: (604) 631-5200
Fax: (604) 631-3309
Vancouver
Guy Du
Pont, AdE
Davies Ward
Phillips &
Vineberg LLP
Tel: (514) 841-6406
Fax: (514) 841-6499
Montréal
Warren J.A.
Mitchell, QC
Thorsteinssons
LLP
Tel: (604) 689-1261
Fax: (604) 688-4711
Vancouver
Joel A.
Nitikman
Dentons
Canada LLP
Tel: (604) 443-7115
Fax: (604) 683-5214
Vancouver
ed.kro @blakes.com
gdupont@dwpv.com
wjamitchell@thor.ca
joel.nitikman@dentons.com
