Our Practice
From our offices in Toronto, Montréal and New York, our Taxation practice offers comprehensive and timely Canadian and U.S. tax advice on a wide variety of domestic and cross-border transactions and business vehicles, including mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, workouts, infrastructure developments, financings, derivative transactions, joint ventures, investment funds and business trusts. We also provide sophisticated personal tax planning to individuals and families. In addition to our pre-eminent tax planning practice, we offer expert advice and counsel on all aspects of tax litigation and dispute resolution from the commencement of an audit by the tax authorities through representation before every level of court.

Our Clients
We have 40 tax partners and associates serving clients in a broad range of industries, including financial services, real estate, manufacturing, telecommunications, publishing, technology, pharmaceuticals, natural resources and retailing. 

Recognition
The practice and several of our tax partners are regularly recognized as leaders in their field. For example, the practice has received the highest ranking in the International Tax Review World Tax 2009: The Comprehensive Guide to the World's Leading Tax Firms, Chambers Global's The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2010, and the 2010 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. In 2010, Chambers ranked the firm in the top-tier and recognized nine of our lawyers for their expertise and commented that: "The firm is a major force in tax, with an impressively large group and a considerable cross-border element to its practice. They're very knowledgeable and thoughtful with their advice, brilliant at finding solutions and very service oriented."

Organizational Leadership
Many of our partners are recognized as leaders among tax professionals in national and international organizations, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the International Fiscal Association and the International Bar Association. Our lawyers are widely published and are regularly invited to speak at conferences in North America and Europe. Many have taught in universities on a full-time or part-time basis.