Colin Campbell is a partner in the Taxation and Trusts & Estates practices. His practice is diverse, including mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings and restructurings. Colin also acts for private family enterprises in domestic and international trust matters. An experienced tax litigator as well as planner, Colin has appeared before trial and appellate courts on income tax matters and frequently represents taxpayers with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial taxation authorities.
Representative Work
- Acted in the structuring and implementation of a number of income funds including the $200 million initial public offering of Osprey Media Income Funds.
- Acted in a number of public financing transactions and acquisitions, including those of Osprey Media Group Inc. and Fortis Inc. and its subsidiaries.
- Acted for Fortis in its $3.7 billion acquisition of Terasen, the Canadian natural gas distribution business of Kinder Morgan.
- Acted for IPC US REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, the first Canadian REIT to invest exclusively in U.S. commercial real estate.
- Acted for Retirement Residences REIT and the Sleep Country Canada Income Fund.
Articles and PublicationsColin is the author of
Administration of Income Tax (Carswell, 2009), and is a contributing editor of the
Canada Valuation Service.
Colin is the author (with William Christian) of
Parties, Leaders and Ideologies in Canada (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1995) and a co-author of
Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal (2d Canadian edition, 2009). He has contributed articles and book reviews both in political science and law to various publications. He is also one of the Canadian reporters for the 2009 Congress of the International Fiscal Association.
Teaching EngagementsColin was a lecturer and then an assistant professor of political science at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick from 1971 to 1976. He taught primarily in the area of Canadian government and politics.
Colin is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, where he co-teaches the International Tax Law course.
Speaking EngagementsColin was a speaker at the Canadian Bar Association’s Tax Law for Lawyers Conference (2008 and 2009).
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