Ian Crosbie is a partner in the Taxation, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practices. He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He has extensive experience in a wide range of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, financings and financial products.

With his broad transactional experience as a base, Ian regularly advises Canadian-based multinationals on international tax matters. Ian has also worked extensively on private equity funds, advising financial institutions, venture capitalists and institutional investors on complex tax matters unique to investment funds.

Representative Work

• Acted for ING Groep N.V. in the sale of its entire 70% stake in ING Canada Inc. through a public offering and a concurrent private placement of shares of ING Canada for gross proceeds of $2.2 billion.
• Acted in connection with the Reuters Group PLC and Thomson Corporation virtual merger.
• Acted for the Symmetry Holdings Inc. acquisition of Novamerican Steel Inc.
• Acted for Onex Corporation in the acquisition of Carestream Health, Inc. from Eastman Kodak Company.
• Acted in the formation of EdgeStone Capital Equity Fund III.

Recognition

• Recognized in Chambers Global's The World's Leading Lawyers and Leaders in their Field in Tax.
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Tax Law.
• Recognized in the Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory as a consistently recommended practitioner in Corporate Tax.
• Recognized in Euromoney Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Tax Advisors.

Articles and Publications

As the Contributing Editor of the Corporate Finance journal, Ian is also a regular contributor.

Speaking Engagements

Ian has presented at a variety of Canadian and international tax conferences hosted by, among others, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the American Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association, Canadian and U.S. branches.

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