The area in which our firm initially gained its renown, taxation law, remains one of our core areas of practice. Nationally recognized for its talent and expertise, the approach of this department is to find solutions, and not to create obstacles.

Taxation should never drive nor cause the breakdown of a transaction, although it will always have a significant role to play. In this spirit, the lawyers of the tax department will always seek to minimize the tax consequences of any commercial transaction envisaged by our clients.

To us, constant changes in tax laws translate into constant challenges and opportunities in advising our clients on reducing their tax burden.

Considering the tremendous amount of wealth in Canada which will be transferred from one generation to the next and even from one jurisdiction to another over the upcoming decades, estate and succession planning are also a key focus.

The attorneys in this department specialize in:

• individual tax planning
• corporate tax planning
• tax analysis and structure of commercial transactions
• estate planning and successions
• international taxation
• tax litigation and objections
• corporate reorganizations
• excise (G.S.T.) and sales tax