Tax
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 5
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Provided by Lawson Lundell LLP
The Lawson Lundell tax team provides creative yet practical tax advice to a wide range of clients including public and private companies, private equity funds, partnerships, pension funds, investment advisors, governmental entities, owner-managed businesses and high net worth individuals. Tax considerations are key drivers to many business decisions and transactions. Our tax team can provide you with the advice that you need to make those decisions.
We have expertise in all areas of business taxation, including income tax, sales tax, GST, property tax and resource taxation. We regularly advise on the tax aspects and tax structuring of business acquisitions and divestments, private equity fund investments, corporate reorganizations, public securities offerings and commercial lending transactions. Our innovative team of tax lawyers has developed highly sophisticated tax plans for a variety of significant transactions. When necessary, we also represent our clients in resolving tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency, in conducting property tax appeals and in tax litigation.
Each of the members of our tax team has practiced not only as tax lawyers, but also as corporate commercial lawyers. We recognize that tax objectives often need to be balanced against the commercial practicalities of achieving those objectives, and we know when to strike that balance.
Chambers Review
Lawson Lundell houses an expert group of tax practitioners who are active in the Canadian market, advising clients on income tax, sales and property tax, among other matters. The firm's clients notably include investment companies and oil and gas groups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lawson Lundell provides thoughtful, clear advice on extremely complicated tax litigation cases and ad hoc tax advisory questions."
"The firm has been very thorough and excellent in translating broad technical structuring into understandable and actionable scenarios and steps."
"They have a strong awareness about how planning and structures will impact day-to-day operating activities."
"Lawson Lundell provides thoughtful, clear advice on extremely complicated tax litigation cases and ad hoc tax advisory questions."
"The firm has been very thorough and excellent in translating broad technical structuring into understandable and actionable scenarios and steps."
"They have a strong awareness about how planning and structures will impact day-to-day operating activities."
Notable Practitioners
Nancy Diep garners strong market support from peers and clients alike for her involvement advising clients on all tax aspects of complex transactions, including those with cross-border elements. Her clients include public and private companies in the energy space.
"Nancy Diep is an extremely strong and trusted adviser."
"She is always very responsive and provides concise, understandable explanations and actionable recommendations. She also has an appreciation of our commercial situation."
Vancouver-based Reinhold Krahn provides tax structuring, transactional and contentious counsel to his clients. He is a particularly skilled attorney with global investment portfolios.
"Reinhold Krahn is a creative lawyer with commercial awareness."