Tax
Global Guide 2024 : Canada
Band 5
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+1 416 865 7000About
Provided by McMillan LLP
McMillan’s Tax Group is a leading source for tax advice in Canada, engaging with companies from a range of industries including financial services, automotive, pharmaceutical, private equity and natural resources.
With expertise in substantive tax law, tax administration, court procedure and tax policy, our tax team prioritizes understanding clients’ business objectives to provide effective advisement and minimize the tax risk associated with our clients’ domestic and international business activities.
We are one of Canada’s leading cross-border taxation practices with extensive experience implementing a full range of cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, reorganizations and spin-offs.
We also advise clients at every stage of the tax dispute resolution process, from audits through to administrative appeals and court challenges, routinely achieving great success in resolving tax disputes with Canada’s federal and provincial revenue authorities.
Furthermore, McMillan’s tax lawyers are recognized leaders in helping clients manage complex sales and commodity tax challenges. We provide clients with pragmatic advice on matters relating to customs duties, harmonized sales tax (HST), goods and services tax (GST), Québec sales tax, British Columbia provincial sales tax, federal excise tax and duties, provincial land transfer taxes and other provincial taxes such as those on gasoline, fuel and tobacco.
Chambers Review
McMillan is a law firm with notable reach across Canada with tax practices in a number of major cities. The group provides a broad spectrum of advice to clients on both domestic and cross-border taxation, including M&A deals, financings and transfer pricing. It is also recognised for its solid tax litigation practice. Clients include financial institutions, and companies involved in the oil and gas, technology and automotive sectors.
Work Highlights
- McMillan advised Thoma Bravo on the tax issues pertaining to its acquisition of Magnet Forensics.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at McMillan understands very specific esoteric questions and provides very practical advice."
"I'm very confident in McMillan; the lawyers find the proper resources for the work required."
"The team at McMillan understands very specific esoteric questions and provides very practical advice."
"I'm very confident in McMillan; the lawyers find the proper resources for the work required."
Notable Practitioners
Michael Lubetsky handles a range of contentious tax matters, including appeals. His clients include large and medium-sized companies, as well as high net worth individuals.
"Michael Lubetsky is the brain on the file; he brings the technical analysis, is thorough and never misses a detail."
"Michael’s enthusiasm for the law is infectious. He has a very in-depth understanding of the laws and regulations and is able to apply that knowledge effectively and efficiently to our cases."
Michael Friedman chairs the team at the firm. He has strong expertise in handling tax aspects of transactions.
"Michael is a very detailed expert in income tax."