Jerald M Wortsman
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Tax
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Jerald is known as one of Canada’s leading tax lawyers, with an established track record of developing sophisticated solutions that guide clients through their most challenging and complex tax matters.
Head of the firm’s Tax Practice, Jerald gives clients strategic tax counsel across business transactions and financings. His work includes domestic and international corporate tax planning, with an emphasis on complex, large-scale and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and corporate finance. He has significant experience advising domestic and international financial institutions.
Jerald regularly works with clients on Canadian and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings, and inbound and outbound investments and multinational group structures. He also brings a wealth of tax experience to the structuring and issuance of various financial instruments and other capital markets activity.
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Jerald Wortsman enjoys an outstanding reputation in the Canadian tax market. He is particularly noted for his strong relationships across the financial services sector, from high-street banks to a host of private investors, including REITs and pension funds. Based in Toronto, he is the head of the firm's tax practice.
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"Jerald Wortsman is the best - he is a genius, a pleasure to deal with and a flexible thinker; he will truly think about an issue from all directions."
"He has a very profound technical knowledge coupled with great understanding of the business."
"Jerald Wortsman is the best - he is a genius, a pleasure to deal with and a flexible thinker; he will truly think about an issue from all directions."
"He has a very profound technical knowledge coupled with great understanding of the business."
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Torys Quarterly: The next generation of regulatory capital has arrived in Canada
Several Canadian banks have recently issued “limited recourse capital notes” in public offerings to institutional investors. This article highlights the structure of LRCN’s, plus their associated regulations and practical considerations for the financial services sector.
Torys Quarterly: The next generation of regulatory capital has arrived in Canada
Several Canadian banks have recently issued “limited recourse capital notes” in public offerings to institutional investors. This article highlights the structure of LRCN’s, plus their associated regulations and practical considerations for the financial services sector.
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