Laura Gheorghiu

Practice Areas

Laura Gheorghiu is a partner in the Montréal office of Gowling WLG and a member of the firm's Tax Group.

Her practice focuses on cross-border investment structures, corporate reorganizations and advising domestic and multi-national private equity funds. She also has experience in the taxation of new technologies - in particular to providers of e-businesses and blockchain technology solutions.

Laura also advises on issues related to payroll and pension obligations and Federal and Québec value-added taxes and Québec commodity taxes.

She represents clients in their dealings with the CRA and the QRA at the audit and notice of objection stages and preparing voluntary disclosures on income tax and sales tax issues.

Laura has also been recognized in the International Tax Review: Women in Tax Leaders and as “Étoile Montante” 2019 by the Québec Association of Women in Finance.

Career

Year of Call: 2009 - Quebec

Professional Memberships

Councillor and member of the International Fiscal Association Canada executive

Co-chairs the Cross-Border M&A and Joint Ventures Committee (International) of NYSBA.

Publications

An editor of the Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement Journal

Co-author of the taxation chapter of the Business Guide to Environmental Law

Co-author of Chapter 2 of the Taxation of Private Corporations and their Shareholders