Michael Colborne
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Tax
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Band 4
About
Provided by Michael Colborne
Practice Areas
Corporate and international tax planning, regularly advising Canadian and foreign-based multi-national groups on a variety of matters, including financing, mergers and acquisitions, and natural resource taxation. He also has considerable experience in handling tax controversy issues in Canada and a number of other countries.
Career
Michael has a particular expertise in issues involving the mining industry, and regularly advises a number of Canadian and foreign-based multinational mining companies. In addition to his transactional experience (which has involved everything from complex acquisitions and divestitures to metal stream financing transactions), Michael has counseled both taxpayers and governments on legislative and tax policy matters relating to the mining industry. Michael also acts for a number of large multi-national companies in a broad range of industries including aerospace and defence, paper and household products, pharmaceuticals, financial services, nuclear and hydro power, and real estate.
Professional Memberships
Bars of Ontario and British Columbia.
Publications
Michael speaks and writes frequently on international and mining tax matters. He is on the editorial boards of the CCH Income Tax Act and the Resource Sector Taxation and International Tax Planning Journals.
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Toronto-based Michael Colborne advises on tax planning and transactions, with particular activity in the natural resources sector.