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Siobhan A. M. Goguen KC

Siobhan A. M. Goguen KC

Position

Partner

Areas of Practice

Tax Planning

Tax Representation & Litigation

Corporate Tax Planning

Audits & CRA Proposals

Personal Tax Planning

Objections

International Tax

Voluntary Disclosures

Career

Siobhan practices in all areas of Canadian tax law with an emphasis on cross-border transactions. Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2020, she is especially skilled at international tax planning, understanding the intricacies between the laws of each country.

Before becoming a lawyer, Siobhan earned her Certified Management Accountant designation and practiced accounting across a variety of industries.

Siobhan was called to the Alberta bar in 1998, after clerking with the Alberta Court of Appeal and Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. She received a Master of Laws (US Taxation) from Southern Methodist University in 2000. 

Siobhan has been a partner with Felesky Flynn since 2004, acting as co-managing partner from 2016 to 2018. As an avid globetrotter, her multifaceted thinking offers a worldly perspective to tax law.

Siobhan has written and presented on numerous tax topics for the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Tax Foundation and the International Fiscal Association, while also serving a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law.

Memberships

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, Law Society of Alberta

Member, Canadian Tax Foundation

Member, Calgary Bar Association

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, Canadian Petroleum Tax Society

Education

Credentials

Called to the Alberta Bar, 1998

Clerked at the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta

Master of Laws (LL.M), Southern Methodist University, 2000

Juris Doctor (JD), University of Calgary, 1997

Awarded the William A. McGillivray Gold Medal in Law