Felesky Flynn LLP

Counsel 

Areas of Practice

Tax Planning

Tax Representation & Litigation

Corporate Tax Planning

Audits & CRA Proposals

Personal Tax Planning

Objections

International Tax

Tax Litigation

Resource Tax

Voluntary Disclosure

Brent focuses his practice on business and personal tax planning, leading projects for restructuring, split-ups, acquisitions, asset divestitures and financings.

He represents clients in tax disputes, representing clients before the Canada Revenue Agency, Department of Justice and Department of Finance. From the Alberta Government to the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Brent has worked with a variety of government, industry and volunteer organizations to improve tax laws.

For the past 30 years, Brent has shaped strategic solutions for public and private corporations. He has been instrumental to Felesky Flynn, progressing from partner in 1989 to joint managing partner in 2002.

Brent was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2010, while also garnering national recognition in publications like Best Lawyers in Canada, the Legal Lexpert Directory, Martindale-Hubbell and Chambers.

He has authored papers and taught seminars for numerous groups, including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Bar Association and many more.

Brent has served as a Governor for the Canadian Tax Foundation (2005 to 2008 and 2014 to 2020), Chair of the CTF Executive Committee in 2016 and Chair of the CTF Board of Governors in 2017. He has also taught accounting as a sessional lecturer at the University of Alberta.

Memberships & Affiliations

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Tax Committee (Chair 2004)

Member, Canadian Bar Association

Member, Canadian Tax Foundation

Member, Canadian Petroleum Tax Society

Past Governor, Canadian Tax Foundation

Past President and Founding Director, Minerva Fundraising Foundation

Past Board Member, Strathcona Tweedsmuir School

Past Member, Independent Petroleum Association Income Tax Committee

Past Board Member, Salvation Army, Board of Directors

Past Director, Canadian Petroleum Tax Society

Past Chair, Tax Specialists Section (Southern), Alberta Branch, Canadian Bar Association

Past Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Petroleum Tax Journal

Past Board Member, A.E. Cross Nature Conservancy Foundation

Coach, Calgary Minor Hockey Association (1990-2006)

Credentials

Counsel

Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 2000

Called to the Alberta Bar, 1982

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), University of Alberta, 1981

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm, Accounting and Finance), University of Alberta, 1978

Awarded the gold medal for highest academic standing in graduating class