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Anthony V. Strawson, CPA, CMA KC
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Position
Co-managing Partner
Areas of Practice
Tax Planning Tax Representation & Litigation Corporate Tax Planning Audits & CRA Proposals Personal Tax Planning Objections Mergers & Acquisitions Tax Litigation International Tax Voluntary Disclosures Resource TaxCareer
Anthony’s practice covers a wide array of taxation law matters, providing businesses and high net-worth families with transactional tax, estate planning and tax dispute resolution advice.
In 2022, Anthony was appointed Queen’s Counsel. Recognized for tax law in the Canadian Lexpert®, the Lexpert/ALM 500, The Best Lawyers in Canada™ guide, and as the 2021 Corporate Tax Planning Lawyer of the Year by Lawyer Monthly, Anthony is one of our co-managing partners in Calgary.
Anthony graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School with the highest academic standing in multiple tax law courses. Along with being a tax lawyer, he is a professional accountant holding designations in Canada and the US.
Anthony is a former sessional instructor of taxation law at the University of Calgary who has written and spoken on numerous taxation law matters, including for the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Canadian Bar Association and numerous accounting groups.
An active member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, Anthony also has made numerous submissions to the Department of Finance in pursuit of improvements to the Canadian tax system.
Memberships
Memberships & Affiliations
Member, Law Society of Alberta
Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Member, Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta
Member, Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Former Director, Calgary Legal Guidance
Former Chair, Canadian Bar Association, Tax Specialists Section
Former Director, Canadian Petroleum Tax Society
Former Sessional Instructor, The University of Calgary, Faculty of Law
Education
Credentials Obtained a Certified Public Accountant certificate (inactive), Illinois, USA, 2006
Called to the Alberta Bar, 2004
Called to the Ontario Bar, 2002
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Osgoode Hall Law School, 2001
Designated a Certified Management Accountant, 1998
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm), with Distinction, University of Calgary, 1996