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Tax
Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright is regularly instructed by private equity firms and public and private companies in the mining, energy, finance, infrastructure and agribusiness sectors for its expertise on both contentious and non-contentious tax matters. Practice co-head Dominic Belley leads from Montreal and specializes in litigation; alongside him, Dion Legge majors on transactional tax matters. Working from the firm’s five Canadian offices, additional key team members include Toronto-based Adrienne Oliver and Derek Chiasson in Montreal, both of whom focus on non-contentious tax matters.
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Key clients
- Enerflex
- Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Infrastructure
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Air Canada
- Deltastream Energy Corporation
- SNC-Lavalin Group
- Bombardier
- Merchant Capital Holdings
- TerrAscend
- Carlsberg Group
- Tidewater Renewables
- Yamana Gold
- Wesley Clover
- Sobeys
- Rona
Work highlights
- Advised Enerflex on its stock-for-stock cross-border business combination with US-based Exterran Corporation, creating a combined entity with an implied combined enterprise value of approximately $1.5bn.
- Advising the special committee of the board of directors of Yamana Gold Inc. in connection with the acquisition by Pan American Silver Corp. of all of Yamana’s issued and outstanding common shares and the acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited of certain of Yamana's Canadian assets.
- Defending Bombardier in determination, for capital tax purposes, of the inclusion of lease subsidies paid by the taxpayer, an aircraft designer and manufacturer, to its clients as incentives.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dion Legge, Dominic C. Belley