Stikeman Elliott LLP

Stikeman Elliott LLP's practice is well-placed to provide advisory, transactional and contentious tax support to financial services, real estate, retail, energy and telecoms clients. Core areas of focus for the group include providing advice in connection with M&A, equity financings, asset acquisitions and dispositions and transfer pricing, as well as tax litigation. John Lorito in Toronto, Frank Mathieu in Montreal and Julie D’Avignon in Calgary share leadership of the department and specialize in transactional tax mandates. Also noted are Toronto-based partners Dean Kraus (who manages income tax aspects of corporate and commercial transactions); and John Lennard (who handles tax planning, tax audits and disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial taxation authorities).