Fasken's tax capabilities encompass support with M&A transactions, tax treaty interpretation, transfer pricing, commodity VAT mandates and tax litigation. Companies in the automotive, energy, financial services and tech segments routinely feature on the group’s client roster. Toronto-based Christopher Steeves steers the practice and specializes in the income tax aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A. Vancouver-based Michael Coburn and Montreal-based Alain Ranger are additional key contacts for advisory and transactional tax matters.

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Key clients

  • Uni-Select
  • Heritage-Crystal Clean
  • Fortis
  • Cars.com
  • Fiera Capital Corporation
  • ATS Corporation
  • National Bank of Canada
  • TD Asset Management
  • Compass Group Canada

Work highlights

  • Assisted Uni-Select with its acquisition by LKQ Corporation.
  • Assisted Heritage-Crystal Clean with its merger agreement to be acquired by an investment affiliate of J.F. Lehman & Co.
  • Acted for FortisBC Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis, in connection with the proposed sale to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enbridge of a large underground natural gas storage facility in British Columbia for C$400m.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christopher Steeves

Other key lawyers

Michael Coburn, Alain Ranger