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Tax
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