Tax
The ‘extremely knowledgeable and practical’ tax team at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is well-placed to advise on high-profile domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, as well as representing clients in tax litigation before every level of court. The department is jointly led by Toronto-based Elie Roth and Montreal-based Marie-Emmanuelle Vaillancourt. Roth, who is praised by one client as being ’in a different league’, specializes in the tax aspects of M&A, fund formation, and real estate investment structuring. The ‘technically strong, business-oriented’ Vaillancourt also majors on domestic and international tax planning, with particular focus on transactional mandates. Additional key contacts in Toronto include the ’very responsive’ Christopher Anderson and Julie Colden. In Montreal, tax planning specialist Brian Bloom and litigators Guy du Pont and Anne-Sophie Villeneuve are also noted.
Testimonials
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‘They understand the tax and legal system extremely well. Very competent and very nice to work with. Very responsive, think outside the box when it's possible.’
‘Extremely knowledgeable and practical team that was able to navigate a complex tax issue during a cross-border transaction. The team quickly jumped in to uncover and understand the issues then provided a practical path forward.'
Key clients
- The Blackstone Group
- Apotex
Work highlights
- Acted for Blackstone in its $3.5bn take-private acquisition of Tricon Residential, an owner, operator and developer of a portfolio of approximately 38,000 single-family rental homes in the US Sun Belt, and multi-family apartments in Toronto.
- Acted for BELLUS Health in its $2bn sale to GSK, a British-based pharmaceutical company.