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Bennett Jones LLP

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Bennett Jones LLP

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Tax - Canada

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Bennett Jones is a well-respected law firm with solid tax departments in Calgary and Toronto, offering impressive depth in both its transactional and litigation capabilities, as well as commodity tax. The team is also reputed for its adeptness in restructuring matters, with notable cross-border capabilities. The oil and gas, mining and energy industries are a particular focus of the practice. Its lawyers continue to act for financial institutions and real estate and pharmaceutical companies.
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Work Highlights

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  • Bennett Jones acted as lead Canadian counsel to O'Leary Productions in providing full concept tax advise on the development of the Wonder Data Centre project, which will be the world's largest AI data centre.

Strengths

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  • The firm has such depth of expertise and understanding of the transactions at hand, which leads to efficiencies in time spent planning and implementing tax strategies.

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  • The firm has very strong commercial awareness with a view to pragmatism to achieve business objectives efficiently.

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  • Bennett Jones is extremely responsive and timely to any of our asks and deliverables always exceed my expectations.

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  • The team provides really thoughtful views. When things go great, they are on point and when something doesn't go our way, they have already identified that risk, so there is no surprise.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Darcy Moch KC
    Darcy Moch KC

    Darcy Moch KC

    Darcy Moch KC is sought out for his counsel on corporate tax and commercial transactions. He is based in Bennett Jones' Calgary office.

    • Darcy Moch is an exceptional individual who applies his knowledge and experience in a very practical way.

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    • Darcy is very experienced, has good ideas and communicates well.

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  • Edwin Kroft KC
    Edwin Kroft KC

    Edwin Kroft KC

    Edwin Kroft KC remains one of Canada's pre-eminent tax litigators. He possesses a wealth of contentious experience in issues spanning the enforcement of Canada Revenue Agency settlements, tax exemptions and disputes stemming from transactions.

    • Edwin has always been a great litigator.

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  • Anu Nijhawan
    Anu Nijhawan

    Anu Nijhawan

    Calgary-based Anu Nijhawan is the co-head of Bennett Jones' tax group and advises clients on M&A transactions, financings and refinancings. She has been engaged in a number of standout deals in the energy, construction and power generation sectors.

    • Anu is able to quickly deduce the key issues and delivers advice in a clear and concise fashion that arms one with critical information required to make informed decisions.

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    • Anu is very practical in her approach and applying any new rules to our business. She is very good at explaining issues in a way we can really relate to our business.

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    • Anu has a very strong technical background and is consistently up to date with legislative updates and market trends and consistently exceeds expectations.

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    • Anu is very well-versed in the practices of the CRA and provides outstanding advice.

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  • Jehad Haymour
    Jehad Haymour

    Jehad Haymour

    Calgary-based Jehad Haymour has a practice focused on tax litigation and possesses extensive experience appearing before the country's tax authorities and courts. He acts for major clients in the oil and gas sector.

    • Jehad's dedication throughout has been outstanding. His knowledge in tax law and his strategic approach has been excellent.

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    • Jehad has a strong understanding of complex transactions and commercial mindedness.

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    • His experience, ability to comprehend very complicated situations and his courtroom litigation stands out.

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  • Thomas Bauer
    Thomas Bauer

    Thomas Bauer

    Toronto-based Thomas Bauer is the co-head of Bennett Jones' tax group and provides tax counsel to clients on various issues, including acquisitions and sales, rights offerings and restructurings. He has significant experience acting for clients in the mining sector.

    • Tom has a great ability to take the legal issue and put it into layman's terms. He lays out the facts that are pertinent to our operations and is very responsive and timely.

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  • Gregory M Johnson
    Gregory M Johnson

    Gregory M Johnson

    Calgary-based Gregory Johnson offers diverse tax advice to clients, with a particular practice focus on commercial transactions, including cross-border and offshore restructuring mandates.

    • I really appreciate working with Greg. He responds so quickly and always has the right answers.

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    • Greg is our trusted advisor for tax structuring and planning.

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    • Greg has years of experience and has seen a lot of the issues that I may not have answers to.

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