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McMillan LLP

Tax

Canada Guide 2027 : Nationwide - Canada


McMillan LLP

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About

Provided by McMillan LLP

McMillan’s Tax Group is a leading source for tax advice in Canada, engaging with companies from a range of industries including financial services, automotive, pharmaceutical, private equity and natural resources.

With expertise in substantive tax law, tax administration, court procedure and tax policy, our tax team prioritizes understanding clients’ business objectives to provide effective advisement and minimize the tax risk associated with our clients’ domestic and international business activities.

We are one of Canada’s leading cross-border taxation practices with extensive experience implementing a full range of cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, reorganizations and spin-offs.

We also advise clients at every stage of the tax dispute resolution process, from audits through to administrative appeals and court challenges, routinely achieving great success in resolving tax disputes with Canada’s federal and provincial revenue authorities.

Furthermore, McMillan’s tax lawyers are recognized leaders in helping clients manage complex sales and commodity tax challenges. We provide clients with pragmatic advice on matters relating to customs duties, harmonized sales tax (HST), goods and services tax (GST), Québec sales tax, British Columbia provincial sales tax, federal excise tax and duties, provincial land transfer taxes and other provincial taxes such as those on gasoline, fuel and tobacco.

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Tax - Nationwide - Canada

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

McMillan is a law firm with notable reach across Canada thanks to its tax practices in a number of major cities. The group provides a broad spectrum of advice to clients on both domestic and cross-border taxation, including M&A deals, financings and transfer pricing. It is also recognised for its solid tax litigation practice. Clients include financial institutions and companies involved in the oil and gas, technology and automotive sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • McMillan LLP represented the government of Canada, as issuer, in two Canadian-dollar-denominated green bond issuances valued at CAD4.5 billion, including all the related corporate and tax matters.

Strengths

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  • The firm has a strong litigation team, which keeps me well informed.

    Tax respondentCanada
  • McMillan attracts top talent. The team has a deep understanding of the relevant laws and regulations, and provides a nuanced-yet-practical approach to advocacy.

    Tax respondentCanada
  • McMillan has an extremely high-quality and practical team. They understand what we are trying to achieve and why it is important.

    Tax respondentCanada
  • The team has technical expertise and the ability to summarise complex issues clearly. They are very responsive and understand our business.

    Tax respondentCanada
  • The McMillan team is very passionate about getting to a solution. The team nails it with its commercial understanding and delivers in a timely manner.

    Tax respondentCanada

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Jamie M Wilks
    Band 1Jamie M Wilks

    Jamie M Wilks

    Jamie Wilks is a well-known figure in the Canadian market, especially on matters dealing with indirect tax. His practice is focused on commodity tax and multi-stage value added tax, assisting clients from a variety of sectors.

    • Jamie understands our issues almost immediately. He then takes time to understand it within the context of our specific issue.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • Jamie is very experienced and a great practitioner.
      Tax respondentCanada
  • Band 3Michael Lubetsky
    Band 3Michael Lubetsky

    Michael Lubetsky

    Michael Lubetsky handles a range of contentious tax matters, including appeals. His clients include large and medium-sized companies, as well as high net worth individuals.
    • Michael is passionate about his work, very creative and deeply intelligent.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • He is very knowledgeable and attentive.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • Michael is extremely knowledgeable in technical tax matters.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • Michael is very good at providing the practical realities of the court process.

      Tax respondentCanada
  • Band 4Michael Friedman
    Band 4Michael Friedman

    Michael Friedman

    Michael Friedman has strong expertise in handling tax aspects of transactions.

    • Michael brings both deep tax expertise and long-standing industry experience, and it truly shows in the quality of his advice. His responses are consistently thoughtful and grounded, and he always helps us see the issue from both a technical and practical angle.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • Michael is practical, flexible and a pleasure to deal with.

      Tax respondentCanada
    • He fully understands our business and will explain the tax complexities to us.

      Tax respondentCanada

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