Stikeman Elliott LLP, Tax | Chambers Global Profile

About

Provided by Stikeman Elliott LLP

Stikeman Elliott is a firm that was founded on tax expertise and the desire to provide pragmatic advice to our clients that is insightful, creative and tailored to protect each client’s business interests. This legacy continues to influence how our lawyers approach legal advice, helping clients accomplish their goals in the most tax-efficient manner possible.

Clients benefit from a full suite of services for domestic and international tax advice, tax planning and tax controversy matters on both standalone tax mandates as well as integrated with corporate, investment, real estate, commercial matters. Drawing upon the expertise of each of our team members, Stikeman Elliott provides clients with efficient, expert tax advice that reflects a full consideration of their tax matters. These clients include publicly listed and private entities, Canadian pension funds, foreign sovereign wealth funds, multinational companies, REITs, infrastructure funds, and US and global private equity funds.

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Tax - Canada

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Stikeman Elliott is well known for its national and cross-border capabilities, with core strength in Montréal, Toronto and Calgary. The firm operates a diverse tax practice with a broad roster of both domestic and international clients, covering pension funds, REITs, private equity funds and blue-chip corporates on all manner of tax issues, with a focus on transactions and investments. The team continues to grow its tax litigation component and offers experience of tax disputes before all court levels. The firm has additional expertise in the energy, real estate and retail sectors.

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Work Highlights

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Stikeman Elliott supported Spartan Delta with the tax aspects of its CAD1.7 billion sale of Montney assets to Crescent Point Energy Corp.

Strengths

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Stikeman Elliott have an excellent breadth and depth of knowledge.

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Global

The team brings a high level of practical experience which translates to excellent commercial awareness.

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They are very responsive, quick to react and offer great availability.

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Global

Stikeman Elliott have an excellent breadth and depth of knowledge.

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Global

The team brings a high level of practical experience which translates to excellent commercial awareness.

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Global

They are very responsive, quick to react and offer great availability.

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Global

Notable Practitioners

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John Lorito

Band 2

Based in Toronto, John Lorito continues to be regarded as a leading tax expert in Canada, providing support both on significant cross-border transactions and in high-stakes litigation.

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Dean A Kraus

Band 4

Dean Kraus maintains a commendable reputation for his tax counsel on transactional mandates, including cross-border M&A and privatisations. He operates out of the firm's Toronto office.

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Frank Mathieu

Band 4

Montréal-based Frank Mathieu is regularly instructed for advice on corporate tax issues, including commercial transactions. He has also played a crucial role in both shareholder litigation and high-stakes corporate restructuring matters.

He can deal with several types of tax questions. He also always gets back to us in a timely manner.

Having Frank Mathieu as part of my team helps provide confidence that the tax issues are properly being managed.

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