Carrie Smit

Practice Areas

Carrie Smit is a partner and the head of the Tax Group at Goodmans. Her practice is transaction based and encompasses all aspects of income taxation that arise in corporate and commercial transactions, including cross-border mergers, corporate reorganizations, domestic and international debt financings, debt restructurings and private equity investments.

Career

Carrie is recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, The Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, Best Lawyers in Canada, Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisors and Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law, Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Canada, International Tax Review’s Women in Tax Leaders, and featured in the Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A.

In 2022, Carrie was honoured by the Ontario Bar Association with the Award of Excellence in Tax Law, recognizing her outstanding leadership and contributions to the field. She is also a recent recipient of the Canadian Tax Foundation's Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award. Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2018 recognized Carrie as one of the seven “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” in Canada in corporate tax and she was named the Toronto Tax “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in Canada in both 2016 and 2018. In 2012, Carrie was honoured at the Euromoney Americas’ Women in Business Law Awards where she received the Best in Tax Award.

Professional Memberships

Carrie has spoken at numerous tax conferences and has written papers on a variety of income tax matters. She is a regular speaker at the annual CBA “Tax Law for Lawyers” conference.

She is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (Executive Committee), Member of Council of International Fiscal Association, Canadian Bar Association, and Canadian Tax Foundation.