Carrie Smit

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

Partner and Head of Goodmans' Tax Group. Practice focuses on corporate transactions, cross-border mergers, corporate reorganizations, debt financings, debt restructurings, and private equity investments.

Career

Recipient of the 2021 Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award by the Canadian Tax Foundation. Named “Toronto Tax Lawyer of the Year” in 2016 and 2018 by Best Lawyers in Canada and was the recipient of the Best in Tax Award at the 2012 Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards. 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, the Lexpert Special Edition: Canada's Leading Finance and M&A Lawyers, 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 and International Tax Review’s Women in Tax Leaders.

Professional Memberships

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

Canadian Tax Foundation (former Governor and member of the Executive Committee)