Edwin Kroft KC

Ed leads the Tax Litigation & Controversy group. He represents clients, including major Canadian and foreign corporations, in domestic and international tax disputes involving the Canada Revenue Agency and other tax authorities. These disputes deal with domestic and cross-border issues such as transfer pricing, treaty interpretation and tax avoidance. Ed regularly appears for clients before various Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Admitted to the British Columbia bar, 1980; Admitted to the Alberta and Ontario bars, 2010; Queen's Counsel(BC), 2009; CPA (Hons) BC.

Ed is a former member of the Tax Court of Canada Rules Committee and the Federal Court Bench and Bar Committee. He is the former Chair of the Tax Litigation section of the Advocates Society and is a former governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation. He has taught tax courses for over 35 years and has written more than 65 articles and papers on taxation and corporate law subjects for various organizations.