Jean-Guillaume Shooner

Jean-Guillaume Shooner is a partner in the Tax Group and is the national head of Stikeman Elliott’s Commodity Tax, Customs and International Trade practice. His practice focuses on commodity taxation (including Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax, Québec Sales Tax and provincial sales taxes), insurance premium taxes, excise taxes, luxury tax, as well as fuel and carbon taxes. He advises clients on various international trade matters involving customs compliance, import/export controls (including supply-managed trade controls), CUSMA (USMCA) and other free-trade agreements, customs valuation and tariff classification.

His practice on Canadian federal regulatory laws also includes the import of controlled nuclear substances under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Import and Export Control Regulations, economic sanctions, and the Controlled Goods Program. Jean-Guillaume also advises clients on certain anti-dumping and countervailing matters under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

Jean-Guillaume acts for major Canadian and multinational corporations and provides strategic advice in the areas of commodity taxation and international trade, dispute settlement, voluntary disclosures (sales taxes, customs compliance, and export controls) and obtaining import or export permits.

He is a member of our S-211 (Forced and Child Labour Law) Working Group.

Jean-Guillaume’s commodity taxation and customs matters expertise are recognized by the legal industry’s most prominent directories, including Chambers, Lexpert and The Legal 500.