Month: May 2014

Thorsteinssons lawyer David Baxter presented on “The Tax Practicalities of Structuring the Family Business” at the Pacific Business and Law Institute on May 21, 2014.

Thorsteinssons lawyer David Baxter presented on “Private Mergers & Acquisitions: Structuring the Transaction from a Tax Perspective” and “Divisive Reorganizations of Private Corporations: Purifications, Splits and Spins” at the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia on May…

Thorsteinssons LLP was named “The Best Canadian Tax Firm” by The 2014 M&A Today Global Awards.

Thorsteinssons LLP was named “The Canadian Corporate Tax Law Firm of the Year” by The 2014 Worldwide Advisor Superior Lawyer Awards.

Thorsteinssons lawyer Ian Gamble presented “Canada’s Proposed Treaty Shopping Rule” at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s 24th Annual Meeting and Conference on May 10, 2014 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The Inter-Pacific Bar Association is an international association of business and…

Thorsteinssons LLP was named “The International Taxation Law Firm of the Year in Canada” by The 2014 ACQ Global Awards.

Thorsteinssons LLP was named “Canadian Cross-border Tax Firm of the Year” at the 2014 Acquisition International Taw Awards.

Thorsteinssons lawyer Brandon Wiener presents on “Sale of a Family Business” at the 3rd Tax-Effective Succession Planning for the Owner-Manager on May 22 & 23, 2014.

Thorsteinssons lawyer Brandon Wiener speaks at the CLHIA Tax Officers Annual Conference on May 13, 2014.

The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Tax Court of Canada in R. v. Lehigh Cement Limited.  Warren J.A. Mitchell and Matthew G. Williams were counsel.

Link to decision:

http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisions/en/item/71098/index.do?r=AAAAAQAGbGVoaWdoAAAAAAE

Link to Blog:

http://thor.ca/blog/2014/05/federal-court-of-appeal-strongly-rejects-cras-broad-interpretation-of-s-956/