Ian Gamble is widely recognized as a leading international tax lawyer in Canada. He has vast experience representing large multinational and domestic corporations across all industry sectors. He advises on cross-border mergers & acquisitions, financings, group restructurings, controlled foreign affiliates, international tax treaties, joint ventures, CRA audits, and related tax appeals.
Ian has been recognized in several industry publications: Best Lawyers in Canada; Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers; International Tax Review (Top 10 Tax Advisors in Canada); Lexpert Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Guide to the Leading US-Canada Cross-Border Corporate Lawyers in Canada; Lexpert Canadian Legal Directory (Corporate Tax); Canada’s Leading Corporate Tax Lawyers Lexpert Special Edition; Chambers’ Global Guide to the World’s Best Lawyers; and Who’s Who Legal (Corporate Tax).
Ian has written two leading textbooks in Canada – The Foreign Affiliate Rules (Wolters Kluwer, co-authored with Bill Holmes) and Taxation of Canadian Mining (Carswell). He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of the International Tax Planning and Resource Sector Taxation Journals (Federated Press), Adjunct Professor of Corporate and International Taxation at the Peter A. Allard School of Law (University of British Columbia), Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, and author of numerous tax-related articles.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- International tax structures and financing
- Foreign affiliates
- M&A transactions
- Corporate restructurings
- Flow-through share financing
- Partnerships and trusts
- Financial audit tax opinions
- Executive compensation arrangements
- Withholding taxes
- Resource industry taxes and levies
- Provincial payroll taxes
- CRA audit defense
- Tax appeals & litigation
Education
- McGill University, Bachelor of Science (1981 – 1985, Honors)
- University of British Columbia, Bachelor of Laws (1985 – 1988, Prize in Corporate Taxation)
- Articles, Stikeman Elliott, Toronto, Ontario (1988 – 1989)
Professional Activities & Memberships
- Co-Author, The Foreign Affiliate Rules (Wolters Kluwer)
- Author, Taxation of Canadian Mining (Carswell)
- Former Editor-in-Chief, International Tax Journal and Resource Sector Taxation Journal (Federated Press)
- Former adjunct professor of corporate and international tax, Faculty and School of Law, University of British Columbia
- Contributor to tax-related publications and conferences
- Former member Executive Committee and Board of Governors, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Former member of International Fiscal Association
- Called to the Bar in British Columbia and Ontario
