Best Lawyers in Canada for Tax Law

Colin Smith is a partner in the Toronto office of Thorsteinssons LLP. Colin’s practice covers all income tax matters relating to domestic and foreign business ventures and administrative appeals to the Canada Revenue Agency. However, Colin has a particular focus on the taxation of private corporations and estate planning for high net-worth clients. Colin is a frequent lecturer and contributor to various tax publications. Colin has published various articles in the Federated Press’...

Pamela is a tax partner who focuses her practice on taxation, estate and trust planning, tax dispute resolution and voluntary disclosures of unpaid taxes. She regularly advises individuals and family enterprises on estate planning, including complex situations involving multi-jurisdictional assets or beneficiaries, philanthropy and gift planning. Pamela also advises both Canadian and international clients on taxation issues relating to establishing and operating business and investment struct...

Mike Collinge is the Leader of the Tax Litigation and Controversy Practice for the Ontario Region of Deloitte Legal Canada LLP. His practice is primarily focused on tax litigation and tax controversy. He was admitted to the Law Society of Ontario in 2012 after receiving his Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and completing a clerkship at the Tax Court of Canada. Mike has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of domestic and international tax disputes invol...

Nathalie Marchand, TEP practises in the areas of tax and estate planning. She has more than 30 years of experience providing advice on tax planning, estate planning, succession planning, wills and trusts for individuals and corporate clients. Throughout her professional career, Nathalie has used her expertise in these areas to help her clients by providing straightforward advice on a variety of taxation and estate planning matters. She assists in the elaboration and implementation of tax and ...

Alexander Demner is a partner practicing in the Vancouver office of Thorsteinssons LLP. Alexander’s practice covers several areas of taxation, including estate planning, pre-sale and divestiture structuring, owner-manager remuneration, taxpayer representation, and tax litigation. Alexander routinely advises on and implements reorganizations for individuals, trusts, and both private and public corporations in both the domestic and international context, and has overseen the successful re...

A partner in charge of the Taxation group at BCF, Marc-André Godard specializes in the tax aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, national and international restructurings, and tax planning for both public and private corporations. His understanding of the business world, his ability to explain tax implications in plain language, and his wide availability help him advise executives on making the best commercial decisions. Marc-André is recognized for his approach and his...

Marie-Eve Heming is a partner and practices in the firm’s Toronto office. Her practice encompasses all aspects of personal and corporate tax planning for a wide variety of clients, including private corporations and their owner-managers, public corporations, trusts, professionals, executives and high-net worth individuals, with a particular emphasis on corporate reorganizations, the structuring of investments and businesses, estate planning, business successions and immigration and emig...

Luc Martel is the fourth generation of Martel lawyers and the second to practice at Martel Cantin. Luc Martel was born under the sign of the cat. He practices law in his area of expertise, tax and estate planning. Luc offers the entrepreneurs all the services they need to: set up a business (incorporation, shareholders’ agreement, partnership agreement, etc.); to grow their business (business planning: merger, acquisition, etc; and tax planning: purification, crystallization, eligibilit...

Ken’s practice focuses on tax litigation and tax dispute resolution. With over 30 years as a tax lawyer, he also has extensive experience in corporate tax planning, reorganizations and personal tax planning. Becoming partner at Felesky Flynn in 1996, Ken was co-managing partner from 2008 to 2015 and was appointed King’s Counsel in 2008. He has represented taxpayers before the Supreme Court of Canada, Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, Alberta Court of Queen’s Benc...

M. Elena Hoffstein, FEA, has a practice focused in all areas of estate planning, family business succession planning, corporate reorganization both pre and post mortem planning. She also advises on cross border and international matters, will, trusts and marriage contracts. Elena is also a recognized leader in charity law advising both charities and donors on effective legislative, tax and regulatory matters and on tax effective charitable gifting. Elena frequently advises clients on family b...

Martin Raymond addresses tax and estate matters with speed and straightforwardness. Martin is a member of the board of directors and the head of the Tax Law team. Specialized in tax planning, he advises families, professionals and new immigrants on transferring and managing their assets, both in Canada and abroad. He helps individuals and businesses set up asset holding structures and frequently advises SMEs, public corporations and start-ups on business organization and reorganization. Over ...

Growing up working Saturdays and summers in the small business his father started, Richard experienced firsthand the things that are needed to keep a business going. Early mornings. Hard work. Keeping customers happy. Today, with a legal practice focused on providing tax, trust and estate advice, Richard still draws on those early lessons, recognizing that he is dealing with people’s livelihoods and families. He works with our clients to define their family, business and tax objectives ...

Corina Weigl is Co-Leader of the Private Client Service group. Her practice is focused on estate and family business succession planning. She develops customized strategies for wills, trusts, and tools designed to protect a client's property, such as domestic contracts, Corina leverages legal and tax regimes to protect multi-jurisdictional property and family interests. She is also active in the Firm, having recently held the positions of Chair of the Firm’s Professional Development Com...

Austin Del Rio is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Tax Law. Austin, who practices law in Montréal, Quebec, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Austin is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Antoine Desroches is a partner in our tax team. He regularly advises public and private businesses regarding the Canadian and international tax consequences of their operations, particularly in regard to corporate finance, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, as well as on their commercial activities and internal affairs in general. He also represents insurers with respect to representations, warranties and tax insurance policies. In addition, Mr. Desroches provides consultation and pla...

Andrew Bateman is Miller Thomson’s Leader of Corporate Tax. His practice covers a broad spectrum of taxation law, with a current focus on planning and dispute resolution for private corporations, trusts and other entities. Andrew has extensive experience in public and private corporate transactions and reorganizations, tax dispute resolution and litigation, trust and estate matters, First Nation taxation and goods and services tax. As a sought-after speaker and writer, Andrew provides i...