Ian Gamble

Ian Gamble

Vancouver, BC recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013
Thorsteinssons LLP

22 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Tax Law
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Vancouver.

Biography

Ian Gamble is tax counsel in Canada. He represents public and private clients in the mining, forestry, telecommunications, oil & gas, energy, real estate, and marine sectors. His extensive corporate, business, and international tax experience of over 30 years includes cross-border structures and financing arrangements, foreign affiliates, mergers and acquisitions, flow-through shares, partnership and trust structures, tax opinions, executive compensation, cross-border withholding taxes, natural resource levies, CRA audit defense, and tax litigation.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Cross-border structures and financing
  • Foreign affiliates
  • M&A transactions
  • Flow-through shares
  • Partnership and trust structures
  • Tax opinions
  • Executive compensation
  • Cross-border withholding taxes
  • Natural resource levies
  • CRA audit defense
  • Tax 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
Thorsteinssons LLP

22 Best Lawyers awards

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Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Tax Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2024 - Tax Law Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2018 - Tax Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Tax Law, Vancouver, Canada (2026)
  • Tax Law, Vancouver, Canada (2024)
  • Tax Law, Vancouver, Canada (2018)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2026 for work in:
  • Tax Law

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