Our Team

Lexpert/Thomson Reuters' Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2008-2012—Repeatedly recommeded practitioner in corporate tax

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide, 2008-2013—Leading lawyer in tax

Best Lawyers in Canada, 2008-2013—Leading lawyer in tax law

Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? 2007-2012—Recommended Canadian lawyer in tax (Ontario)

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Canada, 2010-2012—Leading lawyer in corporate tax

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2008 and 2010, and The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, 2009 and 2012—Leading lawyer in corporate tax

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers, 2009—Leading lawyer in corporate tax

Real Time News' LawDay, 2009—Leading lawyer in tax law

Practical Law Company's Cross-border Tax on Corporate Transactions Handbook, 2008-2009—Recommended Canadian lawyer in tax

Euromoney Institutional Investor’s International Tax Review: World Tax, 2005—Leading lawyer in M&A

Silrun Information Services’ Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2004—Repeatedly recommended lawyer in corporate tax

The wide range of John's experience can be seen from the following example transactions

• the tax aspects of TD Bank’s acquisition of bank branches from Laurentian Bank, acquisition of Newcrest Capital and Wellington West
• the corporate reorganizations of Call-Net Enterprises, Harrowston, Inter-City Products, Sherritt International, Toronto Sun Publishing and Viridian
• the securitization of the credit card receivables of Sears Canada
• numerous takeover bids, including the acquisitions of Anchor Lamina, B.C. Sugar, Dominion Textile, First Marathon, Lac Minerals, Linquist Avey, Markborough Properties, Midland Walwyn, Tim Hortons, Viridian, Luscar Coal and Westcoast Energy
• the combinations of Uniphase with JDS Fitel and Atlantis Communications with Alliance
• structured note offerings by Bank of Montreal
• the lease by Ontario Power Generation of the Bruce nuclear plant
• the acquisition by ONCAP L.P. of BAE Systems Canada
• the acquisition of Irwin Toy by Livgroup Investments  
• the sale of LeBlanc Ltd. by LeBlanc & Royle Enterprises
• the sale by Merrill Lynch Canada of its Canadian retail brokerage business

John has lectured on tax matters in programs run by the Canadian Tax Foundation and by the Law Society of Upper Canada, and at numerous other conferences. He is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation.