Our Team

Chambers & Partners’ Chambers Global: World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Client’s Guide, 2008-2012—Leading lawyer in tax

Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, 2008-2011—Repeatedly recommended practitioner in corporate tax

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

Woodward White’s Best Lawyers in Canada, 2009-2012—Leading lawyer in tax law 

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal: Canada 2010 and 2011—Leading lawyer in corporate tax

Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers 2009 and 2010—Leading lawyer in Canada

International Tax Review's World Tax 2010—Leading lawyer in tax law 

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

International Tax Review, March 2007—Key individual in tax law

Law Business Research’s Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2003-2004—Leading lawyer in corporate tax

Law Business Research’s The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers 2003—Leading lawyer

Jim has recently represented

• TMX Group on its proposed US$6.9 billion merger with London Stock Exchage Group
• Bell Globemedia in its C$1.7 billion takeover bid for CHUM
• Maple Leaf Heritage Investments Acquisition Corporation in its purchase of Hudson’s Bay Company following its unsolicited bid
• Brascan
  • and its affiliates in the C$2.04 billion sale of the outstanding common shares of Falconbridge to Xstrata
  • in the US$1.25 billion merger of Noranda and Falconbridge
• the underwriters of the C$215 million public offering of units related to Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund’s C$500 million acquisition of the Famous Player movie exhibition business of Viacom
• Rogers Communications and Rogers Wireless as Canadian counsel in Rogers Communications’ acquisition of Rogers Wireless Communications’ Class B Restricted Voting shares owned by the public
• Manitoba Telecom Services in its C$1.7 billion acquisition of Allstream (formerly AT&T Canada)
• Manulife Financial
  • in its C$15 billion acquisition of John Hancock
  • in its C$6.4 billion offer for Canada Life
  • in its demutualization and C$2.5 billion global public offering
• Manulife Financial Capital Trust in its offering of C$1 billion of Manulife Capital Capital Securities (MaCS)
• BNN Split on its C$125 million issue of preferred shares
• The Thomson Corporation
  • in its US$18 billion acquisition of Reuters Group to form Thomson Reuters under Canada's first dual listed company structure
  • on its US$1 billion offering of common shares in the United States and Canada
  • in the US$2.5 billion sale of its U.S. and Canadian newspaper assets
  • and the The Woodbridge Company in the creation (with BCE) of Bell Globemedia
• Brascan Corporation in its C$775 million acquisition of all the outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares of Trilon Financial (now Brascan Financial)
• Rogers Communications on its C$6 billion bid for Groupe Vidéotron
• Rogers Wireless in its issue of US$500 million senior secured notes in the U.S.
• London Insurance Group on its C$2.8 billion acquisition by Great-West Life
• TSX Group on its initial public offering
• SBC Communications in the C$6.3 billion restructuring of its 20% investment in Bell Canada

"The Taxation of the Investment Component of a Life Insurance Policy," Canadian Tax Journal, January 1989.

"The Interpretation of Tax Conventions in Canada," co-author, Canadian Tax Journal, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition.

Joint Committee on Taxation, Canadian Bar Association/Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
Taxation Section, Ontario Bar Association
Canadian Tax Foundation
International Fiscal Association
Canadian Tax Subcommittee, International Swaps and Derivatives Association