Overview
Jerald is a partner in the firm’s Tax Practice, and specializes in domestic and international corporate tax planning, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and corporate finance. He has particular experience advising domestic and foreign financial institutions.
Jerald has advised on a number of Canadian and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings, and a number of inbound and outbound investments and multinational group structures. He has also advised on the structuring and issuance of various financial instruments and other capital markets activity.
Recognition
Chambers and Partners’ Chambers Global—Leading lawyer in tax (2013-2019)
Chambers and Partners’ Chambers Canada—Leading lawyer in tax (2016-2019)
Best Lawyers in Canada—Leading lawyer in tax law (2006-2019)
The Legal 500 Canada—Leading lawyer in tax (2015-2019)
Lexpert/American Lawyer’s Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada—Leading practitioner in corporate tax (2011-2019)
Lexpert/Thomson Reuters’ Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory—Leading lawyer in corporate tax and derivatives (2002-2018)
Law Business Research's Who’s Who Legal: Canada—Leading lawyer in corporate tax (2006-2015)
Other Publications
Complex Financial Instruments: An Industry and Practitioner Perspective on Equity Derivatives
Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference, Toronto | November 2009
Recent Transactions in Corporate Finance: Assumption, Tender Offer and Other Secondary Market Transactions
Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference, Toronto | November/December 2008
The Public Company Spin-off Rule
Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference, Toronto | September 2000
The Bump Denial Rule in Subparagraph 88(1)(c)(vi)
Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Conference, Toronto | September 1998
