Stephen W. Bowman

Stephen W. Bowman

Vice Chair and Managing Partner at Bennett Jones LLP
(416) 777-4624
(416) 863-1716
100 King St W, Suite 3400, 1 First Canadian Pl, PO Box 130, Toronto, ON
Year called to bar: 1981 (ON)
Stephen is vice chair and managing partner, People and Talent at Bennett Jones. He is a member of the firm's Tax Department and leads the firm's China and Asia Initiatives. Stephen served as managing partner in Toronto for more than 13 years. Stephen's practice has included mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, corporate finance, and trans-border transactions, with extensive experience in asset-based financing and equipment leasing. His practice also encompasses estate planning, where he advises Canadian domestic and foreign clients in connection with the establishment, operation and reorganization of estate planning structures, as well as with business, philanthropic and wealth succession planning. Stephen is a contributing author to Tax Policy in Canada, ed. by Mintz, McKenzie and Kerr, and to U.S. Taxation of Foreign Controlled Businesses, ed. by Marc M. Levey. He is also a recipient of the Canadian Tax Foundation's annual Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award. Stephen has been recognized in Chambers Canada and The Legal 500 Canada in the area of Tax. Stephen is a member of the Council of the International Bar Association's Section on Public and Professional Interest and is Immediate Past Chair of the IBA's Law Firm Management Committee.
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