KPMG Law LLP Overview
KPMG Law LLP offers exceptional legal services across Canada, always invested in the success of our clients and continually striving to help achieve the best outcomes.
Our experienced legal team has earned a reputation for solving problems, providing answers, and achieving results to help meet the needs of businesses and exceed client expectations. Instead of simply telling our clients what the law says, our people focus on what our clients need. We listen, we empathize, and we anticipate outcomes in order to create the type of tailored solutions our clients require.
Number of Lawyers: 138
Services
Business Law: We serve a wide range of Canadian and foreign entities – from private companies and mid-market businesses through to massive public conglomerates. Our representative list of completed transactions, reorganizations and deals is as impressive as any. Unlike other law firms, our people are encouraged to take a multi-disciplinary approach, using their experience, capabilities, and insights to create smart, sustainable, and value-driven solutions for their clients. That is why our clients see us as more than just business lawyers – we are trusted legal and business advisors. Our Business Law services include corporate/commercial law and reorganizations, financial services and banking, mergers and acquisitions, securities and capital markets, and real estate and leasing.
Employment and Labour Law: We provide practical support to our clients to help ensure that the correct policies and agreements are in place to meet their businesses’ needs and to comply with employment standards and other related legislation. Working as an extension of your team, we bring forward thinking, deep knowledge and experience, proven solutions, tools and frameworks, and technology alliances which allows KPMG Law LLP to be your legal service provider of choice.
Tax Law: Our tax lawyers are deeply embedded within KPMG's tax, accounting, and advisory practices. Our practice is also comprised of a team of lawyers who specialize in charitable and not-for-profit law. Our clients always get a holistic solution to their tax challenges – solutions based on the full experience, insight, and international reach of our global network of member firms. Solutions that are built around your unique business. Our tax lawyers have worked with companies across virtually every industry and sector. With a particular focus on mid-to-large sized companies, our professionals bring a level of creativity and sense of urgency that simply cannot be matched by other Canadian business law firms.
Tax Litigation: Our tax and legal professionals excel at creating tax-efficient strategies and helping clients manage tax risk. But when disputes do arise, they turn to our tax litigation professionals to help bring about timely and fair resolutions. Clients choose KPMG Law's Tax Litigation practice because we know what we are doing. Our practice is comprised of former CRA negotiators and Department of Justice lawyers who understand the many sides of dispute and can work with all parties at the table. We understand the nuances and considerations at play and are able to prepare accordingly.
Estates and Trust Law: Our Private Client Service lawyers are recognized for taking a multi-disciplinary approach to helping private clients manage and transfer their wealth. We collaborate with KPMG in Canada’s Enterprise and Family Offices practices, allowing us to take a more holistic view of our clients’ challenges and opportunities. Our lawyers build ‘lifetime’ relationships with their clients, serving as their family’s trusted confidant and wealth advisor as they move through life stages and key events. Our focus is on using our multi-disciplinary approach to help private market clients preserve and manage wealth.
Immigration Law: We offer Canadian, US and global immigration services. We understand the competitive nature of today’s talent environment and we know that immigration plays a key role in shaping a sustainable talent and workforce strategy. That is why our professionals go beyond simply processing applications to instead focus on helping clients turn immigration into a talent driver. Our professionals are proactive, teaming with clients to understand their business, help develop their workforce strategies and anticipate future workforce trends and opportunities.
Charitable and Not-for-Profit Law: We provide legal services to charities, not-for-profit organizations and other non-taxable entities across in Canada. Our lawyers specialize in tax litigation for private taxpayers, corporations and charities. We regularly represent clients at the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. Our practice is diverse and includes high level tax planning for charities engaged in business activities, operating overseas, corporate governance and gift planning; for donors planning large donations; and international organizations seeking to work in Canada or with Canadian organizations operating abroad.
