Brian is a partner who advises on a broad range of tax matters, including cross-border mergers & acquisitions, international tax planning, and transfer pricing and international trusts and estates. Brian is regularly consulted for his expertise in structuring complex, major transactions, including the first tax-deferred conversion of a mutual fund corporation into a REIT and the first Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificate aircraft financing in Canada. Before joining Davies, Brian worked as a legislative draftsman and tax policy officer for the Department of Finance and as a rulings officer for the Canada Revenue Agency. He also advised the Canadian government on e-commerce taxation. He is a former governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and presently sits on the Canadian Branch Board of the International Fiscal Association. He is also a member of the Lord Reading Law Society. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; The Legal 500 Canada; Tax Directors Handbook; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Lexology Index; Expert Guides—Transfer Pricing.
On September 24, 2018, DCC Technology Ltd. acquired the JAM Group of Companies comprised of JAM Industries Ltd., JAM International Ltd. and their subsidiaries (“JAM”), North America’s largest value-added distributor of musical instruments, professional audio and consumer electronics products, for an initial enterprise value of US$170 million.
On May 1, 2018, Scotiabank announced the completion of its $950 million acquisition of Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd. to create the third-largest Canadian active asset manager with $166 billion in assets under management (as of December 31, 2017).
