Chris is a leading tax advisor handling mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, real estate transactions (including REIT transactions), infrastructure and clean energy transactions and joint ventures. He advises many of the firms public corporation clients with respect to acquisitions, complex restructurings, equity offerings, compensation plans and managing tax risk. He is also a leading advisor to Canadian and global investment funds on negotiating and structuring complex cross-border transactions and developing fund structures that work for management teams and investors across a variety of jurisdictions. Chris is a trusted advisor for several family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including a number of Canada’s most successful professional athletes and entertainers. Chris is a co-author of the textbook Canadian Taxation of Trusts. Select Recognition: Chambers Global; Chambers Canada; International Tax Review’s World Tax; The Legal 500 Canada; Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40; Lexpert Special Editions: Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency; The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory; The Best Lawyers in Canada; Expert Guides—Rising Stars.
On November 30, 2018, Essar Steel Algoma Inc. (“ESAI”) concluded its comprehensive restructuring under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act by way of the sale of substantially all of its assets to Algoma Steel Inc. (“ASI”).
