Brett Anderson is partner and co-head of the National Tax Group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Brett focuses on corporate tax planning, with extensive experience advising publicly traded corporations, private corporations, and individuals on complex reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, resource tax issues, and international tax matters. He also assists clients in resolving tax dispute matters throughout the audit and appeal stages. Brett shares his tax law knowledge and expertise both as a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and as a frequent speaker at a variety of tax conferences, seminars, and industry association meetings. He is a Councillor of the Canadian branch of the International Fiscal Association and a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Law Section).
On January 24, 2020, Encana Corporation completed a corporate reorganization and plan of arrangement that resulted in the company establishing its corporate domicile in the U.S., rebranding under the name Ovintiv Inc. (“Ovintiv”), and completing a consolidation and share exchange for one share of common stock of Ovintiv for every five common shares of Encana.