Laura Gheorghiu heads Gowling WLG’s Tax Group in Canada and its California and Austria desks. Based in Montréal, she focuses on M&A transactions, cross-border investments, corporate reorganizations, clean-economy projects, e-commerce and the taxation of emerging tech. She also advises on stock-option plans, employer payroll and pension obligations, value-added taxes, and Québec commodity taxes. Laura complements her advisory work by representing clients before the CRA and Revenu Québec at the audit and notice of objection stages and preparing voluntary disclosures. She regularly shares her insights on key tax developments in top-tier media outlets and often speaks in professional and industry forums. She contributed to several publications: Taxation of Private Corporations and Their Shareholders (Canadian Tax Foundation), Introduction to International Tax in Canada (Thomson Reuters) and the Business Guide to Environmental Law (Thomson Reuters). Laura has been recognized in the International Tax Review, Chambers Canada, The Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. She is the VP of the International Fiscal Association – Canada and hosts the TEI International Tax Student Case Competition. She practises law in English and French and is fluent in Romanian.
