Ryan Morris, Weirfoulds LLP

Ryan Morris is Co-chair of the tax group at WeirFoulds. He is a top Canadian tax counsel to sophisticated domestic and international clients. He recently assisted a Fortune 500 company with an internal reorganization, won an important tax dispute for one of its franchisees and advised on several compliance matters. He has significant experience advising issuers, including a Big Five bank, on sophisticated tax-focused investment products. He is regularly the lead tax lawyer for M&A transactions, including then publicly listed Soltoro on a share disposition by plan of arrangement to Agnico Eagle Mines. He has acted as lead counsel on tax disputes, up to and including the Supreme Court of Canada. Ryan has introduced the WeirFoulds Access to Justice Tax Dispute Program to provide self-represented litigants with duty counsel at the Tax Court of Canada.