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.
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