Osler shortlisted for 13 of the International Tax Review’s Americas Awards

Aug 2, 2018

Osler is honoured to be shortlisted for 13 of the 2018 International Tax Review’s Americas Awards. These awards, which will be presented on September 13, 2018 in New York, are given to in-house teams, firms and individuals that provide the most innovative tax and transfer pricing advice. The judging panel examines submissions made for the World Tax and World Transfer Pricing guides, in combination with specific Americas Awards submissions. Awards are based on size of the transaction, innovation, ingenuity and impact.

Osler was shortlisted in the following categories:

• Canadian Tax Firm of the Year
• Canada Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Canada Tax Court Firm of the Year
• North America Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
• Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Americas Capital Markets Tax Deal of the Year (The Bank of Nova Scotia in its launch of a new form of Additional Tier 1 Capital)
• Americas Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year (The Bank of Nova Scotia in its launch of a new form of Additional Tier 1 Capital)
• Americas Real Estate Tax Deal of the Year (SmartREIT and Strathallen Acquisitions Inc. in the acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of OneREIT for $1.1 billion)
• Americas Tax Restructuring Deal of the Year (Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., lenders to Stelco Inc., in its CCAA proceedings)
• North America Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Americas Tax Firm of the Year
• North America Tax Firm of the Year
• Americas Tax Litigation & Disputes Practice Leader of the Year Award (Al Meghji)

Osler’s Tax Group is consistently recognized as a leading provider of tax law services in Canada. Our tax lawyers operate as an integrated unit and in partnership with our clients to develop sophisticated solutions to our clients’ most complex and important taxation issues. With close to 60 tax professionals, we are able to offer our clients expert advice on a broad range of taxation matters of importance to their business interests. We offer leading expertise and have extensive experience in each of the following areas of corporate tax practice: M&A, Corporate Reorganizations and Restructurings, Tax Advisory Services, Tax Controversy & Litigation, Transfer Pricing, Canada/U.S. Cross-Border Tax Planning, and Indirect Tax.

For more information on the 13^th annual Americas Tax Awards, please click here.