Amanda Heale

Amanda’s tax advisory practice focuses on tax controversy and litigation, international tax and transfer pricing. Amanda has been involved in some of Canada’s most significant tax disputes, including the first and only transfer pricing case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada (Canada v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc., 2012 SCC 52).

At the University of Toronto, Amanda is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, teaching International Tax. She also teaches at the annual CBA Tax Law for Lawyers Conference and is a member of the CPA-CBA Joint Committee on Taxation.

In 2004–2005, Amanda was a law clerk to the Honourable Morris J. Fish of the Supreme Court of Canada.


Awards and Recognition

  • Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Recognized in Tax: Litigation
  • International Tax Review World Tax 2022: Recognized as a leader in Tax Controversy, Women in Tax
  • The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory: Recognized as Consistently Recommended in Corporate Tax and as Repeatedly Recommended in Litigation – Corporate Tax
  • Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40: Recognized as a Rising Star
  • International Tax Review: Recognized as a Highly Regarded Lawyer in the areas of Tax Controversy and Women in Tax
  • Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized in the area of Tax Law
  • Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards: Recognized as a Rising Star in the area of Tax
  • IFLR1000 Rising Stars Awards Americas 2022: Recognized as a ‘Rising Star’ in Tax Dispute Resolution
  • Who’s Who Legal: Recognized in Corporate Tax – Controversy; Canada – Corporate Tax
  • Legal 500: Recognized as a Next Generation Partner in Tax

Credentials

Education

  • University of Toronto, J.D. (Silver Medallist, Dean’s Key Recipient)
  • Queen’s University, B.A.H. (English Literature)

Languages

  • English

Professional Affiliations

  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • International Fiscal Association, Canadian Branch Council Member 
  • CBA-CPA Joint Committee on Taxation