Taylor’s practice includes all areas of Canadian corporate income tax planning, with a particular emphasis on cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate finance, and international tax issues. He also assists in the resolution of tax disputes related to such issues.
As a thought leader, Taylor has presented on international tax issues at the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Young Practitioner Focus program, and has been recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada as “One to Watch” in tax law.
Taylor is called to the bar in both Ontario and New York State, and has completed the Canadian Bar Association’s Tax Law for Lawyers and CPA Canada’s In-Depth Tax Course. Outside of work, Taylor is an accomplished classical pianist, and he enjoys performing both as a soloist and as part of chamber music groups.
Representative Work
- Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation
Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation, in proposed take private transaction of Nuvei Corporation valued at USD $6.3 billion
- Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by AstraZeneca
- 180 Degree Capital
180 Degree Capital Corp. in its merger with Mount Logan Capital Inc.
- Spire Global
Spire Global in its agreement to sell its maritime business for approximately US$241 million
- ParaPRO
ParaPRO LLC in its US$89.5-million asset sale to Cipher Pharmaceuticals
- Mevotech LP
Penfund in connection with TorQuest’s acquisition of Mevotech
- Hootsuite
Hootsuite in its acquisition of Talkwalker
- Trilogy
Trilogy in its take-private of Indigo Books & Music
- Manulife Financial Corporation
Manulife Financial Corporation in its largest Canadian Universal Life reinsurance transaction valued at $5.8 billion
- Xos
Xos in its business combination with ElectraMeccanica
- Q4
Q4 in its acquisition by Sumeru Equity Partners
- Recursion
Recursion in its acquisition of Cyclica for US$40 million
- Recursion
Recursion in its acquisition of Valence Discovery for US$47.5 million
- CNH Industrial
CNH Industrial in its agreement to acquire Hemisphere GNSS for $175 million
- Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal in its US$16.3 billion acquisition of Bank of the West
- General Motors Co.
General Motors Co. in its US$650 million equity investment in Lithium Americas Corp.
- VAALCO Energy
VAALCO in its US$307 million business combination with TransGlobe
- LifeWorks
LifeWorks in its $2.9 billion acquisition by TELUS
- Ratehub Inc.
Ratehub in its investment by Novacap
- Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics in its acquisition of Opta
- MindBeacon
MindBeacon in its acquisition by CloudMD
- Spire Global
Spire Global in its $204.2 million acquisition of exactEarth
- smartTrade
smartTrade in its acquisition of TickTrade
- TransUnion
TransUnion in its $638 million acquisition of Sontiq
- VTS
VTS in its acquisition of Lane Technologies
Philip Fayer, founder, CEO and significant shareholder of Nuvei Corporation, in proposed take private transaction of Nuvei Corporation valued at USD $6.3 billion
Fusion Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by AstraZeneca
180 Degree Capital Corp. in its merger with Mount Logan Capital Inc.
Spire Global in its agreement to sell its maritime business for approximately US$241 million
ParaPRO LLC in its US$89.5-million asset sale to Cipher Pharmaceuticals
- Mevotech LP
Penfund in connection with TorQuest’s acquisition of Mevotech
- Hootsuite
Hootsuite in its acquisition of Talkwalker
- Trilogy
Trilogy in its take-private of Indigo Books & Music
- Manulife Financial Corporation
Manulife Financial Corporation in its largest Canadian Universal Life reinsurance transaction valued at $5.8 billion
- Xos
Xos in its business combination with ElectraMeccanica
- Q4
Q4 in its acquisition by Sumeru Equity Partners
- Recursion
Recursion in its acquisition of Cyclica for US$40 million
- Recursion
Recursion in its acquisition of Valence Discovery for US$47.5 million
- CNH Industrial
CNH Industrial in its agreement to acquire Hemisphere GNSS for $175 million
- Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal in its US$16.3 billion acquisition of Bank of the West
- General Motors Co.
General Motors Co. in its US$650 million equity investment in Lithium Americas Corp.
- VAALCO Energy
VAALCO in its US$307 million business combination with TransGlobe
- LifeWorks
LifeWorks in its $2.9 billion acquisition by TELUS
- Ratehub Inc.
Ratehub in its investment by Novacap
- Verisk Analytics
Verisk Analytics in its acquisition of Opta
- MindBeacon
MindBeacon in its acquisition by CloudMD
- Spire Global
Spire Global in its $204.2 million acquisition of exactEarth
- smartTrade
smartTrade in its acquisition of TickTrade
- TransUnion
TransUnion in its $638 million acquisition of Sontiq
- VTS
VTS in its acquisition of Lane Technologies
Latest Insights
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Report December 5, 2024
Private equity M&A: strong appetite for exchangeable share structures
Exchangeable share structures are expected to become increasingly popular in the coming years.
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Webinar April 18, 2024
Canadian Tax Law Insights: The 2024 federal budget and its implications for Canadian businesses
Our National Tax Group lead an in-depth discussion of the 2024 federal budget and what it means for your business.
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Osler Update October 12, 2021
136 countries agree to OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework’s two-pillar solution to international tax reform
Last week, 136 countries, including Canada and the United States, announced that they have agreed to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework’s two-pillar...
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Osler Update July 5, 2021
OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework reaches high-level agreement on two-pillar approach to international tax reform
In their Osler Update, authors Patrick Marley, Peter Macdonald, Kaitlin Gray and Taylor Cao comment on the statement by the OECD/G20 Inclusive...
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Awards and Recognition
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Best Lawyers: Recognized as “One to Watch” in Tax Law
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James B. Milner Bronze Medal (2016)
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McCarthy Tétrault Prize for Academic Excellence in second year (2015)
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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Prize in Corporate Taxation (2015)
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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Prize in Business Organizations (2015)
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Leonard Feigman, Q.C. Prize in Evidence (2015)
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McRuer Scholarship in Administrative Law (2014)
Media Mentions
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Osler News February 20, 2025
Osler welcomes 14 new partners and three new counsel in 2025
Osler is pleased to announce the addition of 14 new partners and three new counsel across our offices in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver.
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Community Involvement
- Tax Advocacy Project, Pro Bono Students Canada (2014-2015)
- Health Boards Headnotes and Clerking Project, Pro Bono Students Canada (2013-2014)
Speaking and Writing
Speaking Engagements
Canadian Tax Law Insights: The 2024 federal budget and its implications for Canadian businesses
Read moreCanadian Tax Foundation 2022 Young Practitioner Focus Conference
Speaker, “Introduction to Foreign Affiliate Dumping Rules for Young Practitioners”, September 7, 2022
Canadian Tax Foundation 2021 Young Practitioner Focus Conference
Speaker, “Inbound Investments”, September 9, 2021
University of Waterloo Centre for Accounting Ethics 2024 Ethics Symposium
Speaker, “Navigating the spectrum of aggressiveness: Social dynamics and anxieties in tax planning”, September 26-27, 2024
University of Waterloo Centre for Accounting Ethics 2022 Symposium
Speaker, “The impact of global pandemic, specifically COVID-19, on ethics, professionalism and judgement in accounting and financial reporting”, April 28-29, 2022
Published Work
- “Revisiting the Application of Subparagraph 95(2)(Aa)(i)”, XX(2), Corporate Structures and Groups (Federated Press) (2024) (Co-authored with Jennifer Horton)
- “Tax Courts Denies Application of GAAR in “Non-CPCC” Appeal: DAC Investment Holdings”, XX(2), Corporate Structures and Groups (Federated Press) (2024) (Co-authored with Ilana Ludwin)
- “Introduction to Foreign Affiliate Dumping Rules for Young Practitioners,” in 2022 YP Focus Virtual Conference (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 2022), 7:1-27 (Co-authored with Jennifer Horton)
- “Introduction to Inbound Investments in Canada,” in 2021 YP Focus Virtual Conference (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation, 2021), 2: 1-59 (Co-authored with Annika Wang).
- “Calculation of Cost and Paid-up Capital in Specific Scenarios”, XVI(1) Corporate Structures and Groups (Federated Press) 2-5 (2020) (Co-authored with Firoz Ahmed).
- “Univar and Subsection 212.1(4): The Significant Impact of a Subsequent Legislative Amendment on the Application of the GAAR”, XX(2) Corporate Finance (Federated Press) 2-10 (2016) (Co-authored with Monica Biringer).
Credentials
Education
- University of Toronto, J.D. (Bronze Medalist)
- University of Waterloo, M.Acc.
- University of Waterloo, B.Sc.
Languages
- English
- Mandarin
Professional Affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- Law Society of Ontario
- International Fiscal Association
- American Bar Association - Taxation Section
- New York State Bar Association - Taxation Section
