Gilles Séguin

Canada
Transaction Tax

Gilles Séguin is based in Taxand Canada where he is a partner of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. He practices business law with concentrations in taxation, mergers and acquisitions, charities and not-for-profit, corporate law and estate planning. In 1998 – after 17 years with another major Montreal tax firm where he had been tax partner since 1987 – Gilles, five partners and a group of associates joined Lafleur Brown, the predecessor to Canada's Taxand practice, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. Gilles was a member of La Chambre des Notaires du Québec from 1976 to 1983 and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1983. His concentration in taxation has allowed him to set up many tax shelter structures in the fields of cinema, flow-through shares (gas and mining), scientific research and Québec Stock savings plan. He has also participated in many corporate reorganisations and the establishment and sale of enterprises in Canada and in foreign jurisdictions. Partly because of his background as a notary, estate planning and settlement are also areas in which he devotes a significant part of his practice. At Sherbrooke University, Gilles received his LLL in 1975, DDN in 1976 (diploma in notarial studies) and MFisc in 1978 (Master’s in taxation). Throughout his career, Gilles was often invited as a lecturer in congresses of the Association de Planification Fiscale et Financière (APFF) and in conferences given by the APFF, Insight or the Canadian Institute.

Areas of Expertise

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Transaction Tax
• Corporate Law
• Estate Planning
• Charities & Not-for-profit

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