Alain Ranger is the National Head of the Taxation practice group at Fasken Martineau. He has practiced for over 25 years in tax law and more particularly in tax law as it relates to corporate and business law. Over the years, Alain has acquired a reputation for expertise in the following areas: mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions (United States, Europe), corporate restructurings, including spin-offs and liquidations of public corporations, foreign investments, the development and implementation of structured financing of projects and infrastructures, financial instruments and derivatives and corporate tax planning. For several years now, Alain has been actively involved in various files in these areas for public and private clients, both nationally and internationally, with tax optimisation being both the objective and the result. His expertise is also called upon in litigation files and he regularly negotiates with tax and tax-related authorities on behalf of clients. He also acts as an intermediary in efforts to obtain certain amendments to tax legislation for clients; his undertakings have resulted in several significant legislative amendments.
Alain has been awarded the highest rating (AV) from Martindale-Hubbell and has continually been rated as either "Consistently Recommended" or "Repeatedly Recommended" in the area of corporate taxation by the Canadian legal directory LEXPERT. He is also continually recognized as one of the best tax lawyers in The Best Lawyers in Canada and is named by the English legal directories Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business - and PLC Which Lawyer? as one of the leading Canadian practitioners in the area of taxation and as a recommended tax advisor in domestic and international corporate transactions, specifically M&A, corporate restructures and projects, respectively. Finally, he is recognized as expert in corporate tax in The International Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers 2009, 2010 and 2011, and in Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010 and 2011.
Honours and Awards
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada as one of the best taxation lawyers in Canada (2006 to 2012 editions)
- Recognized by the Who's Who of Corporate Tax Lawyers 2009, 2010 and 2011 and included in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2011 and the Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010 and 2011
- Named by the English legal directory Chambers Global - The World's Leading Lawyers for Business - as one of the leading Canadian practitioners in the area of taxation
- Recognized by the English directory PLC Which Lawyer? as a recommended tax advisor in domestic and international corporate transactions, specifically M&A, corporate restructures and projects
- Continually recognized by Lexpert in taxation (rated "Consistently Recommended" or "Repeatedly Recommended")
- Recognized by Martindale Hubbell (received the highest rating (AV))
Membership/Affiliations
- Québec Bar
- Bar of Montréal
- Canadian Bar Association, tax section (Québec division)
- American Bar Association
- Member, Vice-Chair, former Newsletter Editor, Taxes Committee, International Bar Association
- International Fiscal Association
- Member and former governor (2000-2003), Canadian Tax Foundation
- Association de planification fiscale et financière
- Former member, External consultative committee of the director of the Montréal Tax Services Office, Canada Revenue Agency
- Former trainer, Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec and Québec Bar
- Former trainer, Canada Revenue Agency