Christopher Steeves is a partner in the firm's Taxation group with extensive experience in corporate restructurings and acquisitions involving Canadian businesses. Christopher advises clients on the income tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border financings, and financial instruments including derivatives, securities lending and collective investment funds. He also has expertise with respect to transfer pricing and the successful resolution of disputes with Canadian tax authorities.
Christopher provides sophisticated tax advice in a practical manner. Christopher often works with his clients and their advisors outside Canada to develop innovative, tax-efficient means of accomplishing cross-border business objectives.
Christopher regularly speaks at industry conferences and seminars. He has been an instructor for the Canadian Bar Association's course Tax Law for Lawyers, "Cross-Border Tax Issues" since 2006, and has also taught a course on "Transfer Pricing" for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario since 2005. He is also a former instructor of the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor (1999-2003).
Honours and Awards
- Recognized by International Tax Review as a Tax Controversy Leader
- Recognized by Who's Who Legal as a leading specialist in Corporate Tax
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 as a leading practitioner in Tax Law
- Recommended by PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 as one of Ontario's pre-eminent Tax Lawyers
Community Involvement
Ontario Council Member, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Young Canadians Challenge (2012 to present)
Membership/Affiliations
- Secretary, Canadian Securities Lending Association
- Chair, Taxation Committee, Canadian Securities Lending Association
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Member, International Fiscal Association
- Member, Ontario Bar Association, Tax Law Section and Business Law Section
- Member, Editorial Board, International Tax Newsletter, CCH Canadian Limited
- Member, Editorial Board, Corporate Structures and Groups, Federated Press