Pankratz makes move from Osler to Baker & McKenzie

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Pankratz makes move from Osler to Baker & McKenzie

Alex Pankratz has joined Baker & McKenzie's global tax practice in Toronto as a partner, to advise global, US and Canadian companies on Canadian tax planning and transactional matters.

His clients include Canadian, US and global companies in the heavy manufacturing and sales, energy, real estate, private equity, pharmaceutical and retail industries. The matters he advises them on include public and private M&A, reorganisations and tax advisory services, including doing business in Canada, ceasing to carry on business, tax disputes and advance tax rulings with the Canada Revenue Agency and lobbying for legislative change with the Department of Finance.

Pankratz was a partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt before joining his new firm.

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