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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Canada

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2026 Edition
General corporate tax
Tier 1
28 firms ranked
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Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
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EY
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Goodmans
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KPMG
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McCarthy Tétrault
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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Torys
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Bennett Jones
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Deloitte
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PwC
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Stikeman Elliott
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Baker McKenzie
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
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Dentons
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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
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Gowling WLG
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Lawson Lundell
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McMillan
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Norton Rose Fulbright
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Thorsteinssons
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Aird & Berlis
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Borden Ladner Gervais
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Millar Kreklewetz
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Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
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DLA Piper
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Doane Grant Thornton
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Stewart McKelvey
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Tax controversy
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19 firms ranked
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Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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Torys
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Baker McKenzie
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Barsalou Lawson Rheault
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Bennett Jones
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Deloitte
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EY
7 practice areas
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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
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KPMG
4 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
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Thorsteinssons
4 practice areas
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Aird & Berlis
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Borden Ladner Gervais
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
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Counter Tax Litigators
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Goodmans
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Gowling WLG
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Transactional tax
Tier 1
17 firms ranked
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Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
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Goodmans
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McCarthy Tétrault
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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Stikeman Elliott
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Torys
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Alvarez & Marsal Canada
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Bennett Jones
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Dentons
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Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
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Thorsteinssons
4 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
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Borden Ladner Gervais
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Deloitte
7 practice areas
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Gowling WLG
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McMillan
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Transfer pricing
Tier 2
16 firms ranked
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Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Deloitte
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EY
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KPMG
4 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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PwC
7 practice areas
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Baker McKenzie
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Barsalou Lawson Rheault
6 practice areas
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Charles River Associates
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
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Doane Grant Thornton
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Gowling WLG
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McCarthy Tétrault
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Bennett Jones
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McMillan
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Stikeman Elliott
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Linked Reviews
Tax

The fifty-person tax group of Davies War Phillips & Vineberg works across offices in Toronto, Montréal and New York. The Canadian based department is known for their work in cross-border business transactions. It additionally provides services in the areas of general tax advisory, and tax controversy.   

Over the research cycle, the Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg team has been active in the transaction space. In February of 2023, the firm advised Foodtastic Inc. on their acquisition of the healthy food chain Freshii. The C$74.4 million dollar acquisition sets the restaurant franchiser on track to reach their $1 billion sales goal by the spring. The Davies team is also currently advising Agrico Eagle Mines in a joint bid for the purchase of Yamana Gold Inc. Along with Agrico Eagle Mines, the transaction is joined by Pan American Silver Corp in a complex transactions in which Pan American would acquire the outstanding common shares and Agrico all of their Canadian assets. 

The firm recently added three new partners. In March of 2022 the firm welcomed Ian Caines as partner, whom joins the team from Blake, Cassels & Graydon. In January, Brittany Finn and Anne-Sophie Villeneuve were promoted to partners.

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