Ms Gwen Watson > Torys > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Torys
79 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 3000
BOX 270, TD CENTRE
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada
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Work Department

Corporate Income Tax

Position

Career

Ontario, 1999

Memberships

Gwen is a member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the CBA and CPA Canada and is a tutorial leader for the Corporate Reorganizations course offered by CPA Canada. She is also a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and the International Fiscal Association. Gwen completed a secondment at the Income Tax Rulings Directorate of the CRA as a Senior Rulings Officer in the Corporate Reorganizations section.

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Tax

Torys‘s tax capabilities are centred on advising on M&A and private equity transactions and representing clients in tax litigation. Private equity funds, corporations, pension funds and banks regularly look to the group for support. Toronto-based Jerald Wortsman steers the practice and specializes in domestic and international corporate tax planning, as well as M&A, reorganizations and corporate finance matters. Additional names to note include Gwen Watson, who brings strength to income tax advice; Corrado Cardarelli, who handles corporate, partnership, trust and general business tax work; and Calgary-based Craig Maurice, who has niche expertise in the tax aspects of M&A transactions involving oil and gas, mining and the midstream sector.