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Announcement
Davies Wins “Canada Tax Firm of the Year” at ITR Americas Tax Awards
The International Tax Review (ITR) named Davies “Canada Tax Firm of the Year” at the 2022 ITR Americas Tax Awards, recognizing our work on several groundbreaking transactions over the past year.
We were also highlighted for our role as Canadian counsel to Kansas City Southern in its US$31-billion merger with Canadian Pacific Railway, which received an “Impact Deal of the Year” award.
Notable examples of our recent tax work include advising
- Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in its merger of equals with Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. to create a US$30-billion combined company and the gold industry's highest-quality senior producer;
- Cominar REIT in its C$5.7-billion sale to Iris Acquisition II LP, one of the largest and most complex M&As in the Canadian real estate sector;
- estate trustees of Barry and Honey Sherman in a precedent-setting appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada involving privacy rights in the digital age, particularly related to tax information and filings; and
- Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. on a sales tax issue.
Held annually since 2005, the ITR Americas Tax Awards recognize remarkable achievements and developments by international tax professionals throughout the Americas during the previous 12 months.
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