Juan Higuera

Associate

Juan Higuera

Juan Higuera

Associate

Expertise
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 2023
    Mexico, 2015

Juan is developing a comprehensive tax practice.

He brings a multijurisdictional perspective to assist clients on a range of tax matters, including domestic and international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining Davies, Juan practised as a tax lawyer in Mexico. He spoke at lectures and seminars to professional associations on various legal issues and wrote tax and legal articles for specialized journals, law reviews and business publications.

Juan Higuera

Associate

Expertise
Bar Admissions
  • Ontario, 2023
    Mexico, 2015

Juan is developing a comprehensive tax practice.

He brings a multijurisdictional perspective to assist clients on a range of tax matters, including domestic and international tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations and dispute resolution.

Prior to joining Davies, Juan practised as a tax lawyer in Mexico. He spoke at lectures and seminars to professional associations on various legal issues and wrote tax and legal articles for specialized journals, law reviews and business publications.

Pine Valley Packaging Group

Acted for the sellers in the sale of Pine Valley Packaging Group, a group of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of custom packaging solutions, to a joint venture by Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. and Kanepackage Co., Ltd.. 

Apotex International Inc.

Acted as lead tax counsel and Canadian transaction counsel to Apotex International Inc., a global pharmaceutical company that produces high-quality affordable medicine, in the sale of a 50% interest in Arrotex Pharmaceuticals (Australia) to DBG Health.

Apotex Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc.

Acted as lead transaction and tax counsel to Apotex Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc., a global pharmaceutical company that produces high-quality affordable medicine, in its sale to SK Capital Partners.

Bulletin

Federal Budget 2024: How It Impacts You and Your Business

Apr. 16, 2024 - The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, delivered the Liberal Party’s federal budget (Budget 2024) on April 16, 2024. Budget 2024 included a number of proposed changes to the Income Tax Act (ITA) and other tax legislation. The most...

Osgoode Professional Development—International Entrance Scholarship Award (LLM) (2021)

Mexican College of Public Accountants—National Tax Research Award, First Place (2019)

Mexican National Council on Science and Technology—Scholarship Award (LLM) (2015)

Universidad Panamericana—Academic Excellence Scholarship Award (LLB) (2009)

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2023
Mexico, 2015

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School, LLM, 2022
Universiteit Leiden, LLM (Advanced Studies in International Tax Law) (cum laude), 2016
Universidad Panamericana, Postgraduate Specialization Program in Constitutional Appeals (with Highest Honours), 2015
Universidad Panamericana, LLB (with Highest Honours), 2014

Professional Affiliations

Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Tax Foundation
International Fiscal Association

Teaching Engagements

Juan was a lecturer professor in International Tax Law and a teaching assistant in Comparative Law at Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City.