Stephen
Bowman is the managing partner of the firm's Toronto office and a member of the
firm's partnership board and tax department. He also chairs the firm's China and Asia teams.
Stephen's practice has included
mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, corporate finance, and
trans-border transactions, with extensive experience in asset-based
financing and equipment leasing. His practice also encompasses estate planning, where he advises Canadian
domestic and foreign clients in connection with the establishment, operation
and reorganization of estate planning structures, as well as with business, philanthropic and
wealth succession planning.
Stephen writes and speaks on domestic and international tax planning matters and is a contributing author to
Tax Policy in Canada, ed. by Mintz, McKenzie and Kerr, and to U.S. Taxation of Foreign Controlled Businesses, ed. by Marc M. Levey, and a
contributing editor to Corporate Finance, published by Federated
Press. He serves on the editorial board of the Canadian Tax Journal
and is Past President of the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association. He is also a recipient of the Canadian Tax Foundation's annual Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award.
Stephen is the Secretary/Treasurer of the International Bar Association Law Firm Management Committee. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of the Canada China Business Council and Greenwood College School and on the Board of Governors of the Royal Ontario Museum.
Recent Recognitions
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2017, Chambers Canada
Stephen W. Bowman, Eminent Practitioner, Tax
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2017, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Stephen W. Bowman, consistently recommended, Corporate Tax
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2017, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Stephen W. Bowman, repeatedly recommended, Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing
