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Anu Nijhawan

Partner

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T: 403.298.3389

Calgary

Nijihawan Anu
 
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T: 403.298.3389


Calgary

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Recent Recognition
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Anu Nijhawan provides client-centered and pro-active tax expertise to meet the needs of her clients in their most complex issues. She has extensive experience advising a diverse client base on the income tax aspects of corporate and partnership reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing transactions, and resource taxation issues. Her practice encompasses all aspects of income tax issues related to international structures for Canadian-based multinational corporations, on investments by non-residents in Canada, and on structuring cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, financings, and derivative transactions. In addition, a significant component of Anu's tax practice is devoted to structuring tax-effective employee and executive compensation programs, including cross-border and domestic stock option plans, phantom unit plans and employee stock purchase trusts.

Chambers Canada 2020

"Anu Nijhawan is praised by clients for her 'impeccable work' and being 'instrumental on tax aspects'"

Anu is continuously recognized as a leading corporate tax lawyer in national and international publications, including Best Lawyers in Canada, Canada Legal Lexpert Directory, Chambers Canada, International Tax Review's Women in Tax Leaders, and Lexology/ILO Client Choice Awards.

Anu has authored numerous articles and presents regularly at tax seminars and conferences on a variety of tax planning topics. Throughout the course of her career, she has taken on leadership roles within the tax community, including currently serving on the Joint Committee on Taxation, through which the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada interact with senior governmental officials in connection with current and proposed tax legislation. Anu is a former Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, and was the Chair of the Foundation's Conferences Committee. She also serves on Council for the Canadian branch of the International Fiscal Association and is a past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association's Southern Alberta Taxation Specialists section. Anu is a member of the firm's Partnership Board.  In addition to her practice, Anu is involved with a variety of charitable and community organizations and currently serves on the grants committee of Education Matters, a charitable trust funding innovative enhancement programs in Calgary public schools.

What Clients Say

"She took the time to learn about our organization. This allowed her to jump right into the tax analysis and provide us with very insightful and useful tax advice."

Education

Queen's University, BSc, 1996 University of British Columbia, LLB, 1999 

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 2001

Recent Experience

Canadian counsel to Jefferies LLC, Oppenheimer & Co and Bloom Burton Securities, as underwriters for a public offering of US$38,990,000 of common shares of Essa Pharma Inc.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in its $23.6-billion acquisition of Husky Energy Inc.
Waste Connections, Inc., as Canadian counsel, in its US$600-million cross-border offering of aggregate principal amount of 2.60% senior notes due 2030 pursuant to a U.S. Shelf Registration Statement.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited, in its approximately $460-million acquisition of Painted Pony Energy Ltd.
Canadian Pacific Railway, in its public offering of $300-million aggregate principal amount of 3.05% notes due 2050.
Canadian Pacific Railway, in its public offering of US$500-million aggregate principal amount of 2.050% notes due 2030.
Canadian Utilities Limited, an ATCO company, in the sale of its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for approximately $835 million, which was completed in three stages, through the sale of its interest in the Cory project in Saskatchewan to SaskPower International Inc., a sale of its interest in the Brighton Beach project in Ontario to Ontario Power Generation Inc., and a sale of the balance of the applicable generation assets through a sale of its equity interest in ATCO Power Canada Ltd. to Heartland Generation Ltd., an affiliate of Energy Capital Partners.
Devon Canada Corporation and Devon Canada Crude Marketing Corporation, in their approx. $3.8-billion sale of substantially all of their assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited.
Pacific Oil & Gas Limited, in its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Canbriam Energy Inc. for cash consideration.
The acquisition by International Petroleum Corporation of BlackPearl Resources Inc. (with an estimated enterprise value of approximately $675 million) by way of a share exchange pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in its investment in Specialized Desanders Inc., a leading oilfield equipment company.
The Board of Directors of Sears Canada, in Sears' CCAA proceedings, one of the largest court-supervised liquidations in Canadian history.
ESI Energy Services Inc., in the reorganization with shareholders of Exploratus Ltd. and listing of ESI common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
DirectCash Payments Inc., in its US$460 million acquisition by Cardtronics plc.
Marquee Energy Ltd., in its business combination with Alberta Oilsands Inc. by way of court-approved plan of arrangement.
Lone Pine Resources Canada, in its acquisition of Arsenal Energy Inc. and concurrent reorganization into a Canadian public corporation, Prairie Provident Resources
Eagle Energy Trust, in its acquisition of Maple Leaf Royalties Corp. and concurrent conversion of Eagle into a publicly-traded dividend-paying corporation, Eagle Energy Inc.
Devon Energy Corp., in the sale of its 50-percent ownership interest in Access Pipeline to Wolf Midstream Inc., a portfolio company of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, for C$1.4 billion.
Waste Connections, Inc., in an approximately $13 billion merger with Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. 
Sino-Forest Corporation, in the Restructuring Support Agreement between Sino-Forest and an ad hoc group of Sino-Forest's noteholders providing for a $1.8 billion restructuring pursuant to the Companies Creditors' Arrangement Act under which Sino-Forest's noteholders and other affected creditors would acquire substantially all of the assets of Sino-Forest.
Glencore International, in its acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Viterra for approximately $6.1 billion by way of a plan of arrangement and the sale of certain assets of Viterra to each of Agrium and Richardson International for aggregate proceeds of approximately $2.6 billion.
Shore Gold Inc., in a merger with Kensington Resources Limited by plan of arrangement to create a consolidated diamond exploration and development company with a market capitalization of approximately $885 million at the time of closing.
Cenovus Energy Inc., in the completion of a US$3.5 billion private offering of debt securities which are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 under Rule 144A and Regulation S and the subsequent exchange of such debt securities for debt securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
EnCana Corporation, which had an enterprise value of approximately US$50 billion, in its division into two independent publicly traded companies - one new EnCana Corporation, an unconventional natural gas company and the other Cenovus Energy Inc. an integrated oil company.
ATCO Ltd., in the negotiation, structuring and other commercial matters relating to ATCO entering into a strategic alliance with Wipro including 10-year master service agreements governing the provision of IT services by Wipro to the ATCO Group of Companies valued at approximately $1.2 billion.
EOG Resources, Inc., one of the largest independent North American oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, in a divestment of all of its assets in Manitoba and certain assets in Alberta through two separate transactions for approximately US $410 million.
Precision Castparts Corp., in its US$560 million acquisition of Noranco from MidOcean Partners and PSP Investments.
TELUS Corporation in its proposed reorganization into an income trust
Anderson Energy Ltd., an Alberta-based oil and gas company, in its acquisition by Freehold Royalties Ltd. and related reorganization pursuant to a plan of arrangement.

Recent Recognition

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Tax
Chambers Global
Ranked, Tax
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Repeatedly recommended, Corporate Tax
World Tax
Ranked, Highly regarded, Women in Tax
Best Lawyers in Canada
Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of tax law
ILO Client Choice Awards
Recognized as a leading lawyer in Canada for corporate tax
International Tax Review's Women in Tax Leaders
Recognized as one of Canada's leading Women in Tax
Lexpert Guide to the Leading U.S./Canada Cross-border Corporate Lawyers in Canada
Recognized as a Lawyer to Watch
Lexperts Rising Stars Leading Lawyers Under 40
Recognized as one of Canada's leading 40 lawyers under 40

Insights, News & Events

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acting for CP Railway in US$29-billion Combination with Kansas City Southern

March 22, 2021
       

Announcements

Anu Nijhawan Elected to the Partnership Board

March 10, 2021
       

Speaking Engagements

Canada's Anti-Avoidance Rules: TEI Canada and Bennett Jones

March 09, 2021
       

Speaking Engagements

TEI Canada Bennett Jones Webinar on CRA Audit Initiatives

March 09, 2021
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2021

February 22, 2021
       

Blog

Public Company Employee Stock Options: New Limits on Capital Gains-Like Treatment

February 12, 2021
       

Blog

Are You Ready for Your CEWS Audit?

January 18, 2021
       

Blog

Not Just a Rent Subsidy: How CERS May Dramatically Affect You

November 20, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Acts for Cenovus in $23.6-billion Combination with Husky

October 27, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Women in Tax Leaders 2021

October 02, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' World Tax Leaders 2021

October 02, 2020
       

Blog

Formula-Based Employee Appreciation Rights: New CRA Positions Raise the Spectre of Salary Deferral Arrangement Treatment

September 29, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones is Recognized in Chambers Canada 2021

September 10, 2020
       

Articles

Canadian Accountant on Me Too Defeats You Too in Tax Court

August 26, 2020
       

Blog

Me Too Defeats You Too in Tax Court

August 24, 2020
       

Blog

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: New Asset Acquisition Rules

July 28, 2020
       

Blog

Space Travel and Taxes: A Cautionary Tale of Shareholder Benefits

July 27, 2020
       

Blog

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: Proposed Extension until December 19, 2020 and Redesign

July 20, 2020
       

Articles

Bennett Jones on Tax Disputes - June 2020

June 24, 2020
       

Blog

Working From Home During a Pandemic—The Expense Conundrum

June 19, 2020
       

Blog

Managing the Tax Residency of Foreign Affiliates in the Face of the COVID-19 Restrictions

May 25, 2020
       

Blog

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: Extension to August 29, 2020, and Expanded Eligibility Requirements

May 19, 2020
       

Speaking Engagements

Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Taxation

May 19, 2020
       

Blog

Applying for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: What Are My Risks?

April 28, 2020
       

Blog

Applications for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Open on April 27, 2020

April 24, 2020
       

Blog

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Equity-Based Incentive Compensation

April 21, 2020
       

Blog

COVID-19 Relief for Employers: The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy is Approved

April 13, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones in Chambers Global 2020

February 13, 2020
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' Women in Tax Leaders 2020

October 01, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' World Tax Leaders 2020

October 01, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones' Leading Lawyers in Chambers Canada 2020

September 19, 2019
       

Speaking Engagements

Anti-Avoidance Measures of General Nature and Scope, GAAR, and Other Rules

May 16, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Cross-Border Cash Pooling Arrangements: Some Practical Problems

May 15-16, 2018
       

Announcements

Anu Nijhawan Elected to Canadian Tax Foundation’s Board of Governors

December 06, 2017
       

Announcements

Claire Kennedy and Anu Nijhawan ITRs Women in Tax Leaders

September 25, 2017
       

Articles

Rio Tinto Alcan v. The Queen: Welcome Expansion of the Canadian Tax Deductibility of M&A Transaction Expenses

February 2017
       

Articles

Report of the Proceedings of the Sixty-Eight Tax Conference

November 27, 2016
       

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