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Overview

Jay Winters' income tax practice focuses on planning including (1) corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions, (2) private wealth, trust and succession planning, and (3) advising charities and not-for-profit organizations on setting up and structuring their affairs. Jay has completed parts I, II and III of the Chartered Professional Accountants In-Depth Tax Course, and holds a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation with the global Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Jay also specializes on indirect tax matters such as GST/HST, provincial sales taxes and fuel and carbon taxes, and advises some of the world's leading digital goods and services companies on Canada's fast-changing cross-border sales tax laws. He has completed the CPA's In-depth GST/HST Course, and frequently represents clients in their disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and before the Tax Court of Canada.

Jay regularly contributes to tax publications and speaks at tax conferences, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and Thompson Reuters' Taxnet Pro.

Client Work

Grantbook in its implementation of an employee ownership trust structure under the Income Tax Act (Canada)

POWER Engineers, as Canadian counsel, in connection with its C$2.44-billion sale to WSP Global
Variperm Holdings Ltd., a portfolio company of SCF Partners, as Canadian counsel, in its sale to Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., a public company listed on the NYSE.
Anthem Properties Group, in its acquisition of The Cedarglen Group Inc. and the formation of Anthem Cedarglen Developments Limited Partnership. 
The management team and employee shareholders of Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd. in connection with AIMCo's acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Cando Rail from Torquest and the minority shareholders, and in connection with the management team's reinvestment in the go-forward enterprise.
BP Canada Energy Group ULC, as tax counsel in the sale of its 50% stake in the Sunrise oil sands project in northern Alberta to Cenovus Energy Inc.

Recognitions & Awards

Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

Repeatedly Recommended, Corporate Tax

Lexpert Special Edition—Canada's Leading Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyers

Recognized as a leading Restructuring and Insolvency lawyer

Education & Bar Admissions

Education

  • University of Waterloo, BSc, 1999
  • University of Saskatchewan, LLB, 2008, with distinction

Bar Admissions

  • Alberta, 2009

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The Alternative Minimum Tax Goes Mainstream

May 3, 2023
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The Alternative Minimum Tax Goes Mainstream

April 14, 2023
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