Alex Pankratz

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1996

Areas of Practice
Taxation

Description
Alex’s practice focuses on Canadian tax issues that affect multinationals with operations in Canada, including international tax planning (inbound structuring, transfer pricing, foreign affiliate taxation, cross-border employee mobility, withholding tax, tax treaty issues), M&A, reorganizations and financings. Alex is both a lawyer and a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Alex advises clients in the digital economy, infrastructure, resource, healthcare, consumer product and retail spaces. He represents clients before the Canada Revenue Agency (audits, appeals, ruling requests, waiver applications, voluntary disclosures). He also represents clients who seek legislative amendments from the Department of Finance.

Highly regarded for his in-depth knowledge in tax law, Alex is ranked by Chambers Canada, Best Lawyers and ITR World Tax. He is a frequent speaker on international tax matters.