John G. Lorito

First Year of Call
Ontario, 1987

Areas of Practice
Taxation

Description
John Lorito is Head of the Tax Group. His practice focuses on tax elements of corporation transactions, with particular emphasis on corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions in domestic and cross-border transactions, investment funds, corporate joint ventures, REITs, corporate finance and international taxation.

John regularly represents clients across various industries, including financial services, real estate, telecommunications, mining, retail and more. He has acted as counsel on federal and provincial income tax appeals before the Federal Court of Appeal and the Ontario Court (General Division).

John has over 30 years of experience and is highly regarded for his skilled handling of tax matters and providing practical solutions for complex tax issues. He is recognized as a leading tax lawyer in Canada by the legal industry’s most prominent directories, including Chambers and Lexpert.

Professional Activities
Prior to joining Stikeman Elliott, John was an adjunct professor teaching Corporate Tax at the University of Toronto and a lecturer teaching the Advanced Tax Planning course at Western University. John has been a seminar leader in the Business Law Section of the Ontario Bar Admission course and In-Depth Tax course of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). He has served on the faculty of the Customs Duty and International Trade Course sponsored by the CICA and the Canadian Importers Association and on the Advisory Committee for the CICA’s annual symposium.

John is a member of the Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Law Section), Canadian Tax Foundation, American Bar Association and International Fiscal Association. He is a former member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants/Canadian Bar Association Joint Committee on Taxation and the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Tax Panel.