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Saam Nainifard

Associate Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2015
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Saam is an associate in the firm’s Tax Group. Saam advises on all aspects of income taxation, with a particular focus on corporate taxation and reorganizations, mergers & acquisitions and international tax matters.

Saam has completed all levels of the CPA Canada In-Depth Tax Course. 

Other Languages

French 
Persian

Professional Involvement

Memberships

  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ontario
  • Ontario Bar Association

Professional Activities

  • YIN Rapporteur, 2017 International Fiscal Association International Tax Conference
  • Member, Canadian Tax Foundation Toronto Young Practitioners’ Steering Committee

Selected Speaking Engagements

Panellist, “Various Issues of Crypto Asset Taxation,” STEP Webinar, October 22, 2020.

Selected Publications

"Canada Country Report," co-authored with Angelo Gentile, Taxation of Crypto Assets, Wolters Kluwer, November 13, 2020.

"How Morneau’s Small-Business Tax Cut Increased Another Tax Without People Noticing,” co-authored with David Malach, Financial Post, October 31, 2017.

“Buy-Sell Provisions and Their Effect on Canadian Control of Private Corporations,” co-authored with Jack Bernstein and Stuart Bollefer, Tax Notes International, June 27, 2017.

“So Many Options: An Overview of Equity Compensation and Incentives,” co-authored with Daniel Everall and Timothy Jones, Tax Profile, April 2017.

“Canadian Tax Court Allows Deduction for Investment Banking Fees in Takeover Bid,” co-authored with Jack Bernstein, Tax Notes International, November 28, 2016.

Insights

Publications Article Apr 12, 2020 The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Comes Into Force
Publications Article Apr 03, 2020 Federal Government Introduces Economic Measures Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic
Publications Article Apr 03, 2020 Canada’s Emergency Wage Subsidy Provides Relief to Canadian Corporations
Publications Article Mar 18, 2020 Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan

Education

  • JD (Cum Laude and Dean's Honour List), University of Ottawa, 2014
  • B.Soc.Sc. (Magna Cum Laude), University of Ottawa, 2011

Expertise

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