2007 IFA International Tax Seminar
May 17-18, 2007
Joint Seminar of the Canadian and USA Branches
Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto Ontario
| M & A Panel Discussion | ||
| Moderator: | Nathan Boidman, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal | |
| Panel: | Ron Durand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto | |
| Kim Blanchard, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York | ||
| Jerome Libin, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Washington DC | ||
| Recent Cases of Interest | ||
| Moderator: | Al Meghji, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto | |
| Panel: | Joel Nitikman, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver | |
| John Owen, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto | ||
| Gerald A. Kafka, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington DC | ||
| Mark A. Oates, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago | ||
| Transfer Pricing Developments | ||
| Moderator: | David Forst, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View CA | |
| Panel: | Dale Hill, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Ottawa | |
| Bill MacIagen, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Ottawa | ||
| Thomas M. Zollo, KPMG LLP, Chicago | ||
| Rocco Femia, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington DC | ||
| Cross Border Financing | ||
| Moderator: | L.G. “Chip” Harter, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Washington DC | |
| Panel: | Bruce Sinclair, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Toronto | |
| Stephen Dunk, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto | ||
| Abraham Leitner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, New York | ||
| Peter J. Connors, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York | ||
| Tips and Traps in a Cross-Border Context | ||
| Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | | ||
| Moderator: | Alan Wheable, TD Financial Group, Toronto | |
| Panel: | Richard Tremblay, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto | |
| Jack Bernstein, Aird & Berlis LLP, Toronto | ||
| Susan Klein, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago | ||
| Edward C. Osterberg, Jr., Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston | ||
| Recent Developments / Recent Transactions of Interest | ||
| Moderator: | Sandra Jack, Felesky Flynn LLP, Calgary | |
| Panel: | Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP allied with Ernst & Young LP, Montreal | |
| Penny Woolford, KPMG LLP, Toronto | ||
| James P. Fuller, Fewick & West LLP, Mountain View CA | ||
| Cyndi Lafuente, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park | ||
| Tax Accounting Issues | ||
| Moderator: | Ronald J. Feick, General Motors Corporation, Detroit | |
| Panel: | Shawn Porter, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto | |
| Fraser Gall, Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto | ||
| Michael Dolan, KPMG LLP | ||
| Scott L. Shekell, Deloitte & Touche LLP | ||
| CRA / Finance / IRS Panel Discussion | ||
| Moderator: | Steven Hannes, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington DC | |
| Panel: | Fred O’Riordan, Canada Revenue Agency | |
| Brian Ernewein, Department of Finance Canada | ||
| Frank Y. Ng, IRS | ||
