The fifty-person tax group of Davies War Phillips & Vineberg works across offices in Toronto, Montréal and New York. The Canadian based department is known for their work in cross-border business transactions. It additionally provides services in the areas of general tax advisory, and tax controversy.
Over the research cycle,
the Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg team has been active in the transaction space. In February of 2023, the firm advised
Foodtastic Inc. on their acquisition of the healthy food chain Freshii. The C$74.4 million dollar
acquisition
sets the restaurant franchiser on track to reach their
$1 billion sales goal
by the spring.
The Davies team is also currently
advising Agrico Eagle Mines in a joint
bid for the purchase of
Yamana Gold Inc.
Along with Agrico Eagle Mines,
the transaction is joined by Pan American Silver Corp in a
complex transactions in which Pan American would acquire the outstanding common shares and Agrico
all of their Canadian assets.
The firm recently
added three new partners.
In
March of 2022 the firm welcomed Ian Caines as partner,
whom joins the team from Blake, Cassels & Graydon. In January, Brittany
Finn and Anne-Sophie Villeneuve were promoted
to partners.
“They are one of the top ranked firms.”
