Anu Koshal Email & Phone Number

Anu Koshal is a partner in the Toronto office of McCarthy Tetrault LLP, a leading Canadian law firm. He represents leading corporations and financial institutions in significant tax disputes across the country. Anu is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading tax litigators by numerous publications including Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Lexpert, ITR World Tax, and Best Lawyers. According to Chambers, clients describe Anu as “extremely impressive”, “a superstar in evolution”, “a great litigator” who is “well placed to represent clients in significant tax litigation” matters. Clients note that Anu is “personable and dedicated”, has a “very strong analytical and strategic legal mind”, is “very collected and calm”, “good at listening” and “willing to seek out alternative perspectives” to help them find the right solution to their tax dispute. Anu maintains an active trial and appellate practice. He has represented clients before the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as provincial trial and appellate courts across the country. He has worked on some of Canada’s most significant litigation matters for clients such as Philip Morris International, Centrcia plc, TD Bank, CGI, President’s Choice Bank/Loblaws, Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and many others. Anu also takes on novel, precedent-setting cases on behalf of clients. He acted as counsel for the successful applicant in Canada Without Poverty v. Attorney General of Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147, a decision that struck down as unconstitutional a provision of the Income Tax Act that prohibited charities from engaging in non-partisan political speech. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation described this case as a “landmark”, and a “David versus Goliath” win for the client. Anu is currently representing one of Canada’s largest charities in a constitutional challenge to an ongoing audit by the Canada Revenue Agency based on allegations of discriminatory and unequal treatment of minority charities during the audit process.Anu is frequently retained to help clients navigate complex tax audits and routinely makes submissions to the tax authorities on behalf of clients. He regularly handles complex audits for leading multi-national companies with operations in Canada and has experience in a wide-range of matters including the general anti-avoidance rule, transfer pricing, financial services matters, the rules governing resource property, and indirect tax.

Listed skills include Administrative Law, Courts, Legal Writing, Appeals, and 5 others.

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  Partner, Tax Litigation

  Mccarthy Tétrault

  Jan 2022 - Present - Toronto, Ontario, Canada