John Leopardi Email & Phone Number

I am a tax lawyer registered with the Quebec and New York Bars. I specialize in Canadian domestic and cross-border income tax law, with a particular focus on advising on domestic and cross-border corporate taxation in respect of public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, pension fund investment, corporate reorganizations and structuring inbound and outbound investments. I also represent taxpayers throughout tax audits and disputes at all the stages in the Canadian federal and Quebec tax appeal process.

Listed skills include Corporate Law, International Tax, Mergers And Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, and 9 others.

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  Partner

  Blake, Cassels & Graydon Llp

  2008 - Present - Montreal, Canada Area

  Recent representative matters include advising:H.I.G. Capital, LLC, via its affiliates, in the acquisition of the Recochem Inc. group of companiesICM Partners whereby ICM, along with partners Bell Media Inc. and Evenko/Club du Hockey du Canadiens acquired control of the Just for Laughs GroupOcean Spray Cranberries, Inc. in its acquisition of Atoka Cranberries Inc. from The Bieler GroupNuera Enterprises Canada Inc. in respect of for its purchase of certain assets of AB Electrolux and its affiliated companiesSavaria Corporation, a TSX listed company, in connection with its “bought deal” financing consisting of 3,450,000 common shares of Savaria at a price of $16.60 per share for gross proceeds of $57,270,000CDP Investissement Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in its acquisition of the share capital of First Lion Holdings Inc., an insurance brokerA private equity fund in its acquisition of a provider of specialty outsourced services to the railway and transit sectors in North AmericaA TSX-listed company operating in the mining sector in the first cross-border business combination with a NYSE-listed mining company by way of plan of arrangement to occur under the Quebec Business Corporations ActA syndicate of agents in the initial public offering of a limited partnership created for the purpose of investing in shares of resource companies in the oil and gas, mineral and renewable energy sectorsA large privately held group of technology companies on the disposition of substantially all of their Canadian and foreign assetsA NYSE-listed consumer products company in its acquisitions of a variety of complementary Canadian-based businessesSeveral different clients in connection with Canadian and Quebec taxation disputes including transfer pricing dispute matters