Background

Carolyn MacDonald is an associate at our Vancouver office. Ms. MacDonald was admitted to the British Columbia bar in 2008. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Laws in 2007. Prior to law school, Ms. MacDonald obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University in 2004.

Areas of Practice

Ms. MacDonald practices in the area of taxation.

Professional Experience

• Ms. MacDonald joined the firm in January of 2009. Prior to joining Borden Ladner Gervais, she articled and practiced with another firm in Vancouver.
• Ms. MacDonald has completed Parts I and II of the CICA In-Depth Tax Course, and attended the CBA Tax Law for Lawyers Course in 2010.
• Ms. MacDonald has been involved with a number of tax-driven transactions, including:
  • structuring for non-resident corporations carrying on business in Canada and for Canadian corporations carrying on business internationally;
  • reorganization and refinancing transactions involving foreign subsidiaries of Canadian corporations;
  • share/unit offerings for public corporations and flow-through limited partnerships;
  • mergers and business acquisitions involving public and private corporations;
  • non-resident trust structures for high net worth immigrants to Canada; and
  • estate planning and other reorganizations involving closely-held private corporations and high net worth individuals.

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, Law Society of British Columbia
• Member, Canadian Bar Association (Taxation Subsection)
• Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
• Executive Member, Vancouver Bar Association
• Member, CBA BC Women Lawyers Forum Mentoring Committee
• Past Member, CBA BC Law Week Committee
• Participant in BLG Reads to Kids Program
• Judge, UBC Faculty of Law Moot Program

Publications

• Co-author, “Allowable Business Investment Losses”, 2009 British Columbia Tax Conference