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Pamela L. Cross

Téléphone 613.787.3559 
Télécopieur 613.230.8842 

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Background

Pamela Cross is a partner and the regional leader of our Tax Group in the Ottawa office. Pamela was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1996 and is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Law School (Magna Cum Laude). She also obtained a Bachelor of Science (Physiotherapy) from Queen's University in 1989. Pamela has completed both the CICA In-Depth Tax Course and the CBA In-Depth Tax Course.

Areas of Practice

  • Taxation
  • Estate, Trust and Business Succession Planning
  • Tax Dispute Resolution and Voluntary Disclosures of Unpaid Taxes

Rankings and Recognitions

  • Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 (Trusts and Estates)

Professional Experience

  • Advises charities, not-for-profit organizations, municipal corporations and other exempt entities on tax issues relevant to their activities.
  • Provides advice to employers and plan administrators in connection with tax issues applicable to pension plans.
  • Advises both Canadian and international clients on taxation issues relating to establishing and operating business and investment structures in Canada.
  • Advises on tax implications relating to the structuring of cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions.
  • Advises private businesses and their owners on business succession options, stock-based compensation.
  • Represents clients in negotiations with the Canada Revenue Agency.
  • Advises individuals on domestic and international investment structures, Will planning and estate planning.
  • Has been qualified as an expert before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and has provided expert testimony with respect to tax matters.

Professional and Community Activities

  • Pamela Cross and Ryma Nasrallah coauthored PRPPs: An Overview of Pooled Registered Pension Plans, Pension Planning, February 23, 2012.
  • Pamela Cross authored Determining the Character of Stock Option Surrender Payments in Canada with Stephanie Wong, Tax Notes International, January 23, 2012.
  • Pamela Cross presented Retroactivity, Retrospectively and Backdating – Professional Responsibility Seminar, for the Ontario Bar Association (Toronto), December 5, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross presented Update 2011 – Legal Developments in the Not-for-Profit Sector on November 3, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross and Stephanie Wong co-authored Canada's New Tax Avoidance Transaction Reporting Regime for the Association of Corporate Counsel on January 25, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross and Danny Lang presented on Topical Tax Tips for the Electricity Sector – Avoid a Shock at the Canadian Electricity Association (Toronto) in September 2011.
  • Pamela Cross and Stephanie Wong coauthored Stock Option Surrender Payments made on Going Private Transaction Non-Deductible for the International Law Office on April 1, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross presented on Dealing with Multijurisdictional Trusts & Estates, Ontario Bar Association, April 12, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross presented The Do's and Don'ts of Backdating for the Ottawa Estate Planning Council on March 1, 2011.
  • Pamela Cross presented on Information Reporting of Tax Avoidance Transactions to the BLG Tax Group, September, 2010.
  • Pamela Cross presented a course on Contract Law to the University of Ottawa, Masters of Health Administration, March 2, 2010.
  • Pamela Cross presented on Income Tax Issues in Public Private Partnerships at the 2009 Annual National Tax Conference of the Canadian Tax Foundation held in Toronto November 22-24, 2009.
  • Pamela Cross was a panelist for the Canada Revenue Agency Roundtable held at the Society of Trust and Estate Planners (STEP) Canada 11th National Conference held in Toronto June 18-19, 2009.
  • Pamela has contributed to Professor Krishna's text The Canada-US Tax Treaty – Text and Commentary (2004: LexisNexis, Butterworths).
  • Pamela co-authored The Canada-UK Tax Treaty - Text and Commentary (2005: LexisNexis, Butterworths) and The Canada-India Tax Treaty – Text and Commentary (2007: LexisNexis, Butterworths).
  • Pamela has spoken at the Ontario Tax Conference (2007), the Canadian Tax Foundation Annual Tax Conference (2007) and STEP Canada 's 10th National Conference (2008).
  • Co-Chair, STEP Canada Tax Technical Committee.
  • Co-Chair, STEP Canada National Conference Committee.
  • Past Chair of STEP's Ottawa Branch; Council Member of STEP Canada (2008- ).
  • Member, Tax Policy Committee, Canada 's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
  • Executive, OBA Taxation Law Committee (2008 - ).
  • Member of the Circle of Professional Advisors, Community Foundation of Ottawa.
  • Member Circle of Advisors – Ottawa Food Bank
  • Recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal's "Forty under 40" Award (2006).
  • Member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, County of Carleton Law Association, Canadian Tax Foundation, Society of Trust and Estate Planners, International Fiscal Association.

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