Chris Johnston

Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Calgary
Canada
T:+1 403 267 8167
Calgary
Canada
T:+1 403 267 8167
Chris Johnston

Chris Johnston

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Biography

Chris Johnston is a tax lawyer with a broad tax practice that includes personal and corporate tax planning. He has experience advising clients on tax-effective corporate structuring, reorganizations, business succession planning, as well as inter vivos and post-mortem estate planning. He also advises on transactional tax planning and international tax matters.

Chris completed the CPA In-Depth Tax Course in 2021.

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J.D., University of Calgary, 2017
B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, 2011

  • Alberta 2018
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Tax Law, 2025
  • Recipient, Best Newsletter Article by a Young Practitioner Award, Canadian Tax Foundation, 2023
  • "Employee Ownership Trusts: Acquiring a Qualifying Business Using a Wholly Owned CCPC," (2023) 13:3 Canadian Tax Focus 5.
  • "Disclosing Persons Who Exert Influence on Trustees" (co-author), (2021) 11:2 Canadian Tax Focus 1-2.
  • "Univar: Arm's-Length Surplus Strip Not Abusive" (co-author), (2018) 8:1 Canadian Tax Focus 8-9.
  • "Out with the Old, in with the New: Recent updates in Canadian succession planning" (co-presenter), Canadian Bar Association (Alberta), Tax Law Section – South, April 25, 2023. 
  • "Business Expansion: North to South" (co-presenter), Canadian Bar Association (Alberta), Tax Law Section – South, January 10, 2022.
  • "Tax Considerations for Departing Canada" (co-presenter), Canadian Bar Association (Alberta), Tax Non-Specialist Section – South, September 3, 2020.
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Alberta 
  • Calgary Bar Association
  • Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Canadian Petroleum Tax Society
  • International Fiscal Association
  • Executive Committee, Taxation Law (South) Section, Canadian Bar Association (Alberta)

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