Marc-André Bélanger
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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Biography
Marc-André Bélanger is a tax lawyer who advises clients on complex matters that involve tax planning strategies relating, among other things, to internal tax restructurings, domestic and cross-border M&As, public or private financings and the implementation of incentive plans for the employees of public and private corporations. He advises several clients on their international expansion, whether by organic growth or acquisitions.
Marc-André acts as a trusted legal advisor to several Canadian entrepreneurs active in various industries as well as to members of their families. He helps them set up the tax and family structures best suited to their particular situation. Known for his entrepreneurial spirit, he fully understands the reality faced by his business clients, with whom he loves to discuss their challenges and projects and share his network of contacts.
Marc-André represents clients in their negotiations with tax authorities, more specifically as regards tax assessments and advance rulings.
Over the course of his career, he has often been called upon to give tax presentations to organizations active in the Canadian tax community.
Professional experience
Collapse allLL.M., U.S. Tax Law, Law Faculty of New York University, 2001
LL.M., Canadian Taxation, Université de Montréal/HEC, 1999
LL.L., University of Ottawa, 1997
- New York 2001
- Québec 1999
Marc-André acted as counsel for the following clients:
- Many entrepreneurs from various industries, in connection with M&A transactions targeting the sale or acquisition of businesses and their family tax structures
- A company in the specialized semiconductor technology and high-performance materials industry, in the context of acquisitions it made outside Canada and the related financings
- Investment funds, in the context of their sale or the acquisition of their holding companies in the manufacturing industry
- An investment fund, in connection with the sale of a Canadian wood product company's shares to a Canadian public company
- A technology company and its founding shareholders, in the sale of all of the company's shares to a Canadian public company
- Syndicates of underwriters or public company issuers, in the context of public offerings or the issuance of shares, debt securities or flow-through shares
- Several investment, venture capital or real estate funds, as part of the creation and implementation of those funds, including tax optimizations for the funds' founders
- A high-net-worth family, with the sale of its multi-residential real estate portfolio of 1,500 units
- A company and its shareholders, in the context of the sale of a technology company to a multi-national group
- Best Lawyers in Canada (2019-2021) – Recognized as one of the best tax lawyers in Canada
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- International Fiscal Association
- Association de la planification fiscale et financière
- French
- English