Etienne Godel
Etienne Godel
Biography
Etienne Godel is a tax lawyer. His practice focuses on assisting private and public corporations with tax planning for a variety of commercial transactions.
Etienne has experience advising clients on tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, and corporate structuring and reorganizations.
Professional experience
Representative experience
Representative experience
Etienne's experience includes acting for:
- Brookfield Infrastructure in the purchase of Enbridge Inc.'s Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business for C$4.3 billion
- Benevity, Inc. on its sale to UK private equity firm Hg Capital
- Benevity, Inc. on its acquisition of Alaya SA, a European-based provider of employee engagement "software as a service" platforms
- Vermilion Energy Inc. in connection with its issuance of US$400 million 6.875% senior notes due 2030
- TransAlta Corporation on its public offering of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior green notes
- Enerflex Ltd. on its stock-for-stock cross-border business combination with Exterran Corporation, creating a combined entity with an implied combined enterprise value of approximately US$1.5 billion
- Solium Capital Inc. on its sale to Morgan Stanley by way of a plan of arrangement for a transaction value of C$1.1 billion
Rankings and recognitions
Rankings and recognitions
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada: Tax Law, 2025
- Distinction, University of Toronto
- Gowling WLG Prize in Bankruptcy and Insolvency, University of Toronto
Education
Education
J.D. (with Honours), University of Toronto, 2018
B.Com. (Bilingual, with Distinction), University of Alberta, 2015
Admissions
Admissions
- Alberta 2019
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