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Claude E. Jodoin, Partner | Tax Law

Claude E. Jodoin, M Fisc

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Any income from business, property or employment, whether an asset or a liability, is covered under Canadian tax law.
Jurisdiction Ontario, 1988 | Québec, 1987
Language(s) French, English
Office(s) Montréal
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Overview

Claude E. Jodoin practises tax law, with a focus on corporate financing, financial instruments, the purchase and sale of companies, and reorganizations.

Claude regularly assists financial institutions during major mandates dealing with large public issues of securities. He also advises large national and international public and private corporations on reorganization. The high technology and biotechnology industries continue to evolve, and Claude helps clients develop corporate finance structures that benefit from the maximum scientific research and experimental development tax incentives. 

Claude is actively involved in goods and services tax matters, and some of Claude’s interventions before the provincial and federal tax authorities have resulted in major legislative or regulatory amendments. Recognized as one of the best tax lawyers in Canada by The Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Claude has written a number of articles and delivered many seminars on new tax issues.

Achievements

Client Work

  • Beacon Securities Limited leads brokered private placement offering of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., [Deal - Beacon Securities Limited], Independent global investment bank leads syndicate of agents in private placement offering and concurrent best-efforts private placement of non-flow-through units and flow-through common shares of Maple Gold Mines Ltd., a mining exploration company.
  • Delta Resources Limited announces closing of its C$5 million non-brokered private placement offering of charity flow-through units, [Deal - Delta Resources Limited], Canadian mining exploration company completes a non-brokered private placement of charity flow-through units.
  • Sale of IBEX Technologies, [Deal - IBEX Technologies Inc.], Sale of IBEX Technologies Inc.
  • Champion Electric Metals Inc. completes C$4.2 million flow-through private placement, [Deal - Champion Electric Metals Inc.], Canadian mineral exploration company completes private placement offering of flow-through common shares.
  • Gazelle is acquired by Lightcast, [Deal - Gazelle.ai], Acquisition of Gazelle by Lightcast
  • Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. closes a C$34 million Series A financing round, [Deal - Puzzle Medical Devices Inc.], Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. raises C$34 million in its Series A financing round, which was led by Cordis-X with the participation of Longview Ventures, Desjardins Capital, and BDC Capital in order to complete its human feasibility study.
  • Issuance of C$1 billion senior notes by Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec, [Deal - Desjardins Securities Inc.], On August 23, 2022, the Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec issued $1 billion in Senior Notes.
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment to acquire Haven Studios, [Deal - Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC], Haven Studios will be the 18th studio to join the PlayStation Studios family.
  • Intertape Polymer Group Inc. to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group in a transaction valued at approximately US$2.6 billion, [Deal - Intertape Polymer Group Inc], Intertape Polymer Group Inc. to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Group in a transaction valued at approximately US$2.6 Billion

Career & Education

Education

  • M Fisc Université de Sherbrooke
  • LL.L., magna cum laude University of Ottawa
  • LLB, cum laude University of Ottawa

Memberships & Affiliations

  • President, Canadian Bar Association, Tax Section (Québec)
  • Member, Québec Bar
  • Member, Bar of Montréal
  • Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
  • Member, International Fiscal Association
  • Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Member, Association de planification fiscale et financière
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Regional Cannabis Committee

Knowledge

Events

  • Business and Legal Roundtable: Updates and Trends for the Canadian Market - COVID-19 and Beyond, 5/27/2020
  • Doing Business in Canada: Cross-Border M&A and Key Tax Considerations in the Context of COVID-19, 5/21/2020
  • Relief for Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Tax Planning for the Future, 4/22/2020

News

Publications

  • Getting The Deal Through - Mining 2016 - Canada, 7/4/2016
  • Getting The Deal Through - Mining 2015 - Canada, 6/1/2015
  • Canadian Mining Law, 7/31/2014

Speaking Engagements

  • Défis des programmes d’observation, 4/10/2014
  • Formation en droit fiscal, 3/20/2014
  • Assets vs. Shares/ Hybrid Agreements, 5/31/2013
Défis des programmes d’observation President, Conference organized by the Canadian Bar Association location location Montréal
Formation en droit fiscal President, Conference on Revenu Québec’s voluntary disclosures program entitled “Revenu Québec - Programme des divulgations volontaires” organized by the Canadian Bar Association location location Montréal

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