Lisa A. Watzinger
Biography
Lisa is a tax lawyer. Her practice focuses primarily on tax litigation and resolving disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency and the Ontario Ministry of Finance. Lisa is bilingual, representing her clients in both English and French.
Lisa has appeared before the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Ontario Superior Court.
Sameer Nurmohamed
Biography
Sameer is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in the tax group in Toronto. Sameer's practice focuses on tax disputes and litigation. He has represented financial institutions, mutual funds, and international and domestic businesses from a broad array of industries, including telecommunications, real estate, finance, utilities, and entertainment/media.
Sameer has extensive experience dealing with Canada’s general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), interest and guarantee fee deductibility, transfer pricing, tax treaties, tax avoidance rules, goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax, derivatives, rectifications, voluntary disclosures, valuations, and capital/income characterization.
Sameer is skilled at dealing with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial tax authorities to resolve disputes. He has also appeared before the Tax Court of Canada, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Ontario Court of Justice.
Before joining Blakes, he practised tax litigation at another national law ?rm and, prior to that, was a clerk for the Tax Court of Canada.
Adam Friedlan
Biography
Adam is a tax and estate planning lawyer. His areas of practice include corporate and personal tax planning and estate planning and the implementation of tax and estate plans including the preparation of wills and powers of attorney. Adam holds a JD from the University of Toronto, an LLM in Taxation from New York University and a BA from the University of Chicago. He has completed the In-depth Tax Course and the In-depth HST/GST Course conducted by CPA Canada. Adam is a frequent writer and speaker on taxation and estate planning. He is a regular contributor to the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Tax for the Owner–Manager. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Tax Foundation.
