Jeffrey Trossman’s experience spans over 30 years as tax counsel in private practice at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, providing strategic tax planning advice on multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, financings and reorganizations, while also helping clients manage tax audits and resolve tax disputes. He led the Blakes national tax group for over 15 years, playing a leadership role within the firm and in the broader Canadian tax bar. Jeffrey has served as chair of the National Taxation Section of the Canadian Bar Association and co-chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. He has also co-chaired the Senior Tax Practitioner’s Institute, an invitation-only annual meeting of Canada’s leading senior tax practitioners.
Jeffrey is the editor of Perspectives on Tax Law & Policy, a quarterly publication focused on tax policy, and serves as an advisor to the Canadian Tax Foundation Board of Governors. He writes and speaks widely on tax matters for diverse organizations, including the C.D. Howe Institute, the Canadian Tax Foundation, Tax Notes International, the International Fiscal Association, the Canadian Bar Association, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School. He co-chairs the C.D. Howe Institute’s Fiscal & Tax Competitiveness Council and teaches a tax policy course in the professional LL.M. program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Over many years, he has interacted extensively with government officials regarding a wide range of legislative proposals.
Prior to his legal studies, Jeffrey worked as an economist in the research department at the Bank of Canada.