His field of expertise includes planning and implementing tax structures for Canadian corporations with international operations or financing the acquisition of foreign operations. Additionally, William Riverin has developed expertise in analyzing the tax costs, risks and other consequences of foreign operations and repatriation of Canadian corporations’ profits, such as thin capitalization rules, rate of withholding on cross-border transfer payments and others.
He is a lawyer by training, with a Master’s degree in tax law and over 13 years of tax experience, including eight in international tax.
- B.A.A. (Major in Finance), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1994-1997
- Bachelor of Law, Université de Sherbrooke and École du Barreau du Québec, 2000-2001
- Master of Taxation, HEC de Montréal, 2001-2002
- Barreau du Québec, 2003
- Member of l’Association de planification fiscale et financière and Canadian Tax Foundation
- Member of l’Ordre du Barreau du Québec and of Barreau de Montréal
Areas of expertise: Private, public and parapublic, including public corporations, not-for-profit organizations, cooperatives, manufacturing, service, distribution and high-tech entities.
