Tax Advisers - Deloitte

Canada
Michael J O’Keefe
Thorsteinssons LLP
33rd Floor, Bay Wellington Tower
PO Box 786
181 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M5J 2T3
Canada
Tel: (1) 416 864 0829
Fax: (1) 416 864 1106
Email: mjokeefe@thor.ca
Website: www.thor.ca
Michael J O’Keefe QC is a member of the Bars of British Columbia, Alberta and
Ontario, and is a senior partner in Thorsteinssons. He is a graduate of the University
of British Columbia in commerce and law, and has a masters degree in law from the
University of California, Berkeley.
He regularly advises Canadian multinationals and foreign multinationals with
Canadian interests on Canadian and international tax matters, and works extensively
in the area of cross-border transactions. He has served as a special assistant to the
minister of finance, government of Canada, and was a member of the Joint Taxation
Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants and of the board of governors of the Canadian Tax Foundation.
He speaks and writes frequently on subjects relating to Canadian and international tax
planning matters.
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