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Derek A. Kurrant, CA, LLB

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About

Derek Kurrant is member of the Tax Group and has a wealth of experience in the many areas of tax law that affect public companies and private enterprises.

As a lawyer and a chartered accountant, he has practised exclusively in the area of taxation for over 25 years providing tax advice on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions, including corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions; structuring of public debt and equity offerings; the purchase and sale of businesses, and the use of partnerships, joint ventures and trusts. He regularly provides tax ‎advice on international and cross-border planning matters, including advising Canadian businesses looking ‎to expand to foreign jurisdictions and advising multinational enterprises seeking to establish, acquire or ‎dispose of businesses in Canada‎.

Derek has significant experience providing tax structuring and transactional advice on various energy-based projects including in the oil and gas and ‎renewable energy sectors.

Bar admissions / Professional QualificationsAlberta, 1993
Languages
  • English

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Recognized, Tax Law, Best Lawyers in Canada, (2012 – 2024, 2026 – 2027)
  • 2008 "Vince Bjorndahl Award" granted by the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society for excellence in legal writing and tax analysis
Education
  • LL.B., University of Calgary, 1992
  • BComm , University of Calgary, 1983
  • Chartered Accountant, 1985

Seminars

  • Presented paper “Taxes and Rectification” for Legal Education Society of Alberta Seminar, Edmonton on October 27, 2015 and Calgary on November 3, 2015
  • Lecturer for full day courses for Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants entitled “Advanced Tax Planning Strategies” (2011 - 2014) and “Corporate Reorganizations”, December 2, 2010
  • Presented "Partnerships Planning Update", Acumen Corporate Income Tax Update, 2013

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of the Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Tax Foundation, Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian and Alberta Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • Past President and Member of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society

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