Lawyer Profile
Julie D’Avignon
Calgary, Alberta
Overview
Julie D'Avignon is a partner and head of the Tax Group in Calgary. Her practice focuses on providing tax advice in connection with mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, equity investments, flow-through share transactions and financings. Julie has extensive experience working with Canadian and international clients, public and private entities, tax-exempt entities, and private equity firms. Julie has particular expertise in resource and energy taxation, including with respect to Canadian and international oil and gas, mining, pipeline and renewable energy projects.
Julie is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Law Society of British Columbia and the International Fiscal Association. She is also a member of, as well as a speaker and contributor to, the Canadian Tax Foundation. In addition, Julie is a member of the editorial board of the Resource Sector Taxation Journal. Further, Julie is also currently a member of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. Julie is actively involved with the Canadian Bar Association as a member, frequent speaker and past chair of the Tax Specialists Section (Southern Alberta). She previously served on the Board of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society.
Dedicated to the community, Julie currently serves on the Board of CUPS Calgary Society. Previously, she acted as the legal director of the B.J. Hughes Foundation for the Development of Entrepreneurial Women. As well, Julie previously co-led Stikeman Elliott's involvement in Mount Royal University's JMH Venture LaunchPad program and provided pro bono structuring advice to selected MRU students as they launched their business ventures.
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Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2007 (AB); 2006 (BC)