Lawyer Profile
John J. Tobin
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Offering creative advice and skilled advocacy, John is a leading tax lawyer, advising many of Canada’s largest businesses and financial institutions.
John solves tax problems with his notably broad experience covering transactional work, planning and counsel roles, and tax controversy/transfer pricing for many of Canada’s largest businesses and financial institutions. Multinational and Canadian organizations in the private and public sectors have worked closely with John across a broad mix of tax matters, including tax structuring, international transactions, transfer pricing, tax controversy, corporate finance, derivatives, securitization and mergers and acquisitions.
John has represented international and domestic businesses, banks, financial institutions, mutual funds and government agencies in a wide range of matters. From domestic and cross-border transactions, infrastructure, energy (including wind, solar and hydro) and public private partnerships, to financial products, lending and securitizations, income funds, managed assets and leasing, John’s multidimensional experience benefits clients across industries. John has also worked extensively in the areas of federal and provincial income tax, international tax, sales and use tax, goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax.
Torys acted as counsel to Fairfax Financial in its C$300 million acquisition of Toys "R" Us Canada Ltd. pursuant to a cross-border auction process under both the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
Brookfield Renewable in the sale of a 25% interest in a 413 MW Canadian hydroelectric portfolio to a consortium of buyers
Meridian Credit Union in its acquisition of Roynat Lease Finance from Roynat Inc., a subsidiary of Scotiabank
John is a current governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation and a current director of the International Fiscal Association (Canada Branch). He is the past Chair of the Board of the Michael Garron Hospital (formerly Toronto East General Hospital), as well as the former Chair of its Construction Redevelopment Committee, currently building a $500 million addition.
John is a Tax Committee Member of both the Canadian Finance and Leasing Association and the Investment Funds Institute of Canada.
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 1989 (ON)