Lawyer Profile
Richard W. Johnson
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
With a broad background in tax, Richard brings insight and experience in corporate and commodity tax matters, backed by a practical approach to helping clients realize strategies and objectives.
Richard’s practice focuses on corporate taxation, and he regularly advises on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other reorganizations; debt and equity offerings and other capital market transactions; structured note products; and the taxation of employee incentive plans. He also has deep experience in transactions involving alternative and renewable energy (including wind, solar and hydro) and other infrastructure.
Richard’s tax experience further extends to the areas of sales and use tax, goods and services tax and harmonized sales tax. His work has included advising the formation of an offshore managed account platform, involving significant GST/HST analysis, and he has provided guidance to a number of charities and not-for-profit organizations on the income tax and GST/HST aspects of their activities.
Richard is a band member of the Six Nations of the Grand River and has experience advising on income and sales tax matters affecting First Nations and their members. He also advises a number of charities and not-for-profit organizations on the income tax and sales tax aspects of their activities.
Torys acted as counsel to Brookfield Business Partners in its C$1.6 billion acquisition of the remaining 43% interest in Sagen MI Canada Inc. not already owned by Brookfield
Bank of Montreal in its acquisition of the AIR MILES Reward business of LoyaltyOne, Co. as part of its restructuring proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act
Oneida Energy Storage, a partnership between NRStor Inc., Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation, Northland Power Inc. and AECON, in the development, construction and equity and debt financing of the 250 MW / 1000 MWh Oneida Energy Storage project in Haldimand County, Ontario, including advice on governance arrangements, financing and material contracts
CIBC in its acquisition of the existing Canadian Costco credit card portfolio, as well as the negotiation of a long-term co-branded credit card agreement to become the exclusive issuer of Costco Mastercards in Canada
Practice Areas
Bar Information
Called to the bar: 2002 (ON)