About Michael

Michael McLaren is a partner working out of Thorsteinssons LLP's Vancouver and Toronto offices, with a practice focused on corporate and international tax planning. He regularly advises Canadian and foreign-based multinational groups on matters such as inbound and outbound investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, restructurings, and natural resource taxation, and he has significant experience with tax controversy work. His clients span industries including e-commerce, fintech, software, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, financial services, media, natural resources, and real estate. Michael holds a B.Sc. from the University of Victoria in Genetics and Mathematics and an LL.B. from the University of Western Ontario, where he concentrated in taxation and received several academic awards.

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Undergraduate
B.Sc., University of Victoria (Genetics/Mathematics)

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