The commercial and tax litigation expert commences with the tax group
Commercial and tax litigation expert Laura Scheim has returned to Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP as a partner in the firm’s Montréal office.
She commences with the firm’s tax group. During her first seven-year stint at Osler, she was a tax and civil/commercial litigation lawyer, according to LinkedIn.
Currently, Scheim concentrates on corporate tax disputes and high-stakes regulatory and administrative matters. She has worked with private and public companies and individuals on tax audits and disputes in addition to guiding both local and international corporations through the tax reassessment and audit process. Moreover, she has handled disputes involving the scope of revenue authorities’ audit powers and acted for clients in commercial disputes related to large infrastructure and public-private partnership (P3) projects.
She has represented clients in the Federal Court of Appeal, the Québec Court of Appeal, and the Tax Court of Canada as well as before administrative tribunals and arbitrators. She is also an expert in alternative fee structures, contingent risk assessment, ATE insurance strategies, and litigation and judgment enforcement funding solutions.
Scheim previously advised Veolia Health Operating Services in relation to design-build defect claims against the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal’s constructors. She also assisted J.D. Irving Limited in its appeal of Revenu Québec’s reassessments.
Scheim finished the CICA In-Depth Tax Program run by CPA Canada. Partner Mark Brender, who leads Osler’s tax practice in Montréal, highlighted Scheim’s work on complex tax audits.
Scheim recently spent three years at litigation funder Omni Bridgeway, where she was an investment manager and legal counsel. She also clerked for Justice Michael J. Moldaver at the Supreme Court of Canada and for Justice Allan R. Hilton at the Québec Court of Appeal, roles which created the foundation for her experience in underwriting investments in high-value litigation, according to Osler.
She was admitted to the Québec Bar in 2014.
