Wilfrid Lefebvre, QC

Biography

Wilfrid Lefebvre practises in the areas of income tax, tax planning, corporate reorganizations and financing and represents clients before tax authorities, courts and administrative tribunals. He has extensive court experience and has served as legal counsel in many complex and important cases.

Mr. Lefebvre started his career at the Department of Justice in Ottawa, where he worked as a legal advisor to the Department of Supply and Services, subsequently joining the Tax Litigation Section of the Department of Justice. In 1976, he became the Director of the Legal Services Branch of Revenue Canada and in 1978 was appointed General Counsel in charge of Tax Litigation in Canada. He was a member of the Technical Committee on business taxation (Mintz Committee) appointed by the Minister of Finance of Canada to advise on changes to the current tax system.

Year of Call

• Quebec Bar 1970

Law School

• LL.L., Université de Montréal, 1969

EDUCATION

• B.A., Collège Saint-Laurent, 1966

Speaking Engagements

• Frequent speaker at conferences sponsored by the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Tax Executives Institute
• A lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa in both the civil law and common law programs
• Lectured at the Université de Sherbrooke
• Lectured at the Law Society of Upper Canada
• Lectured at the Quebec Bar Admission Course

Rankings and Recognitions

• Lexpert
• Chambers Global Guide

Memberships and Activities

• Chair of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Tax Foundation
• Vice-Chair of the Canadian Tax Foundation
• President of the Association de planification fiscale et financière
• Was a member of the Technical Committee on business taxation (Mintz Committee) appointed by the Minister of Finance of Canada to advise on changes to the current tax system.