Steve Suarez

Partner

Toronto
SSuarez@blg.com
416.367.6702
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Steve Suarez is a partner in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He works exclusively in the income tax area, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, inbound & outbound investment, corporate restructurings and audit management and tax dispute resolution, with particular focus on the energy and natural resources sector.

He writes and speaks frequently on taxation matters and is active in numerous Canadian and international tax organizations. He is the founder of Business Tax Canada, a website devoted to Canadian tax issues of interest to non-resident businesses and investors, and created and maintains www.miningtaxcanada.com, a website devoted to taxation issues of relevance to the mining community.

Testimonials

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Experience

  • Advised Guardian Capital Group on the acquisition of Galibier Capital Management.
  • Acted for Organigram Holdings Inc. on the acquisition of Motif Labs Ltd. 
  • Acted for Focus Financial Partners on the consolidation of Dorchester Wealth Management with Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC.

Beyond Our Walls

Professional Involvement

  • Co-Chair, Economic & Taxation Policy Committee, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
  • Councillor, Canadian branch of International Fiscal Association
  • Co-chair, Toronto Centre Canada Revenue Agency and Tax Professionals Consultation Group
  • Special Advisor, taxation committee of the Mining Association of Canada
  • Member, Business at OECD Committee (BIAC)
  • Past Chair, Tax Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario)

Awards & Recognitions

  • Recognized in 2025 edition (and since 2023) of The Best Lawyers in Canada® (Tax Law).
  • Recognized in the 2025 (and since 2016) edition of Chambers Canada — Canada's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax (Nationwide)).
  • Recognized in the 2025 (and since 2015) edition of Chambers Global — The World's Leading Lawyers for Business (Tax).
  • Recognized in the 2025 edition of Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) Thought Leaders: Global Elite 2025 Report (Corporate Tax).
  • Recognized in the 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2021 editions of Lexpert Special Edition: Finance and M&A
  • Recognized in the 2025 (and since 2014) edition of The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Corporate Tax)

Bar Admission & Education

  • Ontario, 1990
  • New York, 1993
  • Roll of Solicitors (England & Wales), 1994
  • MBA, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, 1994
  • JD, University of Toronto, 1988