Manjit
Singh
Partner
Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2000
Manjit draws on more than 25 years of experience advising on Canadian and cross-border tax matters to provide comprehensive tax advice to corporate clients in diverse industries. Her clients appreciate her interpersonal skills and her ability to effectively communicate highly complex tax matters. Manjit’s personable nature and business acumen make her a strong negotiator. She takes a pragmatic approach and works to strike a balance between risk aversion and commercial reasonableness.
Manjit is Co-Leader of the firm’s Tax Group. Her practice includes tax planning and advising on tax aspects of reorganizations and restructurings, acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, inbound and outbound structuring, takeovers, privatization, securitization, going public transactions, financing, securities offerings, private placements and executive compensation. Manjit advises on tax structures for real estate investments and divestitures, REITs, partnerships and syndications.
Manjit frequently speaks on taxation matters, including current issues related to mandatory disclosure rules and trust reporting rules, and regularly contributes to leading Canadian tax publications. Manjit is recognized as a leading tax lawyer by Lexpert and ITR World Tax (Canada).
Manjit is Co-Chair of the firm's Women's Initiative Committee.
Professional Involvement
Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- Canadian Bar Association
- Canadian Tax Foundation
- International Fiscal Association
- Commercial Real Estate Women (Toronto Chapter)
- Presenter, "Current Topics in Cross-Border Financing," 2025 IFA Canada International Tax Conference, 2025.
- Co-Presenter, "What You Missed While You Were Away: 2024 Tax Developments," OBA Taxation Law Program, 2024.
- Presenter, "Building a Book of Business from the Ground Up," SABA Toronto’s Annual Symposium, 2024.
- Presenter, "Navigating General Wealth," Nicola Wealth Women’s Lead Financial Mastery Series, 2024.
- Presenter, "OBA New Tax Mandatory Disclosure Rules – What Businesses and Their Lawyers Need to Know," OBA, 2023.
- Presenter, "Proposed Changes to Subsection 55(2) and Related Developments," CLHIA Tax 2016 Officers Section Annual Conference, 2016.
- Co-Author and Co-Presenter, "The Canadian Treatment of Foreign Taxes," Canadian Tax Foundation, Conference Report, 2014.
- Co-Presenter, "Certain Budget Proposals & PRPPs – A Primer," CLHIA Tax 2013 Officers Section Annual Conference, 2013.
- Author and Presenter, "An Introduction to Bump Rules," Canadian Tax Foundation, Conference Report, 2003.
- Author, "Update on Capital Gains Rate Change Proposals and Next Steps," Aird & Berlis LLP, Tax News Flash, February 4, 2025.
- Co-Author, "Canada's Federal Court of Appeal Hits the Brakes on Break Fees," Tax Notes International, Volume 114, May 27, 2024.
- Co-Author, "How Canada’s New Income Tax Mandatory Disclosure Rules Affect Domestic and Cross-Border Transactions," Lexpert, October 23, 2023.
- Author, "Quebec Court of Appeal: TIPs Not a Subset of Current Expenses," Tax for the Owner-Manager, Canadian Tax Foundation, April 2021.
- Author, "Motter: Tenant Inducement Payments," Canadian Tax Highlights, Canadian Tax Foundation, November 2018.
- Co-Author of the Canadian Chapter in The Inward Investment and International Tax Review, 4th ed. 51-72, United Kingdom: Law Business Research Ltd., 2014.
- Co-Author, "Tax Considerations for Foreign Funds," AIMA Canada Handbook, 2012.
- Co-Author, "Retirement Compensation Arrangements and the Prohibited Investment and Advantage Rules," Insurance Planning, Federated Press, 2012.