Having an entrepreneurial background, Ashvin also takes a keen interest in emerging and high growth companies and supports founders, investors and acquirers through all stages of the life cycle of a startup enterprise. Drawing on his background in board and community work, he further advises emerging businesses on corporate governance issues.

Ashvin attended law school at the University of Toronto, where he won the award for the highest place in tax and estate planning. An eager speaker and writer on tax matters, Ashvin is one of the top ten contributors to Canadian Tax Focus, a publication of the Canadian Tax Foundation. Ashvin’s previous practice experience includes an international law firm, a prominent Canadian tax boutique firm and a leading national law firm in the taxation space.

Ashvin serves on the executive of the Taxation Law section of the British Columbia branch of the Canadian Bar Association.

Memberships and Affiliations

• Law Society of British Columbia
• Law Society of Alberta
• Canadian Bar Association

Awards and Recognition

• EDify Magazine: Top 40 Under 40 (Edmonton), 2022

Publications and Presentations

Publications

• Author, “TCC Orders Disclosure of GAAR Committee Proceedings”, Canadian Tax Focus, Volume 12, No. 4, p. 8-9, November 2022
• Author, “Section 160 Captures a ‘Dividend’ Not in Compliance with Corporate Law”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 12, No. 3, p. 16, August 2022
• Co-Author, “2022 Federal Budget Special Report” (budget lock-up report), Wolters Kluwer, April 2022
• Author, “Judicial Super-Priority in Insolvency Can Trump Statutory Deemed Trust”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 11, No. 4, p. 13, November 2021
• Co-Author, “Foreign Property Reporting: Where Is Your Crypto?”, Tax for the Owner- Manager, Vol. 21, No. 4, p. 6, October 2021
• Co-Author, “TCC Takes Expansive View of Subsection 256(2.1)”, Tax for the Owner- Manager, Vol. 21, No. 3, p. 7, July 2021
• Co-Author, “Section 160 Not Applicable to Butterfly Reorganizations”, Tax for the Owner-Manager, Vol. 21, No. 2, p. 11, April 2021
• Co-Author, “When is the Equitable Remedy of Rescission Available?
  Implications of the British Columbia Court of Appeal’s Decision in Collins Family Trust”, Federated Press Tax Litigation Journal, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, December 2020
• Co-Author, “FC Clarifies CRA’s 10-Year Collection Limitation Period”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 10, No. 4, p. 5, November 2020
• Author, “Government’s Claim for GST Collected Trumps That of Secured Lender”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 12, August 2020
• Co-Author, “Crown Attempt to Repudiate Settlement Fails”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 8, May 2020
• Co-Author, “Vavilov and the New Framework for Judicial Review”, Federated Press Tax Litigation Journal, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, March 2020
• Co-Author, “Are Tenant Improvements a Shareholder Benefit?”, Tax for the Owner- Manager, Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 9, January 2020
• Co-Author, “Tax Accommodation Parties and Novel Applications of Section 160”, Federated Press Tax Litigation Journal, Vol. XXII, No. 3, October 2019
• Co-Author, “Section 160 in a Butterfly Reorganization”, Canadian Tax Highlights, Vol. 27, No. 8, p. 2, August 2019
• Author, “CRA Cannot Require Oral Interviews”, Canadian Tax Focus, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 15, May 2019
• Co-Author, “Dentons shares analysis of 2018 Alberta Budget”, Dentons Insight, March 26, 2018
• Author, “2018 Federal Budget Special Report,” Wolters Kluwer/Dentons Canada LLP
• Co-Author, “2018 Federal Budget Special Report” (budget lock- up report), Wolters Kluwer, February 2018
• Author, “Wilson: SCC Overhauls Standard of Review?” Tax Litigation Blog, August 12, 2016
• Author, “FCA Reinstates Narrow View of De Facto Control,” Canadian Tax Focus, Vol.6 no.3, p.11, August 2016
• Author, “Scope of Taxpayer Agreements Narrowed: Marine Atlantic Inc. V. The Queen, 2016 TCC 46,” The Legal Times, Tax Topics No. 2296, March 2016
• Author, “De Facto Control Broadened: More Than a Board of Directors Test,” Canadian Tax Focus, Vol.5 no.1, February 2015

Presentations

• Co-Presenter, “Practice Foundations: Tax for Estate Lawyers”, Legal Education Society of Alberta, November 2022
• Co-Presenter, “2022 Federal Budget Special Report”, Wolters Kluwer, April 2022
• Co-Presenter, “Tax Considerations in Employee Share Ownership and Buyouts”, Canadian Bar Association: Business Law Section, February 2021
• Co-Instructor, “Corporate Tax – Purchase and Sale of a Business”, CPA Saskatchewan, November 2020
• Co-Presenter, “Review of Loss and Debt Planning”, Edmonton CPA Club, November 2020
• Co-Presenter, “Tax Planning and Dispute Resolution”, Association for Finance Professionals, November 2019
• Co-Presenter, “Tax Tips and Traps: Avoiding Common Errors”, Edmonton CPA Club, September 2019
• Co-Presenter, “Tax Dispute Resolution: A Primer”, Canadian Bar Association: Business Law Section, February 2019Panel Member (Taxation), “Understanding Deal Structures”, ScaleUp YEG: Angel Investing for New Angel Investors (hosted by Valhalla Private Capital), January 2019
• Co-Presenter, “Tips and Traps for Private Company shares in RRSPs and TFSAs”, Canadian Bar Association: Tax Law Subsection, January 2019
• Presenter, “Tax Dispute Resolution”, Canadian Tax Foundation YP Group, December 2018
• Presenter, “Tax Dispute Resolution: A Primer”, Felesky Flynn LLP 2018 Tax Series (Fort McMurray), November 2018
• Instructor, “Section 55: How Safe are Your Dividends?”, CPA Saskatchewan, November 2018
• Presenter, “2018 Update on TOSI and Passive Income”, CPA Saskatchewan, November 2018
• Presenter, “Subsection 55(2) – A Refresher”, Edmonton Tax Forum, September 2018
• Presenter, “Taxation Law”, Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta, February 2018
• Presenter, “Government takes aim at Private Corporations and their Shareholders: What we do now?”, Canadian Tax Foundation YP Group, December 2017
• Co-Presenter, “Government takes aim at Private Corporations and their Shareholders – the July 18, 2017 tax proposals”, Canadian Bar Association: Tax Law Subsection, September 2017