Ted Thiessen*

Calgary

Vancouver

403.531.8737, 604.893.7632

ted.thiessen@mcmillan.ca

Expertise Tax Oil & Gas Mining Energy Startups & Emerging Companies

Language(s) Spoken

English

Ted J. Thiessen Professional Corporation

Ted Thiessen is a partner in the Calgary and Vancouver office and a member of the Tax Group. Recognized as a leading lawyer in the area of tax law by Best Lawyers in Canada (2019-2021), Ted regularly advises Canadian-based multi-national groups and private equity investors with respect to the tax aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations and financing transactions. Ted’s practice focuses on transactions involving the resource sector, and he represents a number of clients with upstream and midstream related assets and investments.

A secondary focus of Ted’s practice involves advising established and emerging businesses on the design and implementation of long-term incentive plans.

Expertise

Industries

Practices

Representative Matters

Tax counsel to Canadian FinTech company in connection with its IPO
Tax counsel to US-based acquiror of Canadian publicly traded company via an exchangeable share transaction
Tax counsel to US-based producer in its sale of Canadian oil sands and gas assets for total proceeds of $17 billion
Tax counsel to Canadian-based producer in connection with the sale of royalty interests for $1.8 billion
Tax counsel to Canadian environmental solutions company in connection with a $3.5 billion recapitalization transaction
Tax counsel to Canadian publicly traded pipeline company in connection with $3.2 billion corporate acquisition
Tax counsel to underwriters in connection a $175-million issuance of medium term notes by a publicly traded energy infrastructure company

Speaking Engagements

Resource Partnership Dissolutions

Canadian Petroleum Tax Society Fall Lecture Series (presenter)

Capital Gains Exemption

Canadian Petroleum Tax Society Fall Lecture Series (presenter)

Partnership Reorganizations and Wind-Ups

Tax Executives Institute (Calgary) (presenter)

The Tax Treatment of Intangibles

Canadian Petroleum Tax Society Annual Conference, (co-presenter)

The Functional Currency Rules: A Primer

Prairie Provinces Tax Conference, (co-presenter)

News

Rankings & Recognitions

Recognized in the 2023 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Tax
Recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada (2023) as a leading lawyer in the area of Tax Law
Recognized in the 2022 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as a Repeatedly Recommended Lawyer in the area of Corporate Tax
Listed in the Legal500 Canada 2022 as a Recommended Lawyer – Tax
Recognized by The Best Lawyers in Canada 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022: Tax Law.

Community Involvement

South Bow River Softball Association (Coach)
Fish Creek Little League (Coach)

Directorships & Affiliations

Canadian Tax Foundation
Canadian Petroleum Tax Foundation
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Alberta

Education & Admissions

2023

Called to the British Columbia Bar

2004

Called to the Alberta bar

2004

Bachelor of Laws University of Manitoba

2000

Bachelor of Arts (received the Gold Medal for highest standing in Classics)University of Manitoba

Publications

“In-brief: post acquisition planning in Canada”, Lexology (co-author)
“Q&A: tax on acquisitions in Canada”, Lexology (co-author)
“Canadian Tax – The 75% Wage Subsidy”, Gowling WLG Bulletin (co-author)
“Canadian Oil & Gas Law and Practice”, Chambers Global Practice Guide 2016 (coauthor)