Harold A. Jacques
Harold’s practice includes all aspects of income tax law and the application of GST, with an emphasis on resource taxation, financings and transaction planning for corporations, trusts and partnerships. He has extensive experience representing clients in matters involving the federal and Alberta governments.
Harold has lectured at various conferences and seminars held by the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Petroleum Tax Society and the Canadian Bar Association; instructed taxation law at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law and for the Law Society of Alberta Bar Admission courses, and is a past editor of the Canadian Petroleum Tax Journal. He has been a partner of Macleod Dixon LLP since 1986.
- University of Calgary, LL.B., 1979
- Alberta, 1980
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, International Fiscal Association
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Member, Canadian Petroleum Tax Society
Examples of areas where Harold has provided advice in recent months include:
- Financings, acquisitions and dispositions by publicly traded trusts and partnerships
- Reorganizing both the business activities and the management structure of publicly traded trusts and partnerships
- Private placement financings outside Canada for Canadian enterprises
- Acquisitions and dispositions of Canadian and international exploration and production assets by multinational corporations with head offices in Canada and outside Canada
- Structuring investments in Canada for investors based in Europe and the United States
- Tax litigation involving both multinational E&P companies and multinational oil service companies, as well as private arbitrations
- Canadian Petroleum Tax Society, Past president
