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Helena Plecko

YEAR OF CALL

2004 British Columbia

EDUCATION

Faculty of Law, McGill University, BLL and BCL, 2003
School of Applied Linguistics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland, BA in Modern Languages, 1993

Helena Plecko is an associate in the Tax and Business Law Groups in Gowlings' Vancouver office. Helena's practice focuses on general tax law, which includes individual and corporate tax planning, tax dispute resolution, and executive compensation.

Helena also advises clients on all aspects of general corporate law, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions and a variety of commercial transactions, as well as formation of charities and charitable registrations.

REPRESENTATIVE WORK	-
BC Dairy Foundation and BC Milk Producers Association amalgamate to form BC Dairy Association Sabina Gold & Silver completes $97.5 million financing Twitter completes cross-border acquisition of Smallthought Systems

MEMBERSHIPS	-
Law Society of British Columbia Canadian Bar Association Canadian Tax Foundation

KNOWLEDGE CENTRE	-
Outdated Provision of Canadian Income Tax Act Taxes Foreign Service Providers Paragraph 212(1)(a): The Perils of an Obsolete Tax Provision Re: Taxand Comments on the Discussion Draft on the Application of Article 17 (Artistes and Sportsmen) of the OECD Model Tax Convention Issued on 23 April 2010

RELATED SERVICES	-
Tax Business Law Charities & Not-For-Profit Organizations Corporate Finance and M&A Executive Compensation International Private Equity & Venture Capital Succession Planning & Estates Tax Dispute Resolution

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