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Jamal Hejazi Ph.D.
Chief Economist • Ottawa
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Jamal Hejazi Ph.D.
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Dr. Jamal Hejazi is a senior member of the Gowlings Transfer Pricing and Competent Authority team. Working in conjunction with the Firm's National Tax Practice Group, Jamal helps organizations optimize their global tax position and reduce exposure to unfavorable audit assessments through proper tax planning and implementation strategies. He has been involved in work for a number of industries including automotive, pharmaceutical, energy, computer software, gaming, manufacturing and services. He also specializes in intangible valuation and has done work for both the technology and biochemical sectors.
Prior to joining Gowlings, Jamal was a senior transfer pricing economist with the Canada Revenue Agency, where he participated in the resolution of a number of transfer pricing issues, including the relief of double taxation on Canadian corporations. He was instrumental in the negotiation of Advanced Pricing Agreements between Canada and foreign tax authorities.
Jamal has also held a faculty position at the University of Windsor and was a lecturer at Carleton University. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Phoenix where he teaches various courses in economics.
Complementing his graduate degrees, Jamal has recently earned the Registered Professional Accountant (R.P.A.) designation. He is currently completing his CPA designation in the State of Illinois. In addition to his extensive experience in academia, Jamal has acted as a consultant for Human Resources Development Canada, where he examined the viability of the Canada Student Loan Program. Jamal is published widely in leading tax journals including International Transfer Pricing Journal (ITPJ), Tax Notes International, BNA Tax Management Transfer Pricing Report, Global Intellectual Property Asset Management Report and Practical US/International Tax Strategies.
Jamal is also a published author, having written many books. Three Essays on Inflation Targeting: An Application to Canada and the United States tests various hypotheses about what variables the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve plan to target using monetary policy. His latest publication, Transfer Pricing – The Basics from a Canadian Perspective, was born from Jamal's vast experience in resolving transfer pricing issues and has been implemented as course reading material at Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. |
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