providing expert consultation on
employment, taxation & damages law

I provide expert consultation to employment lawyers navigating cross-border taxation and damages compensation.

Save time, maximize settlements.

With over 20 years of experience in the field, I know how intricate and complex employment law can be.

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you need expert, intradisciplinary advice and guidance on:

assessment and quantification of damages: 
equity-based compensation and pension & benefits plans

I provide refined and expert technical assistance for employment lawyers regarding wrongful dismissal cases.

US & Canada cross-border taxation:
technical assistance in the structuring of pleadings and settlements

I offer knowledge and experience in the taxation of executive compensation and damages on both sides of the border as well as the application of the Canada-US Tax Treaty.

cross-border transfers & 
Sourcing Tax Issues:aiding dual tax-payers with deferred compensation on both sides of the border

I provide technical assistance with deferred compensation for dual tax-payers to ensure damages are sourced & taxed properly.

an expert in employment law & cross-boreder taxation.

Meet Rick!

LLB & CHRP

Rick began his career specializing in employment law. He practiced employment litigation for about 10 years, then switched to specializing in pensions and benefits at a global actuarial consulting firm where he led the Canadian legal department and managed some of the firm's largest Canadian pension accounts with multi-disciplinary teams of actuaries, lawyers and benefits consultants.

He was then recruited into a Big Four accounting firm as a direct-admit Partner to lead its Canadian pensions, benefits and compensation legal group...

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Services i offer:

Tried and true Expert Tax consultingAssistance with Tax Gross Up CalculationsCoordination of expert opinions and testimony regarding pension damages and share valuations Serving as a Sounding Board To Mitigate Risks & maximize GainsInquire

Real life cases.

A collection of my expertise and risk and damages identification in action.

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01

Detection of Administrative Errors

In several instances in which I was asked to review the restricted share unit plan of a dismissed executive where the parent company was a US-based corporation, my review of the plan documentation revealed that the plan was a restricted...

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02

Structuring Settlements for Tax Savings

A plaintiff’s counsel retained me to assist in structuring the settlement of a very senior executive whose severance package was worth over $17,000,000. By coordinating a move to a tax...

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03

Restructuring Compensation for Tax Savings Upon Termination

I devised a strategy of restructuring a private equity client’s RSUs into hybrid units upon his being transferred to a different tax jurisdiction (hybrids are a vehicle which I invented...

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