Etienne Godel
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Related services and key industries
Biography
Etienne Godel is a tax lawyer. His practice focuses on assisting private and public corporations with tax planning for a variety of commercial transactions.
Etienne has experience advising clients on tax aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, and corporate structuring and reorganizations.
Professional experience
Collapse allJ.D. (with Honours), University of Toronto, 2018
B.Com. (Bilingual, with Distinction), University of Alberta, 2015
- Alberta 2019
Etienne's experience includes acting for:
- Brookfield Infrastructure in the purchase of Enbridge Inc.'s Canadian natural gas gathering and processing business for C$4.31 billion
- Benevity, Inc. on its sale to UK private equity firm Hg Capital
- Benevity, Inc. on its acquisition of Alaya SA, a European-based provider of employee engagement "software as a service" platforms
- Vermilion Energy Inc. in connection with its issuance of US$400 million 6.875% senior notes due 2030
- TransAlta Corporation on its public offering of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior green notes
- Enerflex Ltd. on its stock-for-stock cross-border business combination with Exterran Corporation, creating a combined entity with an implied combined enterprise value of approximately US$1.5 billion
- Solium Capital Inc. on its sale to Morgan Stanley by way of a plan of arrangement for a transaction value of C$1.1 billion
- Distinction, University of Toronto
- Gowling WLG Prize in Bankruptcy and Insolvency, University of Toronto
News
Enerflex Ltd. advised on its public merger with Exterran Corporation
January 24, 2022
Insights
2022 Canadian Federal Budget: International Tax
Publication | April 13, 2022