• Quebec 2013
• Alberta Bar 2022

Mr. Lafrance has recently represented the following clients:

• Gestion F. Bélisle Ltée, 2021 QCCA 1352. Quebec Court of Appeal – judicial rectification. Rectification obtained in the context of an estate planning of a private oil distribution business.
• Groupe Custeau, 2020 QCCA 1496 (CanLII). Quebec Court of Appeal (leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada by Revenue Quebec denied) – General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR). Non application of GAAR to transactions relating to the paid-up capital of a private corporation.
• CPA Canada, in the context of its intervention in BP Canada Energy Company v. Canada (National Revenue), 2017 FCA 61. Federal Court of Appeal – audit powers. Successful intervention by CPA Canada to restrain the tax authorities' access to tax accrual working papers. Cited as one of the top 10 decisions of 2017 by LEXPERT.
• Laurentian Bank, 2020 CCI 73. Tax Court of Canada – Income Tax. Deductibility of fees incurred by a bank in the context of the issuance of shares through a private placement by way of subscription receipts.
• M. J. Ouazana, 2020 TCC 124. Tax Court of Canada – GST. First decision in Canada addressing favourably the effects of a retroactive tax registration in the context of the sale of real estate property.

• Transfer Pricing Law Review – Third Edition, Law Business Research (2019)
• Transfer Pricing Law Review – Second Edition, Law Business Research (2018)
• Transfer Pricing Law Review – First Edition, Law Business Research (2017)
• L'interrogatoire au préalable selon le nouveau Code civil, Stratège (APFF), June 2016, Volume 21, no. 2 (2016)
• L'évolution de la preuve et les opérations d'évitement, Stratège (APFF), April 2014, Vol 19, no. 2. (2014)
• Canada and the United States reach an intergovernmental agreement on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act – April 15, 2014, NRFC external publication (2014)

• Tax Treatment of Transaction Fees  – Canada Tax Foundation Seminar (2020)
• Tax Litigation Update – Canadian Tax Foundation Seminar (December 2018)
• Tax Authorities' Access to Tax Working Papers – Tax Executive Institute (March 2018)
• Tax Litigation Recent Cases – Canadian Tax Foundation Seminar (November 2017)
• Vision 2017: Global Tax Risk and Issues (November 2017)
• Recent Tax Cases – Canadian Tax Foundation (May 2017)
• Careers in Tax – University of Sherbrooke (2017)
• Life as a Tax Practitioner – HEC Montreal (2017)
• La pratique en fiscalité  – Club de droit des affaires et investissements de l'Université de Sherbrooke, (winter 2016 and 2017)
• Le nouveau Code de procédure civile et la fiscalité – Association de planification fiscale et financière, Montreal (fall 2016)

• Canadian Bar Association
• Young Bar Association of Montreal
• Association de planification fiscale et financière (tax and financial planing association)
• Canadian Tax Foundation
  • Member, young practitioners committee
• Lecturer - tax litigation, University of Sherbrooke law faculty

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