Etienne Godel
Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
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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
Firm wins three gold awards at 2022 Canadian Law Awards
May 20, 2022
Enerflex Ltd. advised on its public merger with Exterran Corporation
January 24, 2022
Insights
2022 Canadian Federal Budget: International Tax
Publication | April 13, 2022
Canada’s post-CECRA economic response plan: Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy, in the nick of time
Publication | November 24, 2020