Biography • Corporate Tax

Jack Bernstein is the senior tax partner and chair of Aird & Berlis LLP's international tax practice. He is also a member of the firm's tax group and tax litigation group, as well as the mergers and acquisitions team.

Jack is well known in international tax planning, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, reorganisations, and financing. He is experienced in dealing with public and private corporations, hedge funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and financial institutions.

Jack is former co-chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) taxes committee, a former governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), a member of council of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) Canadian branch, former chair of the American Bar Association's taxation section: foreign lawyers forum. He is also a member of The Law Society of Upper Canada and the Barreau du Québec. Jack is the author of four CCH books, editor of two CCH books, editor of Tax Profile and a contributor to Tax Notes International and Canadian Tax Highlights (CTF). He lectures extensively on domestic and international tax planning for the ABA, IFA, IBA and CTF.