The Government of the Republic of Singapore, with the agreement of the Government of Canada, has appointed Mr Chia-yi Chua as Singapore’s Honorary Consul-General in Toronto, Canada, with jurisdiction over the province of Ontario.
This appointment will further enhance Singapore’s bilateral ties with Canada, which is currently represented by our Non-Resident High Commissioner to Canada as well as our Honorary Consul-General in Vancouver.
Mr Chia-yi Chua, 48, is currently a partner at McCarthy Tetrault LLP, where he leads the tax litigation and tax dispute resolution group. Mr Chua represents companies in Canada’s significant industries, including financial services, telecommunications, resource, retail, hospitality and transportation. He was previously named one of Canada’s leading tax litigation lawyers by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010-2014.
Through his appointment as Honorary Consul-General, Mr Chua will perform important representational duties and notarial functions as well as extend consular assistance to Singaporeans. The address of the Singapore Consulate-General in Toronto is as follows:
Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore
Address : Suite 5300, Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower
66 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5K 1E6
Office Hours : Monday to Friday, 8.30am – 1.00pm
Telephone : 416-601-7979
Fax : 416-868-0673
E-mail : tor@sgmfa.gov.sg
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
15 APRIL 2015
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MR CHIA-YI CHUA
HONORARY CONSUL-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
IN TORONTO, CANADA
Date of Birth: |
29 December 1967 |
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Marital Status: |
Married |
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Present Position/ Profession: |
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Leader of Tax Litigation Group |
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Education: |
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Career: |
2010-Present |
Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Other Appointments: |
2005-2010 |
Partner, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (now Dentons LLP) |
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2003-2005 |
Associate, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP |
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Publications: |
Modern Tax Warfare: How to Fight the CRA, International Tax Review, March 1, 2012
Risky Business – The CRA Audit Story, Tax Executive Institute Toronto Chapter’s Inaugural Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1, September 2011
The Risky Business of Canadian Tax Audits, International Tax Review, June 1, 2011
Velcro: The Undaunted Crown, Canadian Tax Highlights, Vol. 19, No. 4, April 2011
Enlightening Power: (Huppe v. The Queen), CCH Tax Topics, No. 2033, February 2011
Trends In Sales Tax Litigation, Canadian Tax Foundation Conference Report, 2008
W.I. Innes, C. Chua, R.B. Bissell, Federal Tax Practice (Toronto: CCH, 2007)
Taxation of Private Corporations and Their Shareholders, Fourth Edition (2010), Bleiwas and Hutson (eds.)
“Lipson v. R.: The Shuffle of Cheques, Decks and Equity”, Tax Litigation Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 2, May 2009, p. 983
“Wait, Don’t Strike Those Assumptions!”, (CCH Tax Topics, No. 1908, October 2, 2008)
Limit the Uncertainty, CA Magazine, April 2006
“Back to Reality: The Future of Binding Agreements in Canada” (2006) Vol. 41 (7) Tax Notes International 623
Costing Nothing to Put a Twinkle in Someone’s Eye – The Johnson & Johnson Decision, OBA Taxation Law Newsletter Volume 13, No. 4, May 2003
Ontario Tax Cases – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Ontario Bar Association Tax Law Update, Vol. 12, No. 3, March 2002
Collateral Damage – Attacking Ontario Tax Assessments, Tax Litigation Journal, Vol. X, No. 3, 2002, p. 634
Little Label, Lumber Loosely Linked – Comment on the Canadian Forest Products case, B.C. Tax Reporter No. 418, April 2001
Reborn Free: Tax Status After Amalgamation, Ontario Tax Reporter, No. 465, February 2001
Find Your Remedy Elsewhere! – Comment on the Waters case, B.C. Tax Reporter, No. 414, December 2000
When Time Began – Comment on the Carlson case, Canadian Tax Highlights, Vol. 8, No. 11, November 2000
The Exorbitant Price of Losing a Test Case: the QEW 427 Costs Award, Ontario Tax Reporter, No. 461, October 2000 |
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Awards/ Decorations: |
Recommended by Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010-2014 as one of Canada’s leading tax litigation lawyers.
Recognized in the Legal 400 Canada 2014 Guide.
Recognized in the 2010-2014 editions of Best Lawyers in Canada, as one of Canada’s leading tax lawyers.
Listed in the 2014 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada.
Endorsed by PLC Which Lawyer? And the 2010 and 2011 PLC Cross-Border Tax Handbook.
Named as one of Canada’s Top 25 immigrants in 2009, in the inaugural National Canadian Immigrant Magazine award.
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Affiliations: |
Member, Advocates’ Society Member, Canadian Tax Foundation Member, Canadian Bar Association Member, Ontario Bar Association (Taxation Section) Speakers Bureau, Passages to Canada |
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