Joshua Zung Associate | Toronto

Recent representative transactions include advising:

• Various ETF sponsors and asset managers, including 1832 Asset Management LP, AGF Investments Inc., CI Investments Inc., Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc., Evermore Capital Inc., Evolve Funds Group Inc., Global X Investments Canada Inc., Guardian Capital Group Limited, PIMCO Canada Corp. and Tangerine Investment Management Inc.

• Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on its proposed acquisition of Stelco Holdings Inc., a transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately C$3.4-billion

• Bell Media Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., in its C$410-million acquisition of the Canadian business of OUTFRONT Media Inc. 

• CI Financial Corp. in its acquisition of Coriel Capital Inc.

• IGM Financial Inc. in connection with its sale of Investment Planning Counsel for C$575-million

• IGM Financial Inc. in connection with its public offering of C$300-million principal amount of 5.426% debentures due May 2053

• The Citation Group on its acquisition of HRdownloads

Joshua is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the International Fiscal Association, the Canadian Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association.

• Co-author : The Mechanics of Canada’s New Digital Services Tax
  Blakes Bulletin on Tax, April 24, 2024.
• Co-author : Allowing Appeals on Procedural Grounds without regard to the Substantive Correctness of the Tax Assessment
  Tax Litigation, Volume XXVI, No. 2, Federated Press, 2023.

Admitted to the Ontario Bar – 2021
JD (With Distinction), University of Toronto – 2020
BSc (Computer Science & Classics), University of Toronto – 2017