Bio

Kim Brown is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Group and leads the firm’s Tax Group in Vancouver. Combining technical strength with business acumen, Kim is experienced in navigating clients through both complex transactional matters in Canada and across borders and providing practical, business-oriented advice. Kim’s practice focuses on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, corporate finance, partnerships, trusts, real estate and cross-border transactions. In her corporate tax planning practice, she works with businesses of all sizes, across a number industry sectors including real estate, infrastructure, public and private companies, private equity, and institutional investors. Kim regularly acts for Canadian and international private equity funds in connection with the structuring of the funds, and the acquisition and disposition of Canadian businesses and assets. Kim has published numerous papers for various publications and conferences, including the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Canadian Tax Journal and the Tax Management International Journal. Kim also co-authored the textbook Canadian Taxation of Trusts. Kim is a member of Council for the International Fiscal Association Canada, and is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation. In October 2020, Kim was invited to speak at the Canadian Tax Foundation’s “Leading Tax Thought” conference and presented “Businesses in Financial Distress: A Debt Forgiveness Primer.” Kim received her JD from the University of Toronto and her BComm with Distinction from the University of Victoria. She also completed the CICA In-Depth Tax Course, Levels I & II. Kim was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 2009 and to the British Columbia Bar in 2019.