Audrey Pelletier
Practice Expertise
- Construction
- Taxation
- Protection and Transmission of Estates and ...
- Tax Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Construction
- Taxation
- Protection and Transmission of Estates and ...
- Tax Litigation
Profile
Senior Associate
Audrey Pelletier is a member of the Business Law group and focuses her practice on tax law. She advises her clients on reorganizations, tax planning and in tax disputes.
Audrey Pelletier is a member of the Business Law group and focuses her practice on tax law. She advises her clients on reorganizations, tax planning and in tax disputes.
Languages
French, English
Education
M. Fisc. (Master's in Taxation), Université de Sherbrooke, 2017
LL.B., Université Laval, 2015
Areas of Practice
- Construction
- Taxation
- Protection and Transmission of Estates and Assets
- Tax Litigation
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Best Lawyers - Ones to Watch 2026
Professional Activities and Experience
Before joining Lavery, Audrey Pelletier worked at a major accounting firm, which allowed her to hone solid national tax expertise. She also practised law at a boutique firm specializing in tax disputes, thus allowing her to diversify her practice and develop a critical approach to taxation.
Her practice focuses primarily on tax planning, corporate reorganizations, business transfers, and setting up asset holding or business operating structures.
In addition, she supports clients in every aspect of a tax dispute: in tax audits, disagreements with a notice of assessment through the objection process, and in negotiating a settlement.
She regularly works with other lawyers at the firm to provide advice tailored to the needs of the clients, using teamwork to provide the best solutions.
Representative mandates
Reorganize family businesses to facilitate transfer to the next generation or to senior executives
Reorganize asset holding or business operating structures
Estate and post-mortem planning
Planning and negotiating tax aspects of business acquisition and sale transactions and the drafting of related legal documents for highly valuable businesses
Represent U.S. taxpayers doing business or acquiring companies in Canada
Negotiate with tax authorities in the audit process and objection process
Publications
"Décisions récentes en matière de règle générale anti-évitement" (Recent decisions regarding the general anti-avoidance rule), Journal le Stratège, Association de planification fiscale et financière, March 2018 edition.
Best Lawyers - Ones to Watch 2026
Professional Activities and Experience
Before joining Lavery, Audrey Pelletier worked at a major accounting firm, which allowed her to hone solid national tax expertise. She also practised law at a boutique firm specializing in tax disputes, thus allowing her to diversify her practice and develop a critical approach to taxation.
Her practice focuses primarily on tax planning, corporate reorganizations, business transfers, and setting up asset holding or business operating structures.
In addition, she supports clients in every aspect of a tax dispute: in tax audits, disagreements with a notice of assessment through the objection process, and in negotiating a settlement.
She regularly works with other lawyers at the firm to provide advice tailored to the needs of the clients, using teamwork to provide the best solutions.
Representative mandates
Reorganize family businesses to facilitate transfer to the next generation or to senior executives
Reorganize asset holding or business operating structures
Estate and post-mortem planning
Planning and negotiating tax aspects of business acquisition and sale transactions and the drafting of related legal documents for highly valuable businesses
Represent U.S. taxpayers doing business or acquiring companies in Canada
Negotiate with tax authorities in the audit process and objection process
Publications
"Décisions récentes en matière de règle générale anti-évitement" (Recent decisions regarding the general anti-avoidance rule), Journal le Stratège, Association de planification fiscale et financière, March 2018 edition.
Articles
The tax system to the rescue of print media
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: The Canada Revenue Agency takes action
Tax opportunities under the Indian Act
Test - Tax opportunities under the Indian Act
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy: The Canada Revenue Agency takes action
Tax opportunities under the Indian Act
Test - Tax opportunities under the Indian Act
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