Zoi Samonas

Associate
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Admitted to the Ontario Bar: 2023

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  • Bio
  • Selected Speaking Engagements
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  • Education

Zoi enjoys helping clients find creative and tailored legal solutions to their complex tax issues. She leverages her interpersonal skills and ability to simplify tax concepts throughout her practice.

Zoi is a member of the firm’s Tax Group. Her practice focuses on both domestic and international tax planning, as well as the structuring of business transactions.

Zoi is a contributor to Tax Profile and Tax Notes International. She joined Aird & Berlis as an associate after serving as a legal trainee and summering at the firm.

Other Languages

Greek

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Co-Presenter, "What You Missed While You Were Away: 2024 Tax Developments," OBA Taxation Law Program, 2024.

Selected Publications

Co-Author, "Carter v. The King – Close Relationships and the Disposition of Shares," Tax Profile, July 2024.

Author, "DAC Investment Holdings Inc. – A Short-Lived Win for Taxpayers," Tax Profile, June 2024.

Co-Author, "Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal Hits the Brakes on Break Fees," Tax Notes International, May 2024.

Co-Author, "Reasonable Efforts to Obtain Foreign-Based Information," Tax Profile, May 2024.

Co-Author, "Changes to the Alternative Minimum Tax," Tax Profile, January 2024.

Co-Author, "Changes to the General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR)," Tax Profile, December 2023.

Co-Author, "Transfers of Partnership-Owned Insurance on Cessation of the Partnership," Insurance Planning, Federated Press, November 2023.

Co-Author, "Canadian Reporting Rules on the Beneficial Ownership of Trusts – Deferred but Not Denied," Tax Profile, December 2022.

Co-Author, "Article 13 of Canada’s International Tax Treaties and the Utility of the Business Property Exemption," Tax Profile, September 2022.

Education

  • JD, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2023
  • BA (Hons.), University of Toronto, 2019