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About Abbey

Abbey practises in all areas of income tax law with a focus on corporate tax planning for both domestic and international tax matters. She advises on corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, pension fund investments and financings involving private and public corporations, and tax controversy matters.

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Recent matters in which Abbey has been involved include advising:

Public and Private M&A, Reorganizations and Transactions

  • TC Energy Corporation in respect of the spinoff of its liquid pipelines business into South Bow Corporation, thereby completing its separation into two independent, publicly listed companies
  • Strathcona Resources Ltd. on its all-share transaction to acquire Pipestone Energy Corp., creating a combined public entity with an approximate C$11.5-billion enterprise value

  • Imperial Oil Resources Limited and ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. on the disposition of their interest in XTO Energy Canada to Whitecap Resources for C$1.9-billion

  • Strathcona Resources on its acquisition of Serafina Energy Ltd. for C$2.3-billion

Capital Markets

  • South Bow Corporation in connection with its C$7.9-billion cross-border private placement offering of senior notes and junior subordinated notes, undertaken in connection with TC Energy Corporation's spin-out transaction
  • Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership in connection with its private placement of C$7.15-billion aggregate principal amount of first lien senior secured notes, the largest Canadian dollar-denominated corporate bond offering to date

  • International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) in connection with its substantial issuer bid pursuant to which IPC purchased from shareholders for cancellation a total of 8,258,064 common shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately C$128-million
Awards & Recognition

Abbey is recognized in the following publication:

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada – 20252026 (Tax Law)
Professional Activities

Abbey is a member of the Law Society of Alberta. She is also a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.

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

Publications
  • Co-author : Chapter 7 Mandatory Disclosure Rules in Canada in Mandatory Disclosure Rules
    WU Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, European and International Tax Law and Policy Series, Vol. 26, 2023.
  • Co-author : Family Corporations and Investment Income: Winners and Losers in the Taxation of Family Wealth
    Federated Press: Personal Tax and Estate Planning, Vol. X, No.2, December 2021.
  • Co-author : Family Trusts and the Small Business Deduction - The Rules have Changed
    Federated Press: Personal Tax and Estate Planning, Vol. IX, No.2, August 2020.
  • Co-author : A Right under a Contract, in equity or otherwise... Tax Planning around a Legal Fiction
    Federated Press: Personal Tax and Estate Planning, Vol. IX, No.1, February 2020.
Education

Admitted to the Alberta Bar – 2021
JD (With Distinction, William A. McGillivray Gold Medalist), University of Calgary – 2020
MPAcc, University of Saskatchewan – 2016
BComm (With Distinction), University of Calgary – 2015

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