Joshua Zung Associate | Toronto

Recent representative transactions include advising:

• Various ETF sponsors and asset managers, including 1832 Asset Management LP, AGF Investments Inc., BMO Asset Management Inc., CI Investments Inc., CIBC Asset Management Inc., Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc., Global X Investments Canada Inc., Guardian Capital Group Limited, JPMorgan Asset Management (Canada) Inc. and PIMCO Canada Corp.

• World Wide Technology Holding Co., LLC on its acquisition of Softchoice Corporation with an enterprise value of C$1.8-billion

• BCE Inc. on the C$4.7-billion sale of its ownership stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) to Rogers Communications Inc.

• Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. on its 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

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