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Ms. Nadia Rusak is the managing partner of Cragmore, an independent Canadian based law firm providing tax planning and tax dispute resolution services to individuals, businesses and private equity funds operating in Canada and internationally.

Having spent over 10 years advising and defending some of the most sophisticated public companies and institutional investors operating in Canada and internationally, Ms. Rusak now devotes her practice entirely to private clients, including owner-managed businesses, high-net worth individuals, families and estates. Ms. Rusak has extensive experience in structuring M&A transactions and business reorganizations; representing taxpayers before Canadian and foreign tax authorities; managing sensitive voluntary disclosures; developing estate and succession plans; planning for individual and business migration; and assessing the risks and opportunities of complex tax strategies, financial products, and offshore structures.

Ms. Rusak is a frequent speaker on various topics of Canadian and international tax law at the Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), International Tax Association (IFA), Association de la planification financière et fiscale (APFF) and Accounting Global Network (AGN). She serves as a sessional lecturer of Taxation and Corporate Taxation at the Faculty of Law, McGill University. She has written numerous books and articles which appear in Canadian and international tax publications.

Ms. Rusak has been recognized as an expert tax lawyer by the Government of Quebec, Lexpert, Chambers Global, Acquisitions International and CREW (Commercial Real Estate for Women).

Ms. Rusak received her B.C.L./LL.B. from McGill University and her Master’s in Tax Law from Osgoode Hall Law School.