Jonathan M. Charron

Background

About Jonathan M. Charron

Jonathan Charron is a partner at PwC Canada / PwC Law LLP in the Private Client / High Net Worth Tax Group. He advises clients in various industries on a broad range of complex Canadian and international tax matters. His focus is providing services to the firm’s private clients. He advises and supports individuals and families of various origins whose businesses prosper from one generation to the next in multiple sectors. His expertise centres around Canadian and international tax law; asset protection, preservation and estate transfer planning; trusts and estates planning; private international law; corporate reorganizations and cross-border transactions; life insurance planning; capital gains exemption planning techniques and philanthropic tax planning. Jonathan is a member of the Barreau du Québec, the Law Society of Ontario, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF). He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation, jointly granted by the Université de Montréal and HEC Montréal. He received a Licentiate in Law (LL.L.) and a Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.) from the University of Ottawa. In law school, he received many university awards, including the gold medal from the University of Ottawa for the highest average in the Licentiate in Law program. He is also a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation. Prior to joining PwC, he acted notably as a wealth and tax planning advisor at an international multi-family office with locations in Canada and Europe. He has also taught tax law and estate planning at Université de Montréal (joint program with HEC Montréal), Université de Sherbrooke and the University of Ottawa (Common Law Program). He is a contributing author to the book “Introduction to International Tax in Canada” (Thomson Reuters), to which he has co-written a chapter on the taxation of non-resident trusts.