Ken Buttenham

Background

About Ken Buttenham

Ken is a partner in the Toronto office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and leads the Canadian firm’s international tax practice. From a client perspective he specializes in providing outbound and inbound international tax advice to large multinational corporations. Ken regularly assists Canadian clients with the acquisition, structuring, reorganization and financing of foreign affiliates (CFCs). From an inbound to Canada perspective, Ken assists non-residents with the acquisition, structuring, reorganization and financing of their Canadian operations. From a professional perspective Ken has authored numerous articles for the Federated Press, CCH and the Canadian Tax Foundation and is currently a co-editor of the International Tax Planning Feature of the Canadian Tax Journal. He is the 2015 co-winner of the Douglas J. Sherbaniuk Distinguished Writing Award presented by the Canadian Tax Foundation and is a regular speaker at tax conferences on Canadian international tax matters, including conferences sponsored by the Canadian Tax Foundation, the International Fiscal Association and the Tax Executives Institute. Ken is also currently an active councillor of the Canadian Branch of the International Fiscal Association as well as a Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation.