LaBarge, Paul

Paul is a founding partner of LaBarge Weinstein LLP and an active participant in the local high technology sector for the last 25 years. Practising primarily as a tax (including tax litigation) and corporate lawyer, his practice has included anti-dumping trade enquiries and NAFTA disputes as well as financings of all types of enterprises from pulp and paper mills to satellites, major technology acquisitions, and corporate acquisitions and divestitures. Paul concentrates his practice in taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and trade law.

Paul has been and continues to be heavily involved in the community. He serves on a number of charitable boards. A strong supporter of life long learning, he completed an LLM in 2009 and has recently co-authored a book on personal financial management.

Member – Law Society of Upper Canada – 1976
Member – Law Society of Alberta – 1981
Osgoode Hall Law School – JD – 1974
McMaster University – B.A. (Eco) – 1971
Osgoode Hall Law School – LLM – 2009

  • Member, roster of panelists for dispute resolution under the North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 to present)

Panel Decisions:

CDA-1997-1904-01: Certain Concrete Panels, Reinforced with Fiberglass Mesh, Originating in or Exported from the United States of America and Produced by or on Behalf of Custom Building Products, its Successors and Assigns, for Use or Consumption in the Province of British Columbia or Alberta (Injury)

CDA-USA-1998-1904-02: Certain cold-reduced flat-rolled sheet products of carbon steel (including high-strength low-alloy steel) originating in or exported from the United States of America

CDA-USA-2000-1904-03: Certain Top-Mount Electric Refrigerators, Electric Household Dishwashers, and Gas or Electric Laundry Dryers, Originating in or Exported from the United States of America and Produced by, or on Behalf of, White Consolidated Industries, Inc. and Whirlpool Corporation, their Respective Affiliates, Successors and Assigns

USA-CDA-2003-1904-02: Alloy Magnesium from Canada

USA-CDA-2003-1904-06: Hard Red Spring Wheat from Canada

USA-CDA-2004-1904-01: Pure and Alloy Magnesium from Canada

Business Activities:

  • Co-chair, Board Member and Member of Executive Committee, Canadian Advanced Technology Association (2000 to present)
  • Director, National Angel Organization (2002-2007)
  • Member, Board of Directors of Corel Corporation (1993-1998)

Community Activities:

  • Chairman, Canadiana Fund (1999 to present)
  • Founder and Director, Canadiana Foundation (2004 to present)
  • Member and General Counsel, Board of Directors of the Trans Canada Trail Foundation (1995 to present)
  • Chairman, Ambassadors at Heart Program, Ottawa Heart Institute (2009 to present)
  • Board Member, Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation (2009 to present)
  • Vice Chair, Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation (2010 to present)
  • Counsel, Community Foundations of Canada (1995 to present)
  • Treasurer, Capital Campaign, St. Vincent’s Hospital (2002-2005)
  • Chairman, Ottawa Public Library Fundraiser (2001)
  • Member, Computer Science Advisory Committee, Queen’s University (2000-2009)
  • Board Member, Canadian Audio Visual Heritage Foundation (1996-1998)
  • Secretary and General Counsel, Canada 125 Foundation (1991-1993)
  • Trustee, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (1985-1991)
  • Trustee, Residence St. Louis (1983-1988)
  • Secretary-Treasurer, St. Mary’s Home (1975-1980)

Professional Activities:

  • Founding and Managing Partner, LaBarge Weinstein (1997 to present)
  • Managing Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon (Ottawa ) (1990-1997)
  • Partner, Lang Michener (1986-1990)
  • Partner, Gowling & Henderson (1985-1986)
  • Instructor, Law Society of Upper Canada, Bar Admission Course (Taxation) (1978-1980 and 1983-1993)
  • Instructor, Surrogate Court Practice, Algonquin College (1976-1980)
  • Chair/Panelist: Purchase and Sale of a Business, Law Society of Upper Canada, Continuing Education, 1984
  • Chair/Panelist: Tax Aspects of Real Estate, Law Society of Upper Canada, Continuing Education, 1985
  • Panelist: Winding-up of Corporations, Canadian Bar Association (Winter Meeting 1988)
  • Panelist: The Perilous Purchase – Preventing Problems – Tax Tips. Scientific Research and Experimental Development – The Law; The Claiming Process
  • Author: Tax Litigation, Managing the Process
  • Author: Taxation of Technology Transfers- Federated Press, 1996
  • Lecturer: Scientific Research and Experimental Development Canadian Advance Technology Association (Winter Meeting 2001)
  • Author: The Copperjar System – Your Blueprint for Financial Fitness, 2010

Hobbies: photography, hiking, biking and travel.

Paul LaBarge

  • Contact Info

    • T. 613.599.9600 ext. 201
    • F. 613.599.0018
    • platlwlawdotcom

  • Services

    • Corporate Finance
    • Corporate Tax
    • Estate & Personal Tax
    • Planning/Estate Litigation
    • International Trade Regulation
    • Litigation – Corporate Tax
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Private Equity

  • Languages Spoken

    • English
    • French

  • Law School

    • Osgoode Hall Law School JD 1974
    • Osgoode Hall Law School LLM 2009

  • Year of Call

    • 1976 (Ontario), 1981 (Alberta)

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