Our team

Our Partners

Claudia Caron-Boutin

LL.M. Fisc.

ccaron-boutin@cfla-intl.com
450 723-8177, extension 209

Take look at Claudia Caron-Boutin’s background

Specializing in U.S. and international taxation since 2012, Claudia has developed an expertise in tax consulting and compliance for individuals such as entrepreneurs, professional athletes and artists with cross-border issues. She offers a personalized and high quality service to her clients who are immigrating or emigrating from Canada by providing tailored planning. She assists clients with foreign assets, including foreign companies, foreign pension funds and real estate, to optimize impacts and ensure full compliance. She has extensive expertise in international estate issues, including U.S. estate tax. Clients appreciate her excellent ability to explain tax implications and her flexibility in addressing all aspects of a file. Her great curiosity leads her to master a multitude of complex tax concepts and she is recognized as a credible reference by her colleagues and external collaborators.

Bruno Egan

Attorney, M.Fisc.

began@cfla-intl.com
450 723-8177, extension 201
438 990-6267

Take look at Bruno Egan’s background

Since 2007, Bruno has been helping Quebec entrepreneurs expand their businesses at an international level. His clients appreciate his hands-on approach as it allows them to better understand and analyse the tax-related risks stemming from their foreign operations, more specifically, U.S. federal tax, state taxes and U.S. sales tax. His expertise encompasses various aspects of planning and consulting, namely due diligence reviews, intercompany financing, tax compliance, tax structures and numerous other consultation services.

Isabelle Gariépy

CPA, LL.B

igariepy@cfla-intl.com
450 723-8177, extension 202
514 463-5891

Take a look at Isabelle Gariépy’s background

Since 2005, Isabelle has been helping individuals and their families as well as small and medium-sized businesses with employees working abroad (be it on short, medium or long term assignments, whether in the United States or elsewhere). Isabelle’s expertise stems from 13 years working in big firms (nine of which were at a global firm) and she continues to be at the top of her field. In 2014, together with former colleagues, she founded CFLA. Furthermore, she leads a team of professionals who serve the tax-related needs of U.S. citizens or green card holders who settle in Canada or who have been living in Canada for several years, with the fiscal complexity this implies. Individuals appreciate her availability and the effective and practical strategies she comes up with despite a complex and ever-changing technical environment.

Claire Laplante

CPA

claplante@cfla-intl.com
450 723-8177, extension 203
514 907-3021

Take a look at Claire Laplante’s background

Assisting small and medium-sized Quebec companies since 1990, Claire fully dedicates her practice to international tax. Corporate cross-border tax strategies, including U.S. Federal and State tax matters, are her main areas of expertise but she also prides herself in assisting her clients with their expansion around the world. Clients appreciate her active listening skills, her hands-on approach and her talent for making complex technical tax issues accessible. She makes sure clients have a clear understanding of the tax issues related to their business strategy and helps them through the decision-making process. In May 2014, with 23 years of experience serving big firms, she founded CFLA with former colleagues. CFLA’s team is committed and shares the same passion for service.

Patrice Lareau

Attorney, D.Fisc.

plareau@cfla-intl.com
450 723-8177, extension 224
514 515-4621

Take a look at Patrice Lareau’s background

For over 25 years, Patrice has been helping Quebec companies with their expansions abroad. His expertise extends from the cross-border aspects of Canadian taxation to U.S. taxation and everything in between. He also has a good grasp of tax regimes in most countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia. He helps companies learn about the tax environment of the new intended market, the underlying risks and obligations as well as opportunities for tax optimisation within the company’s multinational structure. His interventions range from consultation on compliance obligations in the United States to setting up acquisitions, financing and holding structures of foreign companies, in addition to developing transfer pricing strategies.

He is recognised for his hands-on approach based on business consulting where trade issues must always be considered before conducting any tax analysis. His clients appreciate his ability to present the information in terms they can understand and his approach to tax risk management.