Biography

Julien Tremblay-Gravel began his career with Barsalou Lawson Rheault in 2020. He has assisted clients during the pre-litigation stages of federal and provincial tax disputes, from audits, MAP/APA and objections before the Appeals Branch of CRA and MRQ and represented clients at the Tax Court of Canada, mainly in the areas of transfer pricing and SR&ED tax credits. Julien has handled tax planning for multinational corporations and counseled clients on international taxation and issues of tax policy. 

Prior to joining the firm, Julien interned in the tax department of a leading law firm in Luxembourg and was a research assistant to the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law at McGill University’s Faculty of Law. He was called to the Quebec bar in 2020. Julien received his B.C.L./JD from McGill University (Spiegel Sohmer Taxation Scholarship), and his LLM from Georgetown University Law Center (Distinction; Dean’s List), with certificate in international taxation. He received his Bachelor of Sciences and Master of Sciences degrees from McGill University. Julien is a co-lecturer in McGill Law School’s International Tax Course. 

Julien is fluent in both French and English.

Conferences and Publications

“Pillar II: A Canadian Case Study”, 2022 Transfer Pricing Conference (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), 2022) 4: 1-42
Ana Mata Zapico, Philippe G. Penelle, Philippe Hamelin and Julien Tremblay-Gravel

‘’L’édition 2022 des Principes de l’OCDE en matière de prix de transfert : nouvelle source de controverse?’’, Stratège (Montréal : Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF), 2022) 27:2, 40-41
Julien Tremblay-Gravel and Stéphanie Beauchamp

‘’Release of the 2022 OECD Transfer-Pricing Guidelines’’, Canadian Tax Focus (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF), 2022) 12:2, 5-6
Stéphanie Beauchamp and Julien Tremblay-Gravel

‘’États-Unis, OCDE et Canada post-pandémie – De grands changements sont à notre porte.’’
Co-speaker, Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF), Annual conference, October 2021

‘’Funding Pandemic Prevention: Proposal for a Meat and Wild Animal Tax‘’, Sustainability, (2020) 12:21
Morgane Larnder-Besner, Julien Tremblay-Gravel & Allison Christians

Affiliations

Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Member

Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF)
Member

Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF)
Member

International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Member

American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Taxation, Transfer Pricing Committee
Member