About us

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BA Legal is a boutique law firm specialized in Canadian and international tax, business, corporate and real estate law. Our mission is to act as trusted business and legal advisors and to provide top-tier legal solutions to start-ups, entrepreneurs, business owners, high-net work individuals and family offices.

Bardia Afzali, B.Eng, LL.B, M.Tax
Founder | Tax and M&A Lawyer

Background

Bardia Afzali is a Tax and M&A lawyer who started his career at leading international professional services firms for several years before founding BA Legal. Bardia specializes on domestic and international tax-planning, cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate reorganizations, financing, cash repatriation/deployment strategies, IP migration and structuring, and tax dispute resolution.

Bardia’s practice also focus in the areas of business, corporate and real estate law.

Education

  • Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (B. Eng.) from Polytechnic School of Montreal

  • Bachelor of Laws (LL. B.) from Sherbrooke University

  • Diploma in French and European Law from Panthéon Assas University (Paris II)

  • Master in Taxation (M. Tax.) from Sherbrooke University

  • In-depth Corporate Reorganizations (CPA Canada)

  • In-depth International Tax (CPA Canada)

Bar Admission

Quebec, 2014