A founding partner of LaBarge Weinstein, Paul has been practising law for over 40 years. Paul primarily focuses his practice on taxation, tax planning and tax litigation. As such, Paul assists clients with the tax implications of their business transactions including investments, mergers, acquisitions, initial public offerings, and succession planning. His legal career has also included NAFTA disputes, cross-border financings, anti-dumping trade enquiries, and mergers and acquisitions.

As part of his day-to-day practice, Paul helps clients during the audit, reassessment, objection and appeals stage of the tax litigation process and represents clients in the Tax Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal.

Building on his expertise as a negotiator, litigator, and NAFTA Panel Member, Paul has completed his LLM in Alternate Dispute Resolution including the creation of a complete guide for Dispute Management and Resolution for the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. The combination of dispute resolution skills and extensive commercial and taxation negotiation skills has given Paul a unique basket of tools to craft creative solutions, be it for negotiations or disputes.

Along with his practice, Paul is the chair of a number of high tech companies including Versaterm Inc. (1999 to 2020) and  Neptec Technologies (2010 to 2018). He was a former member on the Board of Directors of Corel (1993-1998). He is currently the Chairman of Vametric Inc and also Ave 31 a next generation land development company.

Community Involvement

Paul currently serves on several not-for-profit and charitable boards. He was the founder of the Trans Canada Trail Foundation and was chairman from 1995 to 2017. He is the current chairman of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, a board member of the Rideau Hall Foundation and board member of the University of Fredericton.