Carla Figliomeni
Partner | Toronto
416.597.4355
[email protected]
Biography
Carla Figliomeni’s practice focuses on trusts and estates and personal tax planning. Carla
helps her clients to develop and implement cohesive tax and estate plans that reflect their
financial objectives and their short- and long-term goals.
Carla advises clients on planning for family business succession, corporate reorganizations
and amalgamations, and estate freezes, as well as maximizing capital gains exemptions,
identifying income-splitting opportunities, and drafting wills and trusts with consideration to
probate tax issues.
Carla obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa, excelling specifically in
the area of taxation. Carla was called to the Ontario bar in 2010. She completed her Master
of Laws in Taxation from Osgoode Hall Law School in 2014, with a focus on various areas of
domestic and international taxation, including the international taxation of electronic
commerce.
Prior to joining Miller Thomson, Carla worked at a boutique business and estates law firm
handling various business purchases and sales, startup transactions and new ventures, and
commercial contract matters in addition to working on various tax and estate matters. Carla
also spent time at a large national firm where she articled and practiced in the Tax and
Business Law Groups.
Outside the office Carla is a volunteer and committee member of The Kidney Foundation of
Canada, Ontario Branch.
Thought leadership
“’See-now-buy-now’ and the Changes to the Fashion Retail Industry”, Retail Industry
Update, October 2016
“Department of Finance Announces Proposed Changes to the Use of the Principal
Residence Exemption”, Wealth Matters, October 2016
Why an Updated Will is Critical, CAGP Leave a Legacy Information Series (Toronto),
2016
“Abdollahpour v. Banifatemi: Use of the Word ‘Dowry’ Not Enough to Import Cultural
Expectations into Deed of Gift,” Wealth Matters, May 2016
“Correcting the Terms of Trusts and Wills in Canada,” 2016
“Brits Abroad–Tax Planning and Cross-border Estates in Canada,” 2016
“Cross-Border Estate Planning: The EU Succession Regulation,” Wealth Matters, June
2015
Community involvement
Volunteer and committee member of The Kidney Foundation of Canada, Ontario
Branch
Professional memberships
Canadian Bar Association
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Bar Association
Canadian Tax Foundation
Languages spoken
English
RELATED SERVICES
Corporate Tax
Private Client Services
Italian
Bar admissions & education
Ontario Bar, 2010
LL.M. (taxation), Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2014
LL.B., University of Ottawa, 2009
M.A. (international political economy), York University, 2006
B.A. (political science and law and society, honours), York University, 2005
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