Emma advises clients on complex tax implications associated with a broad range of transactions. Her experience spans the areas of tax law, corporate finance, and securities and corporate law. Emma works with clients across a variety of industries, including life sciences.
While earning her JD, Emma served as a student advisor at The Hatchery, the University of Toronto Engineering’s start-up incubator, where she advised new companies on legal and business issues. While working as a research assistant on a Genome Canada project and through her involvement with the Structural Genomics Consortium, Emma conducted research on IP policy and pharmaceutical regulation.
Before law school, Emma worked in marketing at a global biopharmaceutical company.
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Innovate, Baby, Innovate? Key Enhancements to Canada’s SR&ED Program in Budget 2025
November 13, 2025 | Alert | By Katy Pitch, Emma Weiss
Discover major SR&ED tax credit enhancements in Canada’s 2025 budget — higher limits, expanded eligibility, and streamlined claims for R&D incentives.
Canada’s Federal Budget 2025: The Cost of Playing It Safe
November 7, 2025 | Alert | By Katy Pitch, Emma Weiss
The Liberal Government had the chance to deliver a transformational tax overhaul, but the federal budget it released on November 4 stops short of bold reforms that could reshape Canada’s innovation landscape.
Canada Elects 2025: Tax Policies Poised to Shape Canada’s Innovation Economy
May 5, 2025 | Article | By Katy Pitch, Emma Weiss
In a historic election, given the backdrop of rising tensions between Canada and the US, Canadians elected Mark Carney and his Liberal party on April 28, 2025. Although the platform released by the Liberals (the Liberal Platform) was light on personal and corporate tax proposals, it did contain several tax policies that focus on innovation and emerging industries.
Canada’s 2024 Federal Budget Update: The Federal Government Stands Firm on Capital Gains Tax
June 11, 2024 | Alert | By Katy Pitch, Emma Weiss
Draft legislation released on June 10, 2024, which concerns the implementation of Canada’s 2024 federal budget, does not extend capital gains tax relief to corporations, and it subjects private and public stock options to a higher tax rate.
News & Press
Mintz represented Sterling Brokers, a leading Canadian benefits brokerage and third-party administrator, in connection with its sale to HGGC, a middle-market private equity sponsor based in Palo Alto. The sale represents an exit event for True Wind Capital, the San Francisco-based private equity firm that invested in Sterling three years ago.
Mintz Advises CVC DIF in Acquisition of SBA Communications’ Canadian Tower Infrastructure Platform
August 06, 2025
Mintz advised CVC DIF, the dedicated infrastructure investment strategy of global private markets manager CVC, in its agreement to acquire SBA Communications’ Canadian wireless tower business, one of Canada’s leading independent owners and operators of wireless communications towers. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
Mintz served as regulatory counsel to WonderFi Technologies Inc., a Canadian leader in digital asset products and services, in connection with a definitive agreement to be acquired by Robinhood Markets, Inc., one of the world’s largest FinTech trading platforms.
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Innovate, Baby, Innovate? Key Enhancements to Canada’s SR&ED Program in Budget 2025
November 13, 2025| Alert
Canada’s Federal Budget 2025: The Cost of Playing It Safe
November 7, 2025| Alert
Mintz represented Sterling Brokers, a leading Canadian benefits brokerage and third-party administrator, in connection with its sale to HGGC, a middle-market private equity sponsor based in Palo Alto. The sale represents an exit event for True Wind Capital, the San Francisco-based private equity firm that invested in Sterling three years ago.