Bryant D. Frydberg

Partner | Calgary

403.298.2456

Portrait of Bryant D.  Frydberg

Overview

Bryant Frydberg is an experienced corporate tax and mergers and acquisitions lawyer who works mainly with owner/manager and other private corporations. Bryant also carries on a complementary business law practice.

Bryant is committed to providing excellent service. He is accessible and responsive; he takes a pragmatic approach to solving problems and helping clients achieve their goals and objectives.

Bryant’s practice includes:

Corporate tax law: Bryant advises on all matters of corporate tax law including mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, planning and implementing other corporate reorganizations, and tax-driven corporate restructurings for private corporations.

Mergers and acquisitions: Bryant acts for both purchasers and sellers in Canadian and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, including structuring of the purchase and sale transaction.

Corporate/commercial law: Bryant assists with unanimous shareholder agreements, cost-share agreements, and general business law matters.

Bryant has considerable experience in transactions with dental support organizations (DSO) including selling dental practices to DSO’s and structuring of DSO’s.

Bryant is a frequent writer and speaker on tax and corporate/commercial matters. He is also the editor of the “Estate Freeze” chapter in Miller Thomson on Estate Planning.

Professional achievements & leadership

  • The Best Lawyers in Canada – Corporate Tax, 2024
  • Completed the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-depth Tax Course
  • Completed level 1 of the Get on Board Governance Education Program offered by the Canadian Board Diversity Council
  • Attended the Leadership Training Program at Queen’s School of Business in November 2014
  • Past chair of CBA Tax Non-Specialist South Section

Notable matters

  • Canadian counsel to a purchaser acquiring a sulphur facility.
  • Represented the shareholders in a sale of a Canadian target to a private equity. Target provides high quality, integrated data and software decision support systems to the upstream oil and gas industry in Western Canada and elsewhere.
  • Routinely represents both purchasers and sellers in the purchase and sale of dental practices, including asset, share, and hybrid transactions.
  • Represented the shareholders of Doherty & Bryant Financial Strategists Inc. (D&B) in a share sale transaction whereby T.E. Financial Consultants Ltd. purchased all of the shares of D&B.
  • Represented the shareholders of a private company in the sale of an online safety training and programming business; this was a cash and stock deal.
  • Represented the Canadian shareholders in the sale of a software solution company in the oil and gas industry to a US-based private equity firm.
  • Represented the seller of a commercial roofing and cladding company in a share sale transaction.
  • Represented the sellers in the sale of a pile driving company.
  • Represented the sellers in the sale of an all-terrain vehicle rental business to a US-based private equity firm.

Thought leadership

  • Speaker, "Subsection 55(2) and Safe Income," Canadian Tax Foundation, 2018
  • Miller Thomson on Estate Planning, Carswell, (Editor of Chapter 13), regular releases and updates
  • C0-author, “Half-Loaf Fully Baked?,” Tax Notes, December 2016
  • Author, “‘Half-loaf’ Gone Wrong: Gervais, G. et al. v. The Queen (“Gervais”),” Tax Notes, July 2014
  • Speaker, “Structural Challenges in Selling a Business,” Canadian Tax Foundation, 2014
  • Speaker, “Top Technical Bill Issues for Owners-Managers,” Canadian Tax Foundation, 2013
  • Author, “Recent Proposed Changes to Rules Applicable to Personal Services Business,” Tax Notes, April 2013
  • Co-author, “U.S. Tax and Filing Obligations for Canadians,” Tax Notes, June 2012
  • Co-author, “Employee Profit Sharing Plans— Changes to Come?” Tax Notes, December 2011
  • Author, “Tax Tip—Share Consideration Issued on a Tax-Deferred Rollover,” Tax Notes, June 2011
  • Co-author, “International Tax: Corporate Residency – A New Approach to the Application of Central Management and Control,” Tax Notes, March 2010
  • Author, “Donation of Exchangeable Shares,” Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, February 2010
  • Author, “Manitoba Tax Break for Hiring Co-op Students and Graduates,” Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, August 2007
  • Author, “Expanding Liability Horizons, Civil Liability for Secondary Market Disclosure,” Corporate Liability, Federated Press, Vol. XII, No. 2, 2007
  • Author, “Tax Court Rejects Stamp Catalogue Valuation,” Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, December 2006
  • Author, “Charitable Donations and Flow-Through Shares,” Charities and Not-for-Profit Newsletter, August 2006

Community involvement

  • Bryant is a director and Co-Chair of the Calgary Jewish Academy, a private elementary school in the city of Calgary.

Corporate directorships

  • Director and Co-Chair, Calgary Jewish Academy

Professional memberships

  • Member, Canadian Bar Association
  • Member, Calgary Bar Association
  • Member, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Canadian Tax Foundation

Bar admissions & education

  • Alberta, 2006
  • LL.B., University of Manitoba, 2005
  • B.A., Western University, 2002