Emma Ruth Weiss

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 startup 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.

Discover major SR&ED tax credit enhancements in Canada’s 2025 budget — higher limits, expanded eligibility, and streamlined claims for R&D incentives.

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.

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.