Revenue Recognition and Tax Considerations for Cloud Based SaaS Offerings

Sameer practises tax law, with a particular emphasis on tax litigation. Prior to joining Osler, he articled at another national law firm and clerked for the Tax Court of Canada. He has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Small Claims Court, and the Tax Court of Canada.

Sameer obtained his J.D. and M.A. (Economics) at the University of Toronto, where he received the Lionel H. Schipper, Q.C. Prize in the advanced business law seminar. Discovering a passion for oral advocacy, he won awards in several national and international mooting competitions including the Best Advocate Award at the Donald Bowman National Tax Moot. He represented first and third year students as a member of the University of Toronto Students’ Law Society and co-founded both his law school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Society and Litigation Association, where he served as co-president.

Prior to law school, Sameer studied economics and mathematics at Cornell University, where he was on the Dean’s List. While at Cornell, he was the President of the Model United Nations team, co-founded Cornell’s collegiate Model United Nations conference, and was a teaching assistant in the computer science department.