Mike Cristea

Mike is a member of MNP’s Tax Services group in Toronto and leads the firm’s Trade Advisory group. He brings more than two decades of consulting and operational experience to his role advising private and public sector clients on matters involving international trade.

Mike provides fiscal and regulatory advisory services to clients who are importing or exporting, or seeking to import or export tangible goods. While his depth of knowledge is industry-agnostic, he brings extensive experience to his role in industry sectors such as consumer retail, particularly apparel; life sciences; automotive; marine; oil and gas; and mining and metals, particularly steel and aluminum.

Clients can lean on Mike’s deep knowledge of customs program legislation and current administrative practice for various business requirements, including trade chain planning, market entry into Canada or the U.S., compliance filings, duty claims, and controversy work including trade verifications and appeals.

Mike’s practice also includes supporting clients with internal reviews and audits of trade operations and trade compliance functions, lobbying federal trade authorities, analyzing trade data to identify import duty and tax-reduction opportunities, and antidumping and countervailing analysis and submissions. He supports tax due diligence for mergers and acquisitions with assessments of fiscal risks relevant to import and export operations, and provides support for global trade management systems implementation.

Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a double major in political science and Community, Public Affairs and Policy Studies from Concordia University in Montreal.