Chelsea Bonohais

Chelsea is an M&A Tax Partner in the Vancouver office of PwC. With more than a decade of experience, she delivers strategic tax solutions for Canadian and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and corporate reorganizations. Chelsea is a trusted business advisor who takes the time to understand each client's commercial goals, ensuring that tax planning supports their broader strategic objectives. Her practice spans buy-side and sell-side advisory, cross-border structuring, and engagements with entrepreneurs, private equity firms, family offices and public companies. She has deep experience in sell-side tax planning, working with clients to optimize tax outcomes on divestitures and other liquidity events.

With experience across a range of industries including technology, real estate and mining, Chelsea brings a versatile perspective to every engagement. Her expertise in tax due diligence, acquisition structuring and compliance ensures that her clients have the insights they need to navigate complex transactions and make informed decisions with confidence.

Chelsea's approach emphasizes close collaboration across lines of service and with third party advisors to ensure seamless execution of transactions, allowing her clients to focus on their business.

Sell-side tax planning, financing and refinancing transactions, corporate reorganizations, take private transactions, public company acquisitions, IPOs, cross-border mergers, tax due diligence

Industries: Technology, mining, real estate, private equity, retail and consumer