He completed his BSc in Economics at the University of Victoria, his LLB at the University of British Columbia, and his BCL and DPhil at the University of Oxford, focusing on international tax law and policy. Professor Loomer was an Oxford Clarendon Scholar and is an International Research Fellow with the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation. Prior to his graduate studies, he practised in the tax group of McCarthy Tétrault LLP from 2001 to 2006. He was honoured to receive the Dalhousie Law Students' Society & Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2013. His research and publications involve various corporate and international tax issues.