Adam L. Levene

Experience

Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
Partner, 2008 - present. Associate, 2003 - 2008. Practises in the area of taxation, corporate & commercial law, real estate and finance transactions, charities, and trusts and estate planning. Practice includes tax planning advice, corporate and business reorganizations, assistance with respect to the planning and documentation of mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, licensing and franchise agreements, public share and debt offerings, income trusts, disclosures for public companies, handling shareholders disputes and business disputes, planning for non-profit organizations, preparation of succession planning documents including wills, powers of attorney and other related documents, attending to estate administration and handling matters with respect to taxation dispute resolution with Canada Revenue Agency including attending to appeals with the Tax Court of Canada. Particular emphasis on private corporation planning and reorganization and planning for professionals.

Education

• University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1998

Call to the Bar

• Manitoba, 1999

Awards

• University of Manitoba Gold Medallist - 1998
• Honourable Alexander Morris Exhibition Prize - 1998
• Archie Micay, Q.C., LL.D. Award - 1998
• Carswell Company Prize - 1998, 1997
• Margaret Hypatia Crawford Prize - 1998
• Pauline and Samuel Zinman Prize - 1998
• Second Law Society Prize - 1998
• Dr. A.W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship - 1997
• The Carswell Company Limited Prize - 1997
• Isbister Scholarship - 1997
• D.A. Thompson Q.C. Prize in Evidence - 1997
• Manly Isaacs Prize in Legal Methods - 1996
• Bethia Henry Memorial Scholarship, University of Winnipeg - 1995
• Henry L. Draper Academic Proficiency Scholarship - 1994
• Miscellaneous Prizes for Highest Standing in Specific Courses – 1996-1998
  • Business Planning and Finance Law
  • Wills and Succession
  • Labour Management Relations
  • Trust Law
  • Evidence Law
  • Legal Writing

Legal Writing

• Co-Author (with Florence I. Carey) of “Tools for Retirement Planning for Owner-Managers,” presented at the Canadian tax Foundation Prairie Provinces Tax Conference, 2004.

Legal Teaching

• Sessional Instructor, Solicitors Transactions course offered by the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 2000 – 2003
• Instructor in the Bar Admission Course of The Law Society of Manitoba, 2004 - present
• Assisted in the preparation of materials and in tutoring for the Tax subsection of the Law Society of Manitoba Bar Admission Course.
• Presenter for the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners, the Canadian Tax Foundation and the Estate Planning Council

Professional Associations

• The Law Society of Manitoba
• Manitoba Bar Association - Chair Health Law Subsection, 2007
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Tax Foundation
• Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg

Miscellaneous Affiliations

• Treasurer, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, 2009 - present
• Director, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, 2007 - present
• Member of the Governance Committee, Habitat for Humanity Canada Inc., 2005 - present
• Member of the Audit Committee, Jewish Federation of Winnipeg/Combined Jewish Appeal, 2002 – present
• Chair of the Manitoba Bar Association Tax Subsection, 2007 - 2008; Executive Member, 2005 - 2008
• Chair, Director and Honorary Solicitor, Winnipeg Habitat for Humanity Inc., 2005 - 2007
• Director and Honorary Solicitor, Winnipeg Habitat for Humanity Inc., 2000 - 2005
• Director of the Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg, 2003 - 2006
• Co-chair of Professional Development, Young Adult Division, 2000 - 2003
• Director and Trustee, Scholarship and Bursary Fund, University of Manitoba Student Union, 1998 - 1999