Michael practises in the field of taxation, including personal and corporate tax planning, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, tax efficient business structuring, business succession planning, use of trusts and estate planning.
- Co-chair, Winnipeg Youth Practitioners Group, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Member, The Law Society of Upper Canada
- Member, The Law Society of Manitoba
- Member, Manitoba Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
- Named a Leading Practitioner, Corporate Tax, Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
- Donald and Geraldine Beam Award (2009)
- Canadian Tax Foundation Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Award (2009)
- Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Arts (2003)
- Employees Scholarship (Manitoba, 2000-2004)
- Entrance Scholarship (Manitoba, 2000)
- Counsel to The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company in connection with its $875-million acquisition of Western Financial Group
- Tax counsel to Exchange Income Corporation in multiple acquisitions, including its $250-million acquisition of Provincial Aerospace Ltd., its $85-million acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Quest Window Systems Inc., and its $55-million acquisition of CanLink Global Inc.
- Tax counsel to Artis Real Estate Investment Trust in connection with over $1 billion of public offerings of trust units, preferred trust units, rated unsecured debentures and convertible debentures
- Tax counsel to Decisive Dividend Corporation in connection with multiple acquisitions
- Counsel to numerous private corporations with respect to mergers, acquisitions, business structuring and tax planning
- Tax and corporate counsel to professionals, high net worth individuals and professional athletes with respect to acquisitions and divestitures of businesses, compensation structuring, business structuring and tax planning