Bryan D. Klein

Experience

Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP
Partner, 1992 - present. Counsel in personal and corporate tax planning, acquisitions and divestitures of various business interests; commercial leasing (both on behalf of tenants and landlords); mergers and acquisitions of corporations and business assets; corporate finance; corporate governance, shareholder and partnership agreements; sales, purchases and development of commercial real estate, property development, subdivision; estate planning; secured transactions; counsel to multi-national business enterprises engaged in natural resource processing in Manitoba; counsel to various public and charitable organizations providing services to the public; structuring business organizations and corporate reorganizations, financial transactions and commercialization agreements relating to scientific research and development.

Fillmore & Riley
Partner, 1986 - 1992

Sokolov, Klein
Partner, 1977 - 1986 (merged with Fillmore & Riley in 1986) Associate, 1974 - 1977

Pitblado & Hoskin
Associate, 1972 - 1974

Johnston, Jessiman, Gardner & Twaddle (merged with Pitblado & Hoskin in 1972)
Associate, 1968 - 1972

Education

• University of Toronto, Masters of Laws, 1973
• University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1967
• University of Manitoba, B.A. 1964

Call to the Bar

• Manitoba, 1968

Presentations

• Lecturer on Taxation and Business Law Matters at the Government of Manitoba (Enterprise Development Centre), Canadian Tax Foundation, Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg, The Law Society of Manitoba, Isaac Pitblado Annual Lecturers, the Manitoba Bar Association and Dorsey & Whitney (Minneapolis)

Legal Writing

• Corporate Management Tax Conference (1996) Canadian Tax Foundation, Presenter, "Sale of a Partnership Business"
• Manitoba Law Journal (1974 vol. 6 No. 1) "Reserves Under the Income Tax Act"

Legal Teaching

• Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law, Landlord and Tenant and Business Planning
• Former course head, The Law Society of Manitoba, Bar Admission Program, Corporate and Commercial Law Section

Representative Transactions

• Counsel to The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba with respect to investments in pension funds, managed funds, real estate investments and governance generally
• Counsel to The True North Project, a public private sector partnership which developed the MTS Centre, a 15,117 seat entertainment, sports and performing arts facility downtown Winnipeg
• Counsel to Versatech Industries Inc. which operates facilities in Winnipeg providing sheltered employment to the mentally handicapped
• Counsel to a U.S. based forestry company operating a multi-million dollar oriented strand board plant in Manitoba as well as all environmental, regulatory and licensing matters pertaining to its investment in Manitoba and its utilization of the forestry resource
• Counsel to a U.S. based multi-national company which operates a multi-million dollar ammonia fertilizer plant in Brandon, Manitoba
• Counsel to The Sharon Home Inc. (a personal care home operator)
• Counsel to The Jewish Foundation of Manitoba in connection with governance matters generally
• Linden Ridge Development Corp. with respect to the development of a 312 lot residential subdivision in southwest Winnipeg and three larger commercial sites
• Licensing and franchise agreements
• Organization and structuring of not-for-profit organizations
• Counsel to major health care institution and research foundation for the commercialization of medical and scientific discoveries

Professional Associations

• Life Bencher, The Law Society of Manitoba
• Canadian Bar Association
• Manitoba Bar Association, Taxation Law Subsection
• Canadian Tax Foundation
• American Bar Association
• Past Chairman, Manitoba Law School Foundation

Miscellaneous Affiliations

• Presently Member of the Production Sub-Committee of Manitoba Theatre Centre
• Former Board Member of Rainbow Stage Inc., the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Alumni Association of the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Harvest Inc. and MEDC Employment Development Inc., Manitoba Children’s Museum Inc., Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, the Sharon Home Foundation Inc. and the Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Inc.
• Former President and Board Member for several years of Versatech Industries Inc. and Versatech Charitable Foundation, Inc., organizations whose mandate is to promote the interests of supported employment for the mentally handicapped
• Performer in Manitoba Theatre Centre/Manitoba Bar Association Joint Theatrical Productions raising funds for the Manitoba Theatre Centre