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Brendan Bernakevitch
Brendan M. L. Bernakevitch
Partner
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Regina
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306-565-5108
306-359-0785
bbernakevitch@mcdougallgauley.com
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance
Business & Corporate
Estate Planning
Trusts
Real Estate & Development
Environmental & Natural Resources
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Brendan Bernakevitch is a corporate/commercial partner in the firm’s Regina office. Brendan maintains a broad corporate practice, and has experience with working with small and large businesses with respect to corporate governance, financing, transactional work, restructuring and general corporate strategy.

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Brendan M. L. Bernakevitch
Partner
Office
Regina
Contact
306-565-5108
306-359-0785
bbernakevitch@mcdougallgauley.com
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance
Business & Corporate
Estate Planning
Trusts
Real Estate & Development
Environmental & Natural Resources
PDF
Download

Brendan Bernakevitch is a corporate/commercial partner in the firm’s Regina office. Brendan maintains a broad corporate practice, and has experience with working with small and large businesses with respect to corporate governance, financing, transactional work, restructuring and general corporate strategy.

Overview

Brendan’s main focus is to provide value to a business through its life cycle. 

For start-ups and early stage companies, the focus is on solid, efficient and creative solutions to access capital (including portals and crowdfunding) and to set the expectations of investors, founders, officers and directors. Brendan’s focus is to keep costs low in order to support growth. He is free for a call and clients should know that these calls are not “on the clock”.

For expanding businesses, the focus may shift to financing, transaction strategy and risk management. This includes both debt and equity financing strategy, protection of IP and employee liability.

For companies in transition or sale, the focus is on proper structuring to allow generational transition, employee buyouts or third-party sales. This may also include an overall estate plan that takes a comprehensive approach to family enterprises to protect generational wealth.

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Bar Admission
  • Saskatchewan, 2016
  • Alberta, 2014
2
Education
  • Juris Doctor (Distinction), University of Calgary, 2013
  • Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 2005
4
Memberships & Associations
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Law Society of Saskatchewan
  • Law Society of Alberta
  • Regina Bar Association
1
Community Involvement
  • Hockey Regina, Coach and Volunteer, 2017-present
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February 22, 2017
Plan for your Life, NOT your Retirement
Brendan M. L. Bernakevitch
Over the next ten years, it’s estimated that 70% of businesses currently in operation will go through a transition or sale. In any transition, there are the usual considerations that must be taken into account; such as the type of sale, tax consequences, price, working with employees and key management. Legal and financial experts are willing and...
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University of Regina
“Business Ethics from a Legal Perspective”
2016 | estate planning lawyers
Estate Planning in a Digital Age
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“Estate Planning in a Digital Age”

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