Andrew Winkless
B.A., LL.B.
Andrew Winkless graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from the University of Manitoba in 1997. Following graduation, he worked from 1998 to 2001 in the town of Daitou in Shimane prefecture in Japan as an English Teacher with the JET Program. Upon his return to Canada, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba in 2007. He articled in Carman and has practiced there ever since, serving clients in the areas of corporate-commercial, tax and estate planning, and real estate. Andrew has conducted continuing education seminars for the Law Society of Manitoba, the Manitoba Bar Association, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
A lifelong enthusiast for Japanese culture, Andrew practiced Judo until graduating high school, and earned a first degree black belt in Kendo while in Japan. He has continued his study of the Japanese language since his return to Canada, and in 2019 passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test at the N1 Level.
ウインクレス アンドリューは１９９７年に古典学専攻でマニトバ大学を卒業しました。卒業後彼は１９９８年から２００１年までJETプログラムによって島根県の大東町の中学校で英語指導助手として働きました。２００４年でマニトバ大学の法学部に入って２００７年に卒業しました。弁護士実習生としてカーマン町のMcCarthy & Brown LLP弁護士事務所に通って２００８年で弁護士免許を手に入れました。以後彼はカーマンで商法、税法、遺産法そして不動法の分野で依頼人のために尽力しました. アンドリューは弁護士会やSTEP(Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)の依頼で研修会も担当しました。
アンドリューは子供のころから日本の文化の愛好者であって高卒まで柔道をやって、駐日の時に剣道の初段試験に合格しました。帰国後彼は日本語の勉強を続けて、２０１９に日本語能力試験を受けてN1の試験に合格しました。
Areas Of Practice
- Business Planning and Corporate Organization
- Commercial Real Estate and Construction
- Cottage and Vacation Home Succession and Tax Planning
- Farming and Family Farm Corporations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Residential Real Estate and Resort Properties
- Taxation
- Wills, Estates, Trusts and Elder Law