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Michael Puchniak

Michael Puchniak

Partner

Michael has a broad-based business practice and also assists with mining operators and lenders.

Contact

[email protected] 204-956-3574

Sara Zangeneh (Assistant)

[email protected] 204-956-0560 ext. 242

Michael is a partner practising in a range of corporate and commercial matters.

His practice includes advising businesses on structure, growth, and corporate governance, and he acts for various domestic financial institutions and borrowers in secured transactions involving real and personal property collateral.

Michael also assists clients with the acquisition, disposition and financing of office, retail, multi-tenant residential and industrial properties; and he has experience acting on behalf of mining operators and lenders in the due diligence phase in mining project development and project financing.

Education

  • Admitted to the Manitoba Bar, 2009
  • LL.B., University of Manitoba, 2008
  • B.A., University of Manitoba, 2003

Practice Areas

Industries

  • Co-Author (with Howard Nerman, Adriel Agpalza and Elizabeth Czyrnyj), Pitblado COVID-19 Resource Centre, “Security Documents: Tips for Lenders and Borrowers During COVID-19″, March 24, 2020
  • Guest Advisor, Canada/Manitoba Business Service Centre
  • Guest Presenter, Rotary Career Symposium, 2010 – 2011
  • Co-Author, “Manitoba”, Design-Build Deskbook, 4th Edition
  • Manitoba Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association

 

  • The Peter Taraska Memorial Prize in History, University of Manitoba, 2002
  • The Elizabeth Desmond Prize in Medieval History, University of Manitoba, 2002
  • Dean’s Honor List, University of Manitoba, 2001, 2002

 

  • Director, Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba
  • Director, The Alumni Association Inc., University of Manitoba
  • Employee Campaign Co-Chair, Annual United Way campaign, Pitblado Law, 2010