Michael Maddalena

Position: Partner
Office:  Halifax
Email:  MMaddalena@burchellmacdougall.com
Phone:  (902) 445-2588


Practice Areas:

• Corporate Commercial Law
• Fisheries
• Taxation
• Civil Litigation
• Real Estate Law 
• Wills and Estates 

Professional Qualifications & Education:

• Nova Scotia Bar Admission 1982
• Dalhousie University (B.A. (hons.), 1979)
• Dalhousie University (LL.B., 1982)

Professional Associations & Membership in Community Organizations:

• Member, Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
• Member, Canadian Bar Association
• Former Vice-Chair, Halifax Residential Tenancies Board
• Italian-Canadian Cultural Association
• National Arbitration Committee of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
• Director on Soccer Nova Scotia Board of Directors
• President Halifax District Soccer Association

Cases / Transactions / Work Experience:

Corporate Commercial Law

• Federal and Provincial Incorporations
• Amalgamations
• Wind-ups
• Rollovers
• Continuations
• Buy-sell agreements
• Business acquisitions

Farm, Fisheries and Resources

• Obtaining compensation for fishers and fishery businesses resulting from Swiss Air crash
• Fishing licence trust agreements
• Aquaculture business purchases
• Fish plant purchases
• Successful recovery of fishing licence at trial

Taxation Law

• Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) advice
• Rollovers
• Appeals to Tax Court