Kevin Antonyshyn offers a wealth of expertise as an advisor helping clients navigate complex legal and financial matters.  He currently practices as a Lawyer, Notary Public, and Chartered Professional Accountant, and has been serving clients in his own practice for 28 years.  With a commitment to excellence and integrity, Kevin uses his unique and exceptional combination of skills to provide clients with fully-integrated legal, tax and financial solutions that cater to individual client needs.  He offers an unparalleled insight and perspective that can only be provided by an advisor who is both a Lawyer and a CPA.

As a Lawyer, Kevin provides legal advice and assistance primarily in wills, estates & trusts, corporate & commercial, and taxation & tax planning matters.  As a CPA, he provides tax compliance & planning, accounting, and consulting/advisory services.  He serves individuals, estates & trusts, and owner-managed businesses (proprietors, partnerships and corporations).

Kevin successfully completed the requirements to become a lawyer while he maintained his practice as a professional accountant.  Prior to starting his own accounting and tax practice, he held positions of progressive management responsibility with large national corporations for 11 years where he obtained significant experience in financial, marketing and strategic planning roles.

Kevin obtained a B.Comm.(Honours) in finance, MBA in finance and marketing, and LL.B in law from the University of Manitoba, and he is a Chartered Professional Accountant.  In addition, he completed a Strategic Management Course at the University of Saskatchewan and a Leadership Course at the Niagara Institute, and most recently the Credit Union Director Achievement program of the Canadian Credit Union Association.  Throughout his education Kevin has received numerous awards and prizes for academic excellence.  While obtaining his accounting designation he received the gold medal for Manitoba and achieved the highest standing across Canada in both tax and advanced finance, and while in law school he was on the Dean's Honour List and received several other awards and prizes.

Kevin has lived his life in Manitoba but has had the opportunity to travel.  He enjoys building pretty much anything, the creativity of cooking, as well as sharing a good story and a few laughs with family and friends.

Publications & Presentations

• Presenter – "Topics in Tax for Persons with a Disability", Continuity Care Inc.
• Presenter – "Tax Issues and Planning Perspectives for Persons with a Disability", Continuity Care Inc.
• Presenter – "Anatomy of an Estate: Estates and Taxes", The Law Society of Manitoba
• Editorial Panel – "Capacity and Undue Influence", Carswell Canada
• Presenter – "Taxation of Trusts: Planning for the 21 year Rule", Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg
• Author – "Bill 28: Strengthening Local Schools Act (Public Schools Act Amended)", Manitoba Law Journal

Professional, Volunteer & Community Involvement

• Westoba Credit Union Limited:
• Former Member of Board of Directors, Chair of Governance Committee, Vice-Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, Chair of Policy Committee, and Member of Merger Committee
• Manitoba Law Foundation:
• Former Member of Board of Directors and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee
• Chartered Professional Accountants Association of Manitoba:
• Former Member of Board of Directors, Governance and Nominating Committee, Audit and Risk Committee, and Ownership Linkages Committee
• Manitoba Bar Association:
• Former Secretary-Treasurer and Member of Executive, Member of Branch Council, and Member of Taxation, Wills & Estates, Elder Law, Property, and Business Law Sections
• The Estate Planning Council of Winnipeg:
• Former Member of Board of Directors
• Law Society of Manitoba:
• Former Member of Practice and Ethics Committee and President's Special Committee on Entity Regulation
• CPA Manitoba Foundation:
• Former Member of Board of Directors, Investment Committee, and Fund Development Committee
• Certified General Accountants Association of Manitoba:
• Former Member of Public Practice Committee, Public Practice Workgroup, and Education Committee
• Canadian Tax Foundation – Former Member
• Canadian Bar Association – Former Member
• St.Mary's Road United Church – Former Vice-Chair of Leadership Team
• Samuel Burland School Parents Association – Former Treasurer
• Sturgeon Creek United Church – Former Member of Finance and Property Committee
• Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce – Former Member of Rail Sub-Committee, Transportation Forum
• Grain Elevator and Processing Society – Former Member of Canadian Prairies Chapter

Honours & Awards

• University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law:
• Dean's Honour List for both second and third year, and first quartile class standing for first year
• Pitblado Scholarship (superior scholastic achievement)
• ICH Wealth and Succession Prize (highest standing in Wills and Succession, Trusts, and Taxation of Trusts & Estates)
• Cecil Black Memorial Prize, Taxation of Trusts and Estates (highest standing)
• Cecil Black Memorial Prize, Advanced Taxation II (highest standing)
• D.A. Thompson, Q.C. Prize, Legislative Process (highest standing)
• "Honourable Mention" standing for Advocacy
• Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba (successor organization to CGA, CA & CMA). Received the following awards from CGA:
• Professional Level Award of Excellence (gold medal)
• Investors Group Scholarship Trust Award
• Jim Penner & Company Public Practice Award
• Highest standing in "Taxation" in Canada and other CGA affiliated countries
• Highest standing in "Advanced Taxation" in Manitoba
• Highest standing in "Advanced Finance" in Canada and other CGA affiliated countries