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FEATURE
Left: Marshall Ring, Biomedical Commercialization Canada (BCC), law student Kristopher Advent, and Robert Gabor, Aikins Law
student develop her lawyering skills, while also
contributing to a highly worthwhile cause. I would
definitely do it again,” he adds emphatically.
Aiding innovation at Biomedical
Commercialization Canada
Kris Advent had the opportunity to intern with
Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP (Aikins) for
its client, Biomedical Commercialization Canada
(BCC), a non-profit incubator for entrepreneurs and
science and technology start-up companies. He sat
in on management meetings and negotiations with
prospective client companies. Kris provided opinions
on contracts, unanimous shareholders agreements
and term sheets under the supervision of Robert
Gabor, a partner at Aikins. He also researched licensing
agreements for patents. “After meeting with BCC,
Robert and I would sit down and review the corporate
documents, sometimes clause by clause and discuss
what he told the clients and why. I gained a working
knowledge and understanding of corporate law. It
was an incredibly valuable experience.” Robert Gabor
points out that the Internship program employs a
practical, real-life approach.
“Students get to see how the legal
principles they learn at school function
in the real world.” He adds, “being a
mentor was very rewarding and I had a
lot of fun doing it.”
From BCC CEO Marshall Ring’s perspective, the
Internship was a resounding success. “Kris helped
us out by performing a gap analysis and cleaning
up some of the legal documents we routinely
use. Beyond that, he added value to our business
and we enjoyed having him around.”
Facilitating Compliance for
Charitable Organizations
Lyndsey Amott describes her Internship experience
with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS)
as “enlightening.” “Truthfully I wasn’t particularly
attracted to corporate law before this, but I was
surprised at how much I enjoyed the course. It made
me re-consider what I want to do after graduation.”
Lyndsey assisted several charitable organizations
convert their governing documents to conform with
recent changes to applicable legislation. “The more
practical knowledge we can impart to students,
the better,” says Lyndsey’s supervising lawyer,
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