Aidan Nicholson
Ag Law & Succession Planning
About the Session:
Farm succession planning is one of the most important and challenging conversations agricultural families face. Join Aidan Nicholson for practical insights into the legal, tax, and family considerations involved in transitioning a farming or ranching operation to the next generation. Learn strategies to help preserve family relationships, protect farm assets, and support a successful transition plan.
Speaker Bio
Aidan Nicholson is an estate planning lawyer at Linmac LLP in Calgary, Alberta, where he focuses on farm succession planning and taxation. Coming from a family that lost their farm, he intimately understands the unique challenges that ag families face when transitioning their operations to the next generation.
His passion for farm succession planning comes from his own family's struggle to keep their farm in the family and from seeing other agricultural families face similar hardships when navigating farm transitions. His goal as a lawyer is to help farm families preserve and protect their hard-earned legacies.
Outside of the office, Aidan lends a hand on farms and ranches, volunteers with the High River Ag Society, and travels the rodeo trail helping stock contractors whenever needed. He can be reached at anicholson@linmac.com.
