Anya Shahabi Professional Corporation

Barrister, Solicitor & Notary

Anya Shahabi, J.D., H.B. Sc

TEL: (519) 371-9370

FAX: (519) 371-5747

anya@ashahabilaw.ca

949 Second Avenue West

Owen Sound, Ontario

N4K 4M8

Anya Shahabi Professional Corporation

Barrister, Solicitor & Notary

Anya Shahabi, J.D., H.B. Sc

TEL: (519) 371-9370

FAX: (519) 371-5747

anya@ashahabilaw.ca

949 Second Avenue West

Owen Sound, Ontario

N4K 4M8

Anya Shahabi Professional Corporation

Barrister, Solicitor & Notary

Anya Shahabi, J.D., H.B. Sc

TEL: (519) 371-9370

FAX: (519) 371-5747

anya@ashahabilaw.ca

949 Second Avenue West

Owen Sound, Ontario

N4K 4M8

Our Services

We offer a wide range of services, from assisting you with your business and real estate transactions to representing you in court

Are you in need of reliable and professional attorney services in Owen Sound, Ontario? Look no further than Anya Shahabi Professional Corporation. 

Commerical Law

Our staff have over 30 years of experience in corporate-commercial law, including:

  • Starting, buying, selling or reorganizing a business
  • Starting a business a sole proprietorship, a partnership or a corporation
  • Asset and share purchases and sales
    Reorganizing
  • Estate freezes: allocating future grown in the value of the corporation’s assets (and the associated tax liability) to specific shareholders
  • Amalgamations: merging of corporations

Drafting and reviewing contracts, such as:

  • Incorporation, partnership, amalgamation and shareholder agreements
  • Asset or share purchase agreements
  • Mortgage agreements
  • Security agreements

Corporate record keeping, including:

  • Minutes of shareholders’ and directors’ meetings
  • Directors’ and shareholders’ resolutions
  • Incorporation documents

Employment-related issues:

  • Employment contracts
  • Compliance with employment regulation
  • Compliance with Employment Standards Act
  • Human Rights legislation
  • Termination of employment

Compliance with government regulations, such as:

  • Canada Business Corporations Act
  • Ontario Business Corporations Act
  • Not for Profit Corporations Act
  • Securities regulation
  • Zoning by-laws
  • Tax laws

Real Estate

Our staff have over 30 years of experience in:

  • Buying or selling a home, cottage or a condominium
  • Buying or selling commercial property

We help buyers with:

  • Drafting and reviewing an Agreement of Purchase and Sale
  • Title search and letters of requisition – to ensure that you will get a good marketable title to the property
  • Financing the transaction
  • Title insurance

We help sellers with:

  • Drafting and reviewing an Agreement of Purchase and Sale
  • Answering buyers’ requisitions
  • Preparing the closing documents
  • Discharging a mortgage
  • Paying off outstanding taxes

We can also help with:

  • Refinancing
  • Severance applications: to sell, lease or mortgage part of your property
  • Applications for an Absolute Title: converting a Land Titles Qualified parcel to Land Titles Absolute.
    • This application is required if you wish to develop the land by registering a plan of subdivision or condominium
    • This application is also required if you wish to consolidate a Land Titles Qualified parcel with a Land Titles Absolute one or to deal with claims of adverse possession
  • Joint tenancy issues:
    • Transferring a property you own into joint names
    • Severing a joint tenancy
    • Survivorship applications: transferring the property into your name when your joint tenant dies

Estates, Wills, and Power of Attorney

Our experience includes:

  • Wills and other estate planning (for example,transferring property into joint names, estate freezes)
  • Trust Agreements: an arrangement whereby a person (or a corporation) holds money and/or property on behalf of and for the benefit of another person (or corporation)
  • Powers of Attorney: a person who will act on your behalf should you become incapable of doing so for property, personal care and estate administration
  • Application for a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee With a Will (formerly Letters Probate) or Without a Will, Estate administration and Estate disputes

Criminal Law

Our experience includes:

  • Adult, youth and bail matters
  • Trial experience in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal for Ontario
  • Provincial offences (such as Highway Traffic Act violations and trespass charges)
  • Drug charges
  • Assault and threat charges of various severity, including domestic assault
  • Property charges (such as theft, break&enter, mischief and fraud)
  • Firearms charges

Construction Liens

Our services include:

  • Compliance with the Contruction Lien Act
  • Registering and discharging construction liens against:
    • Homes
    • Condominium improvements
    • Commercial property
    • Enforcing lien rights
    • Lien disputes