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, such as the Employment Standards Act and 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