Legal Advice & Services
Small & Medium-Sized Businesses
Providing outsourced or virtual general counsel services including advising employees, management, officers and directors with respect to all facets of a company’s development and operations and the growth, financing and management of an enterprise from a legal perspective;
Business structuring – sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations and trusts;
Partnership, limited partnership and shareholders’ agreements;
Employment agreements and advice with respect to employee disputes, terminations or other employment matters;
Independent contractor or consulting agreements;
Non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements – one way, two way and multiple party;
Contract and commercial agreement negotiations, review and drafting;
Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions including asset and share purchase agreements and other acquisitions and divestitures;
Bank lending facilities;
Secured and unsecured debt financing;
Equity (common and preferred shares) or convertible securities;
Private placements;
Stock option plans;
Private investment funds/vehicles including limited partnerships or corporate structures;
Corporate restructurings for financially distressed companies;
Reverse take-over (RTO) transactions; and
Stock exchange listings – CSE (Canadian Securities Exchange).
Individuals
Starting a business or making an investment in a business;
Buying or selling a business;
Personal and business structuring;
Sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, new incorporations and trusts;
Employment matters including hiring, contract and severance negotiations and Employment Standards/Ministry of Labour negotiations;
Contract and commercial agreement negotiations, review and drafting;
Commercial real estate leasing transactions;
Intellectual property matters; and
Creditor/debtor negotiations.
Corporate Clerk Services
Individual and corporate background searches;
Corporate and business searches;
Government filings;
PPSA and UCC searches and registrations;
Incorporations (federally and provincially);
Partnership and business name registrations (across Canada);
Continuances;
Amalgamations;
Amendments to charter documents and other fundamental corporate changes;
Dissolutions;
Revivals;
Extra-Provincial registrations (across Canada);
Annual proceedings;
Variety of authorizing corporate resolutions;
Corporate Minute Book reviews and due diligence;
Rectification resolutions;
Assistance on secured financings;
Assistance on asset/share purchase transactions and corporate reorganizations;
Assistance on private placements; and
Assistance on tax-driven transactions.