Practice Areas

Business/Commercial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Business  Start-ups (advising on structures & formations)
  • Incorporations (Ontario & Federal companies)
  • Extra-provincial licence registrations & continuances
  • Annual corporate maintenance & filings
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Partnership agreements
  • Business name registrations
  • Contract review & drafting
  • Employment contracts
  • Consulting agreements
  • Non-competition & confidentiality agreements
  • Product distribution agreements
  • Commercial leasing agreements
  • Licencing agreements
  • U.S. incorporations (i.e. Delaware)*
  • Security agreements & personal guarantees

Merger & Acquisition  Services

 

 

 

 

  • Buying & selling businesses (Asset & Share transactions)
  • Amalgamations
  • Corporate reorganizations
  • Dissolutions
  • Revivals
   

Trade-marks & Copyright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Trade-mark availability searches
  • Trade-mark applications for registration
  • Trade-mark registration renewals
  • Assignments & licencing of trade-marks
  • Advising on trade-mark infringements
  • Opposing a trade-mark application
  • U.S. trade-mark applications for registration *
  • Copyright registrations
  • Copyright assignments & licencing
   

Not-for-Profit  & Charitable Corporations

 

 

 

  • Incorporations (Ontario & Federal)
  • By-laws & corporate organization
  • Corporate governance & maintenance
  • Advising the Board of Directors
  • Legal & regulatory compliance
   

Corporate Finance & Securities

 

 

 

 

 

  • Private equity financings & exempt offerings
  • Stock option agreements
  • Debentures
  • Commercial lending documentation
  • Loan agreements
  • Secured transactions and financings
*Prepared & filed through a U.S. agent