Our practice
CorporaTE LAW
Providing you guidance on structuring your business to protect you and your family.
Specialties
Corporate Law
Our goal is to provide you with the best representation to protect your business. We look at your current needs with an eye to the future so once you are ready to sell or transfer your business, it will be a more efficient and less costly process.
our legal services:
- Company Incorporation – For Profit, Not For Profit and Charitable; Provincial and Federal
- Nuans Search and Name Registration
- Business registration
- Updating and maintaining corporate records (articles of incorporation, minutes, by-laws, shareholder agreements, share ledgers and registers, officer ledgers and registers resolutions etc.)
- Business succession planning
- Business planning
- Contracts
- Lease Agreements
- Loan Agreements
- Non-disclosure (confidentiality) agreements
- Share purchase agreements
- Preserving and Perfecting Liens
If you do not know whether you should incorporate, we can help by providing you with information to make an informed decision. We also have a great network that includes professional accountants, financial advisors, real estate agents, insurance agents etc. Important Considerations:
- Corporation name and identifier
- New incorporation or continued from another jurisdiction.
- Nature of business (to determine appropriate NAICS code)
- Who will be the Directors, Officers and Shareholders
- Classes of shares
- What is the financial year end?
- Who is the accountant?
- Authorized signing officers
- Share purchase and/or transfer rules and what happens on death
- Family members to obtain dividends?
- Unanimous shareholders agreement – why and what to include, what not to include
- Non-residents