Corporate Structure + Formation

• Structuring, establishing and organizing a corporation, partnership, or other business structure
• Negotiating and preparing shareholder agreements
• Drafting joint venture, partnership, and related agreements
• Tax-driven corporate reorganizations

Corporate Finance

• Allocating founders shares with or without vesting terms
• Private placements of equity and debt to founders, friends, family, and angels
• Convertible note and Safe financings
• Equity crowdfunding
• General compliance with Canadian securities law matters

Commercial Lending

• Acting for borrowers or lenders
• Drafting all forms of security agreements
• Attending to PPSA and land titles matters

Mergers + Acquisitions

• Share and asset acquisitions, mergers, amalgamations, and divestitures
• Shareholder and management buyouts

Commercial Matters

• Supplier, customer and procurement agreements
• Licensing agreements
• Intellectual property protection
• Terms of service for software products
• Website terms and conditions and privacy policies
• Nondisclosure agreements

Franchise Matters

• Acting for both franchisors and franchisees
• Review and preparation of franchise documentation

Employment Matters

• Drafting and interpretation of employment, consultant and management agreements
• Stock option plans and other equity-based compensation plans
• Share appreciation rights plans and other employee incentive plans

Corporate Maintenance

• Legal audits
• Corporate annual maintenance
• Creation and maintenance of digital minute books

Insolvency Matters

• Bankruptcy
• Corporate Reorganization
• Receivership
• Foreclosure
• Collection

Commercial Real Estate

• Commercial purchases
• Sales and refinances:
  • Drafting, reviewing and negotiating offers to purchase
  • Purchase and Sale agreements
  • Options to purchase and closing transactions
• Due diligence
• Development:
  • Subdivisions
  • Consolidations
  • Easements
  • Rights of way
  • Land assembly