Services

Business Services

Corporate-Commercial Services:

We provide complete corporate legal services for private companies, including incorporation, amalgamation as well as winding-up and dissolution. We are expert in the preparation of shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements. We can help plan and execute the acquisition or disposition of shares or assets of a private business. We can also assist in matters concerning franchises and joint ventures.

  • Incorporation and organization
  • Amalgamations and dissolutions
  • Commercial leasing
  • Business acquisitions and sales
  • Commercial agreements
  • Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
  • Distributorship and franchise agreements
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Corporate record keeping
  • Employment agreements

Commercial Real Estate:

We offer all commercial real estate services, including acquisition and disposition, leasing and financing of industrial and commercial properties and condominiums, as well as legal services in connection with mortgages, debentures and other forms of secured financing.

  • Purchases
  • Sales
  • Financing
  • Commercial and Investment Properties
  • Leasing
  • Condominium documentation
  • Title review and opinions
  • Title Insurance

Employment Law:

We assist both employers and employees in negotiation of employment contracts, litigation, terminations, workplace policy drafting and other related matters. 

Commercial Lending:

We offer a complete range of service embracing all aspects of commercial lending including bank financing, secured transactions, inventory financing, financing under the Canada Small Business Financing Act, securitization of assets, equipment financing, lease financing, debentures, commitment letters and loan agreements. We frequently act on behalf of lending institutions including several of the big six banks.

  • Bank and institutional lending
  • Debentures, mortgages and other security arrangements
  • Commercial credit
  • Debt restructuring
  • Leasing

Insolvency and Recovery:

Our recovery and insolvency group provides a full range of insolvency and collection services, including mortgage enforcement, realizing on secured debt, and advising trustees and others in insolvency and bankruptcy matters. We act for a variety of commercial landlords and a number of Canada’s leading financial institutions.

  • Bankruptcy
  • Private and Court ordered Receiverships
  • Representation of debtors
  • Insolvency and work-outs
  • Representation of trustee and receivers 

Tax and Estate Planning:

We will work with your financial advisors in designing and implementing tax planned corporate and partnership reorganizations.

  • Tax planning
  • Trusts

Personal Services

Wills, Estate Planning and Estate Administration:

We offer estate-planning services from simple wills to more complex tax-effective succession plans, inter-vivos trusts, estate freezes and powers of attorney. We support and assist personal representatives in the administration and distribution of estates.

  • Will and estate planning and preparation
  • Trusts
  • Interpretation of wills and trusts
  • Powers of attorney
  • Estate Administration