Corporate

Businesses are always changing, but the desire to be served by trusted, long-term advisers is a constant.  Our corporate lawyers are proud to serve this role for our clients.  As a mid-sized law firm with a national and international reach, our corporate lawyers provide exceptional expertise advising on public and private transactions of every size and scope, both domestic and cross-border.  We regularly handle complex transactions, which may involve hundreds of millions of dollars and which are crucial to our clients’ success and growth, yet we devote equal care and attention to smaller or more routine transactions. Our corporate lawyers are all knowledgeable in general corporate and business law issues, with each specializing in one or more areas. We are sensitive to the needs of business, and our team is structured to provide proactive, timely and cost-effective solutions which meet and advance our clients’ business and legal objectives.

We provide comprehensive legal services to a wide range of clients including owner operators, entrepreneurs, established Canadian and international public companies, start-ups, growth companies, Canadian affiliates of US-based or multinational companies, financial institutions, family offices, private equity sponsors and other capital market participants.  We work closely with our clients which have in-house counsel or legal departments and act as external general counsel to our clients which do not have the scale or requirements to support a full-time in-house legal resource.

Our capabilities include:

• General corporate and commercial representation;
• Merger and acquisition transactions, ranging from minority equity investments to public company acquisitions;
• Debt and equity finance transactions;
• Private equity and venture capital investments;
• Public market transactions and compliance, including initial public offerings, prospectus offerings, private placements, stock exchange listings, reverse take-overs, capital pool company qualifying transactions and take-over bids and defences;
• Shareholder, partnership and other governance relationships;
• Commercial agreements with suppliers, customers and joint venture partners, including outsourcing agreements, logistics service agreements and services level agreements;
• Corporate reorganizations;
• Employment, consulting and other engagement agreements and related incentive plans;
• Distribution, agency and similar agreements;
• Confidential information protection;
• Commercialization and licensing of intellectual property assets;
• Corporate governance;
• Tax advice regarding business operations and transactions, as well as compliance; and
• Data security, information and privacy compliance.