Corporate, Commercial & Business Law Lawyer in Scarborough & Toronto

What's Included

Our corporate, commercial & business law practice covers the full scope of work most clients need:

• Federal and Ontario incorporations
• Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
• Commercial leases (review and negotiation)
• Asset and share purchase agreements
• Non-disclosure and IP assignment agreements
• Annual corporate maintenance and minute books
• Business name registrations
• Reorganizations and roll-overs

What to Bring

• Government ID for directors and officers
• Existing corporate records
• Term sheet or LOI
• Financial statements (purchase transactions)
• Existing contracts being assumed

Don't have everything ready? Send what you have and we'll guide you through the rest.

Corporate, Commercial & Business Law for GTA Entrepreneurs

Whether you are launching your first company, buying out a co-founder, signing a five-year commercial lease or selling a business you spent two decades building, the documents you sign will shape the next chapter of your life. Our business lawyers act for owner-managed companies and professional practices across Scarborough, Toronto, Markham and the broader GTA.

Incorporating in Ontario

The first decision is structure. We help founders weigh sole proprietorship, partnership, Ontario (OBCA) incorporation and federal (CBCA) incorporation against tax planning, liability protection, growth ambitions and where you will actually do business. Federal incorporation usually makes sense if you will operate across provinces or want stronger name protection; OBCA is simpler and cheaper for purely Ontario-based operations. Every incorporation we complete includes a fully populated minute book, share certificates, the organizing resolutions, and a clear schedule of annual maintenance.

Shareholder agreements

The single most valuable document for any multi-owner business is a well-drafted shareholder agreement. We routinely include shotgun, drag-along and tag-along clauses, employment and non-compete provisions, dividend and distribution rules, deadlock mechanisms, and a buy-sell on the death, disability or departure of a shareholder. The cost is modest. The cost of not having one is litigation.

Buying or selling a business

Most private business transactions in Ontario are structured as either an asset purchase or a share purchase. Each has very different tax, liability and employment consequences. We coordinate with your accountant on the structure, draft and negotiate the LOI and definitive agreement, run the due diligence, manage the closing and handle the post-closing adjustments. We act on transactions from a $200,000 dental-practice sale to multi-million-dollar industrial acquisitions.

Commercial leases and contracts

A commercial lease is often the single largest financial commitment a small business makes. We negotiate landlord-form leases to add tenant protections (caps on operating costs, exit rights, demolition-clause limits, transfer rights), and we draft and review the full range of operating contracts — supply, service, distribution, NDA, IP assignment, consulting and employment.

Tell us where your business is and where you want it to go — we'll handle the legal architecture that gets you there. Book a free 30-minute intake with our corporate team.