We provide a comprehensive range of corporate commercial services including the following:

• Business structuring, i.e. sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations and trusts;
• Partnership, limited partnership and shareholders' agreements;
• Employment and independent contractor agreements;
• Other contract negotiations, review and drafting;
• Commercial real estate leasing transactions;
• Employment matters including contract and severance negotiations;
• Intellectual property matters including patents, trademarks, copyright and industrial designs;
• Creditor/debtor negotiations;
• Corporate workouts for distressed companies;
• Acquisitions and divestitures, including both asset and share purchase transactions;
• Negotiating banking facilities and debt financing;
• Negotiating equity or convertible debt investments, i.e. private placements;
• Establishing private or public investment funds/vehicles including limited partnerships or corporate structures;
• Identifying and securing suitable Canadian, U.S. and European public corporate vehicles (public shell companies or capital pool companies (CPC)) with which to compete reverse take-over (RTO) or going public transactions;
• Reverse take-over (RTO) transactions;
• Establishing capital pool companies (CPC);
• Conducting initial public offerings (IPOs).

Our corporate/commercial and litigation clients have included small and medium sized businesses and individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds such as entrepreneurs and established companies in the renewable energy and green sector, finance, oil and gas, mining, technology, manufacturing and hospitality sectors, securities industry professionals, private and public companies, and institutional clients. 

In addition, we provide venture capital and legal advice to Canadian, U.S. and international venture capital firms, institutional investors and early to mid-stage companies including both private and public companies.   Our venture capital clients have included Canadian, American, European and Caribbean investors and companies seeking investment capital.