Contracts, Agreements & Governance

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Globalization and success will follow once the gender, racial and minority profiling is eliminated!

For long the corporate ladder has been an issue of survival of the corporate fittest, highly dominated by the white male.  So much so, that the...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Even the best CEOs need to remember that its the path they pave for the future that will provide them with immortality, not their current presence!

How does one win an Oscar?  Is George Washington considered so highly as an individual because he was the first American president or because he now...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Transactional versus transformational leadership, the charismatic leader.

In its earliest stages the strongest influence on a “movement” is likely to be the charismatic leader who personally symbolizes its values.  At some point intellectuals...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Great teams build great companies that build great countries that build the world through teamwork!

The term labour movement is often applied to any organization or association of wage earners who join together to advance their common interests.  It more broadly...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Motivate your workforce with integrity, loyalty and dedication!

A recent report suggests that corporations that provide day care to the children of their employees have significantly higher morale among personnel than corporations that do...

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Choosing your managers from those who are actors and those who can act!

Some may argue that those who can manage over others can direct, and those who can direct can facilitate exceptional performances.  Actors or actresses who win...

REAL ESTATE OPTIONS: Is an Option to purchase property marketable on the MLS?

An Option to purchase luxurious real estate is a contract between two parties giving the purchaser the exclusive right (without the obligation) to buy the property....

THE SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT: The most important agreement of your Company!

First and foremost a contract, a shareholders agreement has all the ingredients thereof, for it to be binding and legal.  There is an offer and acceptance,...

ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your lease, rights in a partnership or intellectual property

Just like any other contractual right, real estate property rights can also be assigned. But, there are special duties and liabilities attaching to transfers of the right...

ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your Contract to someone else!

Under a contract, the assignment of rights is the complete transfer of the rights to receive the benefits available to one of the parties to that...