Business Law & Corporate Law
- Contract Disputes
- Contracts, Agreements & Governance
- Draft & Review Agreements
- Incorporating, Partnering & Joint Ventures
- Officer & Director Litigation
- Partnership Disputes
- Personal Real Estate Corporations (PRECs)
- Professional Corporations
- Shareholder Disputes
- Shareholder & Sweat Equity Agreements
- Trade-marks, Patents, Copyrights & Intellectual Property
Competition Bureau and the Canadian Real Estate Associations (“CREA”): More Private Deals on the Horizon?
Recently the Canadian Competition Bureau requested that CREA open up the Canadian real estate market by making the Multiple Listing Service (“MLS”) open to the public...
Commercial Leasing: The Offer to Lease, Take it Seriously
A landlord eager to secure a tenant will often provide the prospective tenant with an offer to lease, also known as an agreement to lease, before...
Real Estate: Buying an Investment Condo Pre-Build and the GST/HST Rebate
A few months ago my clients came in to sign the builder documents for interim occupancy for their condominium unit which they purchased pre-build as an...
Law Update: Sub-Contractors in the Design-Build Tendering Process
Some legal decisions have direct impact on how a company conducts business. The Supreme Court of Canada in Design Services Ltd. v. Canada, 1 S.C.R....
Business Purchase Gone Wrong
You decide to purchase a business-- either to consolidate the market, or enter into a new venture. After a hard fought negotiation and many wrinkles in...
Understanding the Standard Agreement of Purchase and Sale – Part 1
Often my clients have their realtors prepare their agreements of purchase and sale without fully understanding the clauses that are inserted. Most real estate clauses contained...
