Tag: Ontario Business Corporations Act

9 Jul

Challenges in Starting a MIC: Paying Dividends

One of the biggest challenges in running a MIC is when you first realize that the investors who were once your private lenders are now expecting...

11 Mar

PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL: The Doctrine of Alter Ego

I recently got a phone call from a client after he had been served with a law suit. He had entered into an agreement of purchase and...

10 Feb

PROVINCIAL INCORPORATION: Deeper into Federal vs. Provincial

The provincial law in Ontario stipulates that a company doing business in the province should also incorporate there. Meticulously satisfying the incorporating requirements therein, along with advice...

3 Feb

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CANADIAN CORPORATE LAW

Among the definitions of business, the Concise Oxford Dictionary lists it as a person’s regular occupation or trade and then further elaborates it as commercial activity. The...