CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL

Our business law lawyers located in Ottawa and Vankleek Hill provide advice to sole-proprietors, partnerships, financial institutions and corporations. Our clients range from small and medium enterprises, family farming businesses, not-for-profits, charities and larger Canadian corporations with operations in the United States as well as U.S. and Quebec corporations with operations in Ontario.

Our business law practice encompasses:

  • Incorporation, organization and minute book maintenance and filings
  • Shareholder and partnership agreement negotiation and drafting
  • Reorganizations, rollovers for tax and succession planning
  • Due diligence reviews, structuring, negotiating and completing business transfers
  • Corporate governance, director and officer liability
  • Confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements and advice
  • IT agreements, licencing and service agreements
  • Loan and security documentation for both lenders and borrowers
  • Employer/employee matters relating to employment standards and terminations

We also provide commercial litigation services relating to business transfers, shareholder disputes, contract enforcement and employee termination.

Jason Shelly

Partner

Steven Sheppard

Partner

Shelbi Dippold

Associate