Corporate & Commercial Law
De-Risking Small – Medium M&A Transactions
M&A transactions by their nature involve unknown risks. Despite the best efforts of the parties, liabilities may slip between the cracks, issues may simply not…
Bill C-56 Amendments to the Competition Act
The Canadian economy is built on the belief that competition motivates businesses to continuously innovate, providing consumers with more choices and lower prices. This not…
Bridging a Valuation Gap in M&A Transactions
When structuring a transaction, there is a delicate balance to strike between a vendor’s desire to maximize their sale proceeds and a purchaser’s need to…
New Requirements for the New Year: Transparency Register for Ontario Corporations
As of January 1, 2023, significant amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”), have come into force, adding a new requirement for private corporations…
Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations SOR/2022-138
The Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR) is Canada’s most recent environmental regulation. This regulation is part of the Government’s ongoing effort to reach zero…
Looking to Transition Your Business? Great! Now, Where to Look?
Operating a business for many can be both an exciting and rewarding experience. However, at some point in the business lifecycle, business owners turn their…
Transitioning under Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
After a lengthy delay, Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (“ONCA”) was proclaimed into force on October 19, 2021, updating and modernizing laws for not-for-profit corporations…
Simply Incorporating or Registering a business name does NOT give you exclusive rights to the name
A common mistake business owners make is thinking that simply incorporating or registering their business name (e.g., with ServiceOntario) gives them exclusive rights to the…
Adding Certainty To Your Contracts
Crafting Corporate Agreements As a corporate/commercial lawyer, my practice centres on drafting documents to give effect to clients’ arrangements that they want reduced to writing,…
Beneficiary Designations and resulting trusts
In 2018, the Federal government introduced Bill C-78 (the “Bill”), which proposed significant changes to the law governing post-divorce parenting, specifically to the Divorce Act[i]…
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