Business Law

Shareholder agreements are crucial in preventing disputes involving and between shareholders. They can break deadlocks, assign rules for majority and minority decisions and assign duties to shareholders. Establishing these rules in an agreement can make it easier to...

Buying a business is a highly complicated and intricate process. Often, parties in these transactions are focused on the numbers: a business's liabilities, profits and valuations to determine whether they want to buy the company. However, one area that sellers and...

When a Canadian small business is ready to incorporate, it has two options: Provincial or federal incorporation. The way in which a business incorporates can have long-lasting implications for its success. It is important for business owners to choose the method of...

You've built a successful business in Alberta, and the time comes that you consider selling it. Likely, your primary concerns are to find the right buyer and attain the best purchase price. However, you might also have serious concerns about maintaining the brand...

In the coming years, pundits have predicted that a trillion dollars of assets are to be transferred from current owners to the new generation in Canada over the next decade. Orderly planning for the tax, asset protection and wealth building opportunities have to be...