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Business Law

Our Business Law Group provides a wide range of legal services designed to help businesses of all sizes survive, grow and prosper.

To find out more about this highly specialized area of the law and how we may be able to help you, contact:

Partners:
Name Phone Email
Roy Conacher 613.544.7030 rconacher@cswan.com
Peter Trousdale 613.546.2231 ptrousdale@cswan.com
Eric Bennett 613.546.8077 ebennett@cswan.com
Andrew Bonham 613.546.8076 abonham@cswan.com
Associates:
Name Phone Email
Lisa Asbreuk 613.546.8080 lasbreuk@cswan.com
David Munday 613.546.8091 dmunday@cswan.com
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If you are starting a business:

You may need advice on matters such as incorporation, partnerships, financing, shareholder agreements and liability issues.

  • Is a sole proprietorship, partnership or incorporation the correct structure for your business?
  • Do you know your rights as a shareholder? As a partner?
  • Should you have a shareholder or partnership agreement?
  • What is your personal financial liability if the business should fail?
  • Which financing methods work best?
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If you own or operate a well established business:

You can benefit from our knowledge of business acquisition and sale, corporate reorganization and restructuring, joint ventures, franchising, corporate financing, business and tax planning and commercial security.

  • The challenges of mergers and acquisitions
  • How to value a business
  • Keep up with on-going changes to the tax laws
  • Know how to read and interpret a franchise agreement
  • Succession planning/estate freeze
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Should your business be in trouble:

You may need our assistance with bankruptcy and insolvency services to help you reorganize and re-establish security.

  • Restructuring of professional and personal debts
  • Financial consolidation and payments
  • Re-establishing creditor confidence
  • Opportunities to rebuild the business
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Services for not-for-profit and charitable organizations:

We also offer a wide range of comparable services for those working in this significant sector of the economy including:

  • structure and governance
  • registration as a charity
  • transitioning under the new federal and provincial not-for-profit legislation
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Services for the e-business sector:

Critical issues confront those in the e-business and e-commerce marketplace. Our Information Technology business practice can help you address many of these including:

  • Protecting intellectual property
  • Avoiding software piracy
  • Hosting and user agreements for Web sites
  • Trade secrets and confidentiality
  • Acquiring technology and/or software licenses
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Services for the energy sector:

Whether you are developing or hosting a power project, bidding on contracts, considering energy needs, supply options, or retrofits for your business, or are a regulated market participant, we can provide advice on commercial and regulatory issues and risks, including:

  • Renewable power project advice for landowners and developers
  • Contracting and commercial advice for businesses
  • Regulatory advice for industry participants
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