Corporate Law Services For Businesses

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Business formation is the essential first step in launching a new venture. Whether you're establishing a corporation, partnership, joint venture, or sole proprietorship, the structure you choose significantly affects your legal liability, tax obligations, and long-term flexibility under corporate law. 

Our experienced business formation lawyers in Ontario provide crucial legal guidance to entrepreneurs and business owners, helping them make informed decisions from day one. We guide you through every step of the incorporation process, ensuring your business is set up for growth, compliance, and protection, while also addressing aspects such as mergers and acquisitions and shareholders agreements.

A well-drafted shareholders’ agreement is essential for defining the rights, obligations, and relationships between shareholders in a corporation. This agreement plays a crucial role in business formation by helping to prevent disputes, clarifying decision-making powers, and protecting individual interests—particularly in growing or multi-owner businesses. 

At LSC Law, we specialize in corporate law, particularly in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating shareholders’ agreements that are customized, legally enforceable, and aligned with your business goals. Whether you're launching a startup, navigating mergers and acquisitions, or restructuring ownership, we ensure your agreement covers everything from voting rights and share transfers to dispute resolution and exit strategies.

Contracts are legally binding agreements that govern critical aspects of business relationships, transactions, and obligations within a corporation. These include shareholder agreements, employment contracts, partnership agreements, independent contractor agreements, distribution agreements, and more.

We offer comprehensive legal guidance for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts to protect your business interests, mitigate risks, and ensure full compliance with Ontario corporate law. Whether you’re forming new agreements as part of your business formation process or updating existing ones, our experienced corporate lawyers provide tailored solutions to fit your specific needs, including support for mergers and acquisitions and shareholder agreements.

We provide comprehensive legal guidance for businesses involved in buying, selling, or merging companies, ensuring strategic support at every stage of the transaction. Our services in corporate law encompass:  

- Conducting due diligence to uncover liabilities and validate assets  

- Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, including shareholders agreements, that protect your interests  

- Managing deal terms and closing processes to ensure a seamless transaction in mergers and acquisitions.

Minute books are the official records that document a company’s key decisions and meeting proceedings, including minutes of shareholder and board meetings as well as formal resolutions. Our team will ensure your minute books are meticulously maintained with accuracy and full compliance with Ontario corporate law. This is especially important during business formation and for managing mergers and acquisitions. Proper minute book management is crucial for transparency, regulatory compliance, and maintaining your company’s legal standing, including adherence to shareholders agreements.

At LSC Law, our experienced corporate lawyers provide expert legal guidance in corporate law, combining deep local knowledge with Bay Street expertise to assist businesses across Ontario. We focus on business formation and offer a personalized approach tailored to your unique business goals, ensuring strategic legal solutions that support your growth. With a proven track record in handling mergers and acquisitions, as well as drafting shareholders agreements, we are a trusted partner in Ontario’s vibrant business community, committed to helping you navigate complex legal challenges with confidence.