Your company is a tenant in premises governed by a commercial lease. You love the strategic location, the rent is reasonable, your neighbours are friendly and all this is located just minutes away from an excellent Vietnamese restaurant. Even better, there are still six years left to go on the lease and you have a […]
Instead of launching a new business from scratch, many entrepreneurs prefer buying one already in existence. Whether it be purchasing a corporation’s shares or buying the bulk of its assets, it is essential that such an important investment be preceded by a thorough review of the target business. In other words, just as you wouldn’t […]
Corporate book, minute book, company book, whatever you want to call it, for many corporations this (in)famous book is quietly gathering dust on a shelf. In a previous post, we discussed the importance of keeping the corporate book up to date. But what should entrepreneurs do should they unfortunately lose their minute book? As it […]
The old adage that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” is particularly appropriate when it comes to business law. I am often called upon by clients to resolve legal issues which could have been easily avoided had we used a preventive approached and addressed them in a timely manner. In an ill-advised effort to save on legal […]