Corporate law for Ontario businesses.
From incorporating your company to buying or selling a business, we handle the corporate side in plain language – drawing on years of corporate and securities experience, all delivered remotely.
Whether you're starting out or restructuring an established company, we make the legal steps clear.
We work with founders, owner-operators, and growing companies across Ontario. Peter's background in corporate and securities law at a national firm means the same rigour on the small, important details – applied at a pace and price that fits a smaller business.
What we handle
- Incorporation (Ontario & federal)
- Corporate organization & minute books
- Shareholder agreements
- Partnership agreements
- Share purchases & sales
- Asset purchases & sales
- Corporate reorganizations
- Annual maintenance & filings
- Director & officer changes
- Dissolutions & wind-ups
Buying commercial property through your company? We can coordinate both sides – see commercial real estate.
How we work with your business
Free consultation
Tell us what you're trying to accomplish. We'll recommend the right structure and give you a clear quote.
We prepare the documents
Articles, registers, agreements, and resolutions – drafted for your situation and sent for electronic signing.
Signed & kept current
Everything is organized in your minute book, and we can keep your annual filings up to date year to year.
Clear, flat corporate fees
Flat fees for common work, so you know the cost before we begin. All fees are plus HST and disbursements (such as government filing fees).
Incorporations
- Ontario / numbered corporationArticles, minute book & organizing resolutions$1,200
- Federal incorporation$1,400
- Professional corporatione.g., medicine, dentistry, law, accounting$1,400
Corporate maintenance
- Annual resolutions & filings$480
- Minute book update / rectificationfrom $750
- Certificate of status$50 + gov. fee
General corporate work
- Hourly rateAdvice, contract drafting, negotiations$500/hr
- Standard retainer$1,500
Government filing fees – including the $300 Ontario incorporation fee – are billed as disbursements. Flat fees cover the standard scope above; we'll quote any unusual complexity up front, before any extra work begins.