The Anatomy of a Shareholders' Agreement: What Every Founder Must Know
Before you incorporate, before you raise capital, before you take on a partner you need to understand what a shareholders' agreement actually does and why the boilerplate version could cost you everything.
Read Article →Federal vs. provincial, what forms to file, costs involved, and what happens after. A complete practical guide.
The SHA is the constitution of your company's relationships. Here's what every clause means.
One of the most fundamental decisions in any business acquisition and buyers and sellers almost always want opposite things.
Every clause in the APS has legal significance. Understand what you're signing before you put pen to paper.
Title is your legal right to own property. Encumbrances can limit that right and title insurance protects you.
Commercial leases are complex, heavily negotiated, and heavily consequential. Here is what every key clause means.
Bar Prep
View all →UBE, MPRE, NYLE, pro bono everything you need to get admitted to the New York bar.
The MEE rewards structured legal analysis, not volume. Here's how to approach every question from someone who passed.
The Ontario bar is open-book but that doesn't make it easy. Here's exactly how to prepare, from someone who did it.
The $35,000 limit, how to file, how to defend, settlement conferences, and realistic timelines.
Why a contested action can realistically take 3 to 5 years — and what the process looks like from start to finish.
Two powerful remedies for shareholders and creditors when corporate misconduct occurs.
Who you can raise money from and how depends entirely on how your investors are classified.
NI 45-106 and Regulation D the most commonly used exemptions for private company capital raises.