Your Toronto Corporate/Commercial Lawyer
Located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, we are dedicated to helping small and medium sized businesses thrive. Principal Toronto business lawyer, Nick Wright, a certified Specialist in Corporate/Commercial law by the Law Society of Upper Canada, and his team, provide tailored legal services and business advice to help structure, acquire, finance, build and sell your company. Experienced in assisting domestic and international businesses in a wide range of industries, we take care of your businesses’ legal needs so that you can focus on what matters most.
External Corporate Counsel
We act as external corporate counsel to handle all of your businesses’ legal needs. We pride ourselves in personalized service and pragmatic business advice. We integrate with your company, getting to know you, your team and your operations, just like full time in-house corporate counsel — but without the fixed overhead.
Business Startups
Properly structuring your start-up venture from the beginning can put your business on solid footing and increase investment while limiting liability and avoiding costly and time-consuming disputes. We draw on our extensive experience working with early stage business to guide your company from corporate structuring to financing and beyond.
Shareholders Agreements
A shareholders’ agreement is an essential business document for most closely held private corporations. It governs the relationship between shareholders, the corporation and business management to protect shareholders’ interests and help prevent unexpected outcomes and disputes. Wright Business Law regularly assists clients negotiate, draft and implement shareholders agreements for closely held private corporations.
Buying and Selling a Business
When looking to buy or sell a business, having expert legal assistance from the start can save money and protect against unexpected costs, liabilities and business problems. Whether buying or selling shares or assets, we can help you negotiate the best deal and protect your interests throughout the process.
Drafting Business Contracts
We draft, review and negotiate custom business agreements to meet your business’s unique transactional needs. Whether you are entering into a lease, a joint venture agreement, or conducting the commercial sale of goods, expert legal assistance from Wright Business Law will maximize your upside gains while minimizing downside risk.
Intellectual Property (IP) Law
Protecting your business’ intellectual property can raise its valuation, ensure a right to continued use and protect against improper third-party infringement. Wright Business Law principal Nick Wright is a registered trade mark agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. We can help your company register its trademarks and copyrights, implement IP agreements and transfers and help protect against adverse use and claims.
Employment Law
Properly documenting employee and contractor hiring and termination is essential to ensure confidentiality, protect IP rights and to avoid wrongful dismissal and other claims. Wright Business Law can assist your business with hiring, managing employee and contractor agreements and carrying out terminations.
Charity and Not-For-Profit Law
Wright Business Law regularly assists with not-for-profit and charity formation, registration, compliance, governance and operations. We rely upon our expertise in the not-for-profit sector to give informed legal advice based on real-word experience.
Other Services
We also provide a wide variety of other legal services to small and medium sized businesses. To learn more, see www.wrightbusinesslaw.ca/professional-legal-services or contact us at [email protected] to arrange a free telephone consultation. We also offer in person consultations out of our office in downtown Toronto.
