Practice Areas

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We advise on all aspects of a business’s operations and strategy, including starting new ventures, ensuring corporate governance compliance, conducting strategic planning, raising debt or equity financing, buying or selling all or part of a business or carrying out corporate reorganizations.

We provide a full range of privacy and cybersecurity legal services. From workplace privacy issues, to cybersecurity planning and risk management, to innovative marketing and big data analytics projects, we help ensure that your activities are aligned with key objectives and evolving standards.

We can advise buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, developers and investors and landlords and tenants, in respect of office, retail, industrial and institutional properties. We can take on your leasing, development, infrastructure and network projects with practical experience.

While always ensuring our clients are litigation ready, we help our clients develop effective risk management strategies to proactively address potential exposures and mitigate the threat of complex litigation. However, when litigation is unavoidable, we defend our clients in a strategic, co-ordinated and cost-effective manner. 

We offer a comprehensive range of services to clients with entertainment or sports-related legal needs. We help businesses and individuals achieve their desired outcomes - from securing the best deals to winning contentious disputes. Whether it's music, television, film, theatre, book publishing, video games or sports, we know what it takes to protect and market your brand.

We help emerging Canadian franchisors launch or expand their businesses across the country. We help franchisees negotiate Franchise Agreements and have a thorough understanding of the franchise business model to help meet our clients’ requirements. We are support our clients with navigating challenges, and providing the most efficient path to success. 

We have a depth of expertise in medicinal and recreational cannabis. We have worked very closely with the legislation since its inception and understand the commercial, cultural and political dynamics at play. We advise on all legal aspects including navigating government relations, regulatory compliance and marketing. Whether you are a licensed producer or in retail sales we have you covered.

We advise start-ups, established companies, investors and cryptocurrency infrastructure and mining companies on cryptocurrency trading, mining, custody solutions, initial coin offerings (ICOs), tokenized business models, cryptocurrency derivatives and related financial instruments. We develop tailor made solutions and are adaptable to a rapidly changing and developing industry.

We have experience and breadth of knowledge to advise small to large scale mining companies on all issues they face through every phase of the mining cycle – from initial exploration to the establishment of large-scale operations. We understand the intricacies related to the mining industry including environmental and corporate social responsibility obligations.