Mann and Partners, LLP - Business Law Services

Business Law

We offer a full business law service and would be pleased to assist you with all of your business law needs.

In supporting our clients fully, we assist you in achieving your goals and objectives. We take that extra step to make sure we get to know you personally, to understand your business and the nature of your legal needs. We listen to what you are looking for and work hard to find advice or solutions tailor-made for your needs.

At Mann & Partners, LLP, we give practical "real world" advice and offer value-added solutions to empower you in making efficient and cost-effective choices and decisions.

Our clients range in size from one-person service businesses to large well-established commercial operations in most industry sectors. Our clients appreciate the professional, efficient, timely and innovative approach we take in providing our legal services. We offer a broad range of legal services to meet your business law needs:

Business Formation and Management

Advice on business plans and business structures including taxation matters
Creation of corporations, both for profit and not-for-profit
Creation of Partnerships, both limited and general
By-law and minute book review and preparation
Name searches and registrations
Advice on personal asset protection
Organization and management of businesses, including partnership agreements, shareholders agreements, voting trusts, joint venture agreements and consortium agreements
Corporate continuances and dissolutions

Business Acquisitions, Sales and Mergers

Share purchases and share sales and the preparation of requisite and agreements and the negotiation of such transactions
Asset purchase and asset sales and the preparation of requisite and agreements and the negotiation of these transactions
Corporate mergers and reorganizations
Franchise acquisitions and sales
Non-disclosure agreements
Non-solicitation and non-competition agreements
Corporate opinions

Succession Planning

Business restructuring
Management buyouts
Estate freezes
Trusts
Estate Planning

Special Issues Affecting Family Businesses

Shareholder Issues
"Sharing the Pie"
Succession Planning
Mediation of Family Disputes

Regulatory Matters, Registrations and Searches

Provincial and Federal registrations
Extra-provincial registrations
Privacy law compliance audits and privacy plans
Advising on taxation issues
PPSA registrations
Bulk Sales compliance
Bank Act and Bankruptcy searches

Franchise Law and Licensing

Preparation of Franchisor Disclosure documentation
Preparation of Franchise Agreements, review and advising on such agreements
Advising on legislative compliance
Intellectual Property licensing

Commercial Leasing

Negotiating and preparation of Offers to Lease
Negotiating and preparation of commercial leases, including: retail, office, building, land and farm leases
Subleases, assignments and termination agreements
Licensing
Landlord enforcement
Tenant protection

Please see our other commercial real estate services.

Employment

Preparation of employment agreements
Profit sharing plans
Employee share option plans

Please see our other employment law services.

Business Governance

Advising Officers, Board of Directors and Partners on governance issues including conflict of interest, liability issues and risk management
Preparation of resolutions and minutes of meetings
Preparation of notices of meetings, proxies and information circulars

General Commercial and Contract

Commercial contract drafting and review
Distribution agreements
Supplier agreements
Contractor and subcontractor agreements
Personal property leasing agreements
Conditional sale agreements

Information Technology

Software and hardware licensing
Teaming agreements
Contracting Out agreements
Channel Partner agreements
Beta agreements
Product and Service agreements
Support plans and agreements
OEM agreements
Reseller agreements
Webpage development agreements
RFP reviews

Financing

Preparation of loan documentation including loan agreements, general security agreements and promissory notes
Bank due diligence reviews and opinions
Subscription plans and agreements
Debentures
Pledge agreements
Negotiating and assisting with secured financing
Real property financing

Financial Risk Management

Collections
Restructuring and creditor proofing
Negotiations with creditors and debtors
Proposals and Bankruptcy and Insolvency matters

For more information about our business law services and for any advice in relation to your specific situation or circumstance please contact us today.