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START UPS & BUSINESS LAW

Thackray Burgess serves the needs of entrepreneurs, small and large, from start-up and growth to disposition. We have extensive experience in a number of areas, including such matters as the following:

BUSINESS STRUCTURES
Corporations, joint ventures, partnerships and other business structures
Incorporations and extra-provincial registrations
Unanimous shareholder agreements
Corporate reorganizations and amalgamations
Specialized share terms and conditions
Limited partnerships

CAPITALIZATION
Strategies and alternative structures
Ownership and control dilution issues
Flow through shares

FINANCING
Preparing and reviewing loan and security documentation
PPSA matters

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Acquisition & divestiture of assets and corporations
Minute book due diligence and reconstruction
Tax rollovers
Competition Act filings

"GENERAL COUNSEL" SERVICES
Legal project management
Interface with tax, accounting, patent and other advisors

"CUSTOMIZED" BUSINESS AGREEMENTS TAILORED TO SPECIFIC SITUATIONS
Consulting, employment and commission agreements
Technology and product licensing and technology transfer
Distributorship agreements
Equipment and service supply

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Board meetings
Shareholder meetings
Regulatory Compliance
Directors' duties
Conflicts of interest
Special committees

PREPARATIONS FOR GOING PUBLIC
Platforms and strategies for growth and going public
IPO's
RTO's

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Employment and consulting arrangements
"Golden" parachutes
Option agreements
Direct participation plans (e.g. royalties)

Our lawyers have provided such services in a variety of business sectors. We enjoy the challenge of providing business sensitive support during all phases of business growth. For those clients who are starting up as non-public entities but have plans to enter the public markets in the future, we are able to provide the necessary services to help "incubate" the entity from private to public status. For management teams contemplating entry into the public markets we can provide advice and guidance to help assess whether transition to the "public" arena is appropriate.

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