Local service meets downtown expertise in Etobicoke
Combining personal support with seamless legal solutions for businesses and individuals, we handle your business needs, property transactions, will drafting, estate administration, and more, simply.
A B O U T U S
Building personal connections, serving your priorities
Your legal peace of mind, in business and life, starts at a personal level
Trusted relationships are the core of our firm’s operations. When you rely on us for your legal needs, you’ll work directly with one of our partners, Amanda Smyth or Carrie Ritchie.
Our skills and experience span broad practice areas, with roots in Etobicoke and the GTA legal community, while our straightforward approach takes care of all your legal needs professionally.
W H O W E H E L P
Achieve commercial success and lifelong legal well-being
With our equal parts business law and personal law expertise, your company, real estate, wills, and estate are in safe and capable hands.
Business Law
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Get your business started on the right foot, with a solid foundation for incorporation and operations. We help you draft and file articles of incorporation, create bylaws, appoint directors and officers, and issue shares.
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Build durable business partnerships and ventures, by outlining roles and responsibilities, to prevent future disputes from the outset. We draft your partnership agreements and venture contracts, outlining profit/loss sharing arrangements, and setting governance structures.
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Simplify your commercial property transactions, whether buying, selling, or leasing. We expertly draft purchase agreements, lease contracts, and mortgage documents, and complete title searches, property appraisals, and financing arrangements, and assist with due diligence.
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Keep your business in alignment with an ever-evolving business environment. We identify and advise you on potential risks, while ensuring legal compliance and operational understanding of all your business deals and corporate documents.
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Whether cleaning up your operations after a merger, or maintaining the company’s future stability, we smooth out corporate transitions. From estate freezes and rollover transactions, to consolidating organizational charts and corporate entities, leverage reorganization for long-term success.
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Achieve seamless transactions, mergers, and acquisitions, for your companies and their assets. Our expertise and advice help you easily negotiate terms and draft agreements, to address complex issues like valuation, taxes, and integration planning.
Personal Law
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With over a decade of expertise, we ensure smooth transactions when you’re buying or selling residential properties. From drafting and reviewing purchase and sale agreements, to conducting title searches, we avoid common issues, to facilitate legally sound transfers of ownership.
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Simply refinance your mortgage on better terms or at lower rates. We’ll walk you through your loan agreements, to address any issues related to your property’s title or existing liens, and forefront your interests at every step in the process.
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Easily plan the distribution of your assets through a will, to allocate the management of your affairs through power of attorney. Our personal professional service for the execution of your will makes a difficult time a little less difficult, with all documents properly drafted, executed, and complying with relevant laws.
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During an already difficult time, we can assist and ensure your lasting legacy for your loved ones, by managing and distributing your estate according to your will or intestacy laws. Our expertise helps the executor or estate trustee effectively settle your affairs, such as obtaining probate, paying debts and taxes, and distributing assets to beneficiaries.
B L O G P O S T S
We bring the law to your fingertips
Our blog makes the legal world engaging and accessible to everyone. For seasoned professionals and curious readers alike, we cover a fascinating range of topics, like practical tips and intriguing case studies, to inspire and empower everyone’s legal understanding.
C O N T A C T U S
Let’s talk about your legal needs today.
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