Areas of Proficiency
Contract Negotiation & Drafting
As a client, you define your expectations and we ensure that the contract you are signing is aligned with your expectations and clearly sets out each party's rights and obligations. We are ready and willing to attend at business meetings and to provide advice or act as a sounding-board during the negotiation process.
Corporate Strategy & Development
Do others want to work with you are want to avail themselves of your good or service? Are you pursuing all of those opportunities or just the right ones? Are you engaged in long sales cycles which may exceed time-sensitive financial needs? We are interested in learning about our clients' short-term objectives and long-term goals. We are more interested in collaboratively assisting our clients' in identifying those paths, clients and partners which efficiently drive toward those objectives and goals.
Corporate Structure & Organization
Federal or Provincial Corporation? Limited Partnership? How many shares can be issued and to whom? What are the terms of a unanimous shareholders agreement? Who drafts the term-sheet and what should it contain? What is needed in preparation for a going public transaction? What set of accounting rules should the financial statements adopt? We can answer all of these questions and more, along with providing personalized guidance through the structuring or restructuring process.
Business Plan Development & Refinement
Business plans are frequently drafted to impress a lender or investor and are largely under-utilized by management. A proper business plan will set out objectives, goals, marketing strategies, financial forecasts and objectives. Advanced business plans will follow the advice of General Covey and "Start with the end in mind" and will be subject to active monitoring and decisive changes as required. We can assist in the drafting, reviewing and researching which may be required to support the creation of a business plan. We can also provide confidential quarterly bench-marking reports on actual performance.
Exempt-market Financing
Developing your business costs money. Do your friends and family want to invest or is your business ready to seek third-party funding from strategic partners, angel investors or venture capital groups? We can assist you in seeking sources of funding, regulatory compliance and preparing your company for the due diligence process.
Commercial Leasing
We are regularly retained to draft, review and negotiate commercial lease agreements on behalf of both landlords and tenants. This is an area of need that young companies overlook. There may be restrictions on your use of the premises you are renting. The lease may contain clauses that permit the landlord to require additional monies, increase your additional rent, relocate your operations or to terminate the lease prematurely.