Start-Up and Early Stage Businesses

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Start –Up and Early Stage Businesses

The Firm understands the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs in starting new businesses and we are keen to assist you in meeting those challenges and evolving your ideas into a successful business opportunity.

We understand you wish to develop and grow ideas, seize opportunities, avoid risk and limit costs. We use our experience and understanding of how companies are formed, financed and grown to guide you through all the stages of development, combining our practical legal advice and our sound business judgement. We are experienced in delivering maximum effectiveness and efficiencies for entrepreneurial clients launching a new business venture.

Our partners advise on all relevant issues including corporate and tax structuring, corporate finance, intellectual property, employee benefits and compensation, patents and innovation and corporate governance. Our interdisciplinary approach enables us to serve as strategic advisors through all stages of growth of an emerging company, helping the company’s founders attain their goals and seeing the company reach its optimal potential.

We also have extensive experience and knowledge in all aspects of franchising, enabling a broad range of advice to both franchisees and franchisors. Whether new to the franchise business, well established in operations or looking to expand operations. We can provide the appropriate legal advice from both a practical and business perspective. Our team is adept in the negotiation, structuring, set-up, branding, operation, expansion, acquisition or disposition of a franchise business.

Given the unique needs of an emerging business, we provide tailored legal services including flat rate fees for several matters.

Significant Areas of Service

  • Drafting the standard agreements, contracts and documents required to get your business up and running
  • Advice on your business structure
  • Assistance with incorporation
  • Advice on non-disclosure agreements and other ways to protect your ideas
  • Advice on intellectual property matters including copyrights, patents and licenses
  • Advice on how to find and attract investors to your company
  • Advice and preparation of financing documents
  • Advice on employment policies, procedures, and agreements
  • Guidance on early stage tax considerations and issues
  • Advice on corporate governance matters
  • Assistance with the transactional aspects of the business