Incorporations, shareholder agreements, commercial contracts and compliance, drafted by lawyers who work with businesses like yours.
Most business legal problems are contracts that were never written, or were signed without review. A business lawyer earns their fee by preventing the dispute, not just fighting it: a clear shareholders agreement, a real NDA, a franchise document actually read before signing.
Olanur matches you with verified business and corporate lawyers for the documents and decisions your company runs on, whether you are incorporating this month or untangling a partnership.
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Help incorporating an Ontario business, including basic setup support so the company starts on a clean legal footing.
Registration of a business name in Ontario under the Business Names Act for sole proprietors and small businesses.
Drafting of a shareholders agreement that settles ownership rights, voting, dispute handling and exits before they become fights.
Drafting of an agreement for Ontario general or limited partnerships, covering roles, profit sharing, management and exits.
Your minute book has not been touched since incorporation. A lawyer brings the corporate records up to date with the resolutions, registers and share records a lender, buyer or the CRA will eventually ask for.
Documents for a shareholder transfer, founder exit, share buyback or other ownership change in a private corporation, done cleanly so the cap table stays defensible.
Help closing a corporation or business registration properly, with the resolutions and filings that stop taxes, fees and liability from following you after the business is gone.
Drafting of a non-disclosure agreement that actually protects the confidential information you share with employees, contractors, vendors or partners.
Drafting of an MSA for ongoing business-client relationships, covering scope, payment, liability, confidentiality and termination.
Drafting or review of a contractor agreement that nails down services, payment, ownership of the work and termination, and keeps the contractor a contractor in the eyes of the law.
A core policy package for small businesses: conduct, harassment, remote work, vacation, sick leave, discipline and privacy expectations, written down before you need to rely on them.
Drafting of website or app Terms of Service and a Privacy Policy that set user rules, data practices and liability limits.
Drafting of a CASL compliance policy for businesses that send commercial emails or texts, covering consent and unsubscribe practices.
A search and Canadian trademark application for your brand name, logo or slogan, filed properly the first time so you are not rebranding in three years.
An agreement that transfers or confirms who owns creative work, software, designs or content, so the business actually owns what it paid to have created.
Drafting or review of terms for software, app or website development: milestones, payment, IP ownership, acceptance and support, agreed before the first invoice instead of after the first dispute.
A consultation for businesses dealing with a data breach or privacy incident, covering containment, notification obligations and what to put in writing while the clock is running.
A lawyer reads the Franchise Disclosure Document before you sign, flags the risks, and tells you what you are actually committing to.
Review of an asset purchase, share purchase or small business sale agreement before signing, focused on the liabilities, closing conditions and indemnities that decide who carries the risk.
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Before signing anything you cannot easily undo: a lease, a franchise agreement, a partnership, or bringing on a co-owner. A shareholders or partnership agreement drafted at the start costs a fraction of the litigation that replaces it later.
Templates cover the average case, and disputes never happen in the average case. A lawyer tailors the scope, exits and remedies to your actual business, which is exactly the part templates get wrong.
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