BUSINESS & CORPORATE
STRATEGIES
Your business/corporate lawyer should be an integral member of your team. To effectively serve you, your lawyer:
- requires an understanding and a feel for your business goals;
- must be able to effectively communicate with you;
- must be able to effectively assist you to consider the implications of your intentions;
- must steer you towards cost effective legal strategies;
- must provide you with the appropriate documentation in a timely manner at a reasonable cost.
Bryon C. Cohen implements these strategies by incorporating the most fundamental lesson he learned from his first employer. He was taught to conceptualize everything that may be negative or wrong with a client’s proposed action plan and/or agreement and then to either recommend improvements or explain why the proposed action plan and/or agreement is not practical.
You as a business person and executive must collect information from your professional advisors and your business associates in addition to your research. You then need to assess all this information recognizing the approaches and viewpoints of the persons providing the information. A reasoned decision is then made by assessing the risks of one or more courses of action available to you.
If you are not satisfied with the legal advice and / or services you have been receiving or if you are starting a new business, you are invited to meet with Mr. Cohen on a complimentary basis to determine our ability to fulfill your requirements.
SERVICES
We provide the following legal services:
ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
- Asset Purchases and Sales
- Share Purchases and Sales
FRANCHISES
- Organizational documents - preparation and/or review for the Franchisor
- Review of franchise agreement, disclosure document, lease or sublease, etc. for the Franchisee
COMMERCIAL
- Commercial Leases
- Security Financing
- Commercial Agreements
BUSINESS SET-UP AND ORGANIZATION
- Incorporations
- Partnerships
- Joint Ventures
- Shareholder Agreements
- Partnership Agreements
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- Annual Meetings and Resolutions
- Shareholders’ and Directors’ resolutions
- Correcting and Updating Minute Books
CORPORATE REORGANIZATIONS
- Corporate Tax Planned Rollovers
- Amalgamations
- Continuance to or from another jurisdiction
EMPLOYMENT/HIRING STRATEGIES
- Employment Agreements
- Employment Policies and Manuals
- Non - Competition Agreements
- Confidentiality Agreements
- Independent Contractor Agreements
For those business clients entrusting us with ongoing legal work, we act in a corporate counsel role to the extent requested. In order for our business clients to experience seamless service, we direct our clients to trade mark and patent specialists, litigation and tax counsel after assessing the client’s requirements and suggesting and/or evaluating strategies.
We also work diligently with our clients to avoid costly litigation by evaluating cost effective alternatives. If requested, we represent our clients at pre-litigation mediation.