We give businesses in northeastern Alberta practical legal advice when they set up, sign contracts, lease space, or face a dispute.
We write your documents in plain words, under Alberta law, with no needless complexity.
We can incorporate your company under Alberta's Business Corporations Act, prepare a shareholder agreement, or review a commercial lease before you sign it.
If a dispute comes up, we can help you resolve it.
A corporation is a separate legal person. It can limit your personal liability, help with tax planning, and make it easier to raise money or sell the business. Whether it suits you depends on your type of business, income, risk, and plans. Our business and commercial law practice can help you decide.
It should cover who owns the shares and how they can be sold, who makes decisions, dividends, how disputes are settled, buyouts, non-compete terms, and what happens if a shareholder dies, becomes disabled, or wants to leave. Without one, disputes can be slow and costly.
Yes. It sets out the work, the payment, who owns the intellectual property, confidentiality, and how the contract can end. It also helps show that the person is an independent contractor and not an employee, which matters for legal and tax purposes.
In a sole proprietorship, you and the business are the same in law, so you are personally responsible for all its debts. A corporation is a separate legal person. It can protect you from liability and may offer tax advantages, but it costs more to set up and run.
These answers are general information about the law, not legal advice. Reading this page or contacting us does not make you our client.
