Business and Investment: Incorporation, Registration and Other Business Structures
There are significant advantages to evaluating business legal structures and choosing the structure for your business or investment.
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- Jun 14
Incorporation ... Now What? - Corporate Records & Corporate Maintenance Obligations
Anyone who has incorporated a company must be familiar and ensure compliance with corporate records & corporate maintenance obligations.
- Apr 1
Non-disclosure Agreement or "NDA": Five Things To Consider Before Speaking To Your Lawyer
The Non-disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) is one of the important "basic" documents that every business should have and use.
- Dec 31, 2022
The Letter of Intent or "LOI" - Five Things To Consider Before Speaking To Your Lawyer
The Letter of Intent, “LOI”, Memorandum of Understanding or "MOU" can be a very important element of proper deal management.
- Dec 16, 2022
Small Business & Start-ups: Part 2: Financing
This article details practical tips intended to direct new ventures in the right direction and potentially avoid common financing problems.
- Apr 17, 2022
The Shareholders' Agreement: Key Considerations by Privately Held Companies and Start-ups
Any business that has two or more shareholders should seriously consider having a shareholders' agreement.
- Jan 3, 2022
CORPORATE LAW UPDATE: Transparency Register of Shareholders
BC requires private companies to create and maintain a transparency register listing the identities of significant shareholders.
- Mar 15, 2021
CSA Outlines Disclosure Expectations for Public Companies and Crypto Assets
The CSA has issued a Staff Notice to improve the quality of disclosures provided by issuers that engage materially with crypto assets.
- Jan 5, 2021
CORPORATE LAW UPDATE: Private CBCA Corporations To Maintain Detailed Information About Individuals
Private CBCA Corporations Will Be Required To Maintain Detailed Information About Individuals
- Oct 3, 2019
Small Business & Start-ups: Part 3 (continued) -Employees and Contractors
This article will focus on the life of a small business or start-up – the growth of a business in terms of employees and consultants.
- Oct 3, 2019
Small Business & Start-ups: Part 3 - Management and Advisory Boards
This article will focus on the life of a small business or start-up – the growth of a business in terms of directors and advisers.
- Sep 22, 2019
Small Business & Start-ups: Part 1: Business Structure
There are significant advantages to considering various business legal structures and choosing the right legal structure for your business.
- May 2, 2019
Talking To Lawyers: The "Company" or "Corporation"
This article outlines the who, what, where, when and why of the most common form of business in BC - the "company" or the "corporation".
- Apr 16, 2019
Talking To Lawyers: The Limited Partnership & LLP
Limited partnerships and LLPs, unlike a general partnership but similar to corporations, require formal creation before they are effective.
- Jan 22, 2019
Talking To Lawyers: The General Partnership
If you are carrying on a business with other persons without incorporating you are probably a partnership.
- Jan 21, 2019
Talking To Lawyers: The Sole Proprietorship
Business Structures: The Sole Proprietorship
- Oct 4, 2018
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the B-Corporation: Part Two.
Bill M 216 – 2018 seeks to amend the BCBCA to facilitate and govern the formal creation of a "benefit company" in British Columbia.
- May 20, 2015
SECURITIES LAW UPDATE: Certain Regulators (including BC) to Adopt Start-up Crowdfunding Exemptions
Certain securities regulators announced new crowd funding registration and prospectus exemptions.
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