BUSINESS LAW
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You finally found a qualified lawyer that understands your business and entrepreneurial drive. EFV Legal specializes in Online Businesses, Small Businesses and Solopreneur Ventures. We know exactly what you are trying to build and cannot wait to help you.
A MODERN APPROACH TO BUSINESS LAW SERVICES
View our Suite of Corporate Services to Support your Full Business Venture
BUSINESS SET-UP & EXPANSION
Establish and elevate your business with our strategic advisement on Business Set-Up and Expansion. We specialize in providing business advisory and strategic guidance to help you choose the optimal business structure that aligns seamlessly with your goals and growth plans. Whether considering a sole proprietorship, partnership, or incorporation, we offer tailor-made solutions to protect your assets, limit liability, and facilitate share structures. From straightforward arrangements for single ownership to intricate setups accommodating multiple shareholders and investors, our expertise ensures your business plan is reflected in the most effective and legally sound manner. Trust us to simplify the entire process, ensuring your business is not only structured for success but also ready for the complexities of multiple stakeholders.
Business Advisory Services
Consultations to provide tailored legal strategies based on your business plan to optimize your success with you business venture.
Sole Proprietorship Registration
Registration of Provincial Sole Proprietorship, a low-cost way to start your business.
Partnership Registration
Bringing on a Partner? Official registration of a General Partnership, Limited Partnership, or a Limited Liability Partnership.
Partnership Agreements
More than a handshake deal, a Partnership Agreement formalizes the relationship between partners who have a vested interest in the business with a view to profit.
Provincial Incorporation Services
Provincial Business Incorporation Services to take your business to the next level with personal liability protection and tax benefits.
Federal Incorporation Services
Federal Business Incorporation Services to take your business across Canada, based on your size of business, growth goals and business plan.
Professional Incorporation Services
Services to help professionals incorporate their practice.
Shareholder Agreement
Investing in the success of your business with two or more shareholders. A shareholders agreement outlines the rights and obligations of the shareholders of a Company.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
A concierge approach to corporate well-being with our Business Management Services, offering comprehensive full-service solutions where EFV Legal handles everything for you. Our Annual Corporate Maintenance Concierge package ensures full compliance with your obligations under the Ontario Business Corporations Act and Canada Business Corporations Act. This includes annual return filings, corporate minute book updates, and all other necessary filings. Let EFV Legal be your dedicated partner, seamlessly overseeing and managing your corporation’s needs. Trust us to streamline the process, allowing you the freedom to focus on your business.
Annual Corporate Maintenance
Full Concierge Services and Packages are available for Annual Corporate Maintenance.
Business Filings
Ensure compliance with necessary filing deadlines, changing a registered address, directors, or updates to your registers.
Corporate Minute Book Management
Drafting all required resolutions annually to ensure your Corporate Minute Book is up to date.
Tradename Registrations
Official name registrations to secure the operating name of your business.
BESPOKE LEGAL CONTRACTS
Bespoke and tailor-made contracts crafted specifically for you. Our approach ensures that your agreements are uniquely tailored to your values and policies – nothing is cookie cutter here. We draft custom, for you, every time. From drafting contracts designed to protect your assets, to handling difficult situations, or to comprehensive contract reviews identifying strengths and weaknesses, our expertise allows us to review, draft, amend, and negotiate agreements for you. Trust EFV Legal to handle the intricacies, so you can focus on what matters most – the success of your business.
Service Agreements
Outline terms of the deal when providing services to Clients.
Website Compliance Policies
By law every website requires a Policy Policy, we offer a compliance bundle with a Terms and Condition and Disclaimer.
Joint Venture and Collaboration Agreements
All agree to the same terms when entering into business projects with other parties.
Podcast Compliance Agreements
Podcast compliance bundle allows you to protect your podcast, and any guests you may have on your show.
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Safeguard sensitive business information with a non-disclosure agreement to facilitate trust between parties.
E-Commerce Agreements
If you are selling anything online, or automating your check out process this is for you.
Vendor Agreements
Establish relationships with wholesalers and vendors for your next project.
Retreat Agreements
For TICO-compliant retreats, these agreements are designed for participants signing up.
Waivers of Liability
Get participants to acknowledge the risks.
Media Release Forms
Get permission and ownership over media to use for your own purpose.
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BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
Handle efficient business transactions with EFV Legal. Our services cover Commercial Transactions, Asset Sales, Share Sales, Contract Negotiation, and the intricacies of mergers and acquisitions. Whether you’re buying or selling, our team is dedicated to facilitating smooth and efficient transactions. Our expertise extends to Client Conflict Advisory and Demand Letters, ensuring proactive resolutions to potential challenges. At EFV Legal, we’re here to simplify your business dealings, providing practical guidance and robust support throughout the process.
Commercial Transactions
Facilitating complex deals from asset deals to share deals so you can easily sell you business, or buy your next project.
Contract Negotiations
Negotiating contracts on your behalf to ensure your needs and bottom lines are met.
Lease Agreement Review
Thorough review and analysis of lease agreements to ensure they match business goals.
Client Conflict Advisory
Strategic advisory on navigating client disputes with done-for-you services, and done-with-you services. No litigation services.
Demand Letters
An assertive legal document, outlining grievances and expectations to reach a resolution.
Cease and Desist Letters
An assertive legal document requesting the immediate cessation of unwanted actions to reach a resolution.
STOP THINKING ONLY THE BIG GUYS NEED LEGAL, WE SERVE THE LITTLE GUYS TOO.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Explore confident Intellectual Property management with EFV Legal. Our suite of services, including Licensing Agreements, Intellectual Property Agreements, Brand Partnerships, and Online Monitoring, is tailored to protect your innovations. Partner with us to leverage you intellectual assets. From inception, scaling operations, or to navigating mergers and acquisitions, we assist in securing and enhancing our clients’ intellectual property assets. Drawing on our extensive knowledge of IP laws and strategy, we deliver a tailored suite of specialized services designed to protect and elevate the value of your intellectual property assets.
IP Consulting and Strategy
Consultations to provide tailored legal strategies for the advancement of your Intellectual Property.
Influencer and UGC Advisement
Navigating Influencer and UGC Agreements for creatives and how to legally incorporate them into your business.
Brand Partnerships
Structuring and negotiating Brand Partnerships to ensure your brand reach and influence.
Licensing Agreements
Bring in additional streams of revenue with Licensing Agreements.
Online Monitoring
Concierge services to manage your Intellectual Property Portfolio with an monthly mentorship to safeguard your IP.
Cease and Desist Letters
An assertive legal document requesting the immediate cessation of unwanted actions to reach a resolution.
TEAM EXPANSION
Hiring and Firing are complicated aspects of business culture. Ensuring you bring on new staff – whether it be employees, contractors or dependent contractors – under legal compliance will assist you to not only understanding what you want from your new team member, but also what your obligations are to that other person, and what you can do if they are no longer needed. We can help you understand what kind of team member you need, what you’re allowed to ask of them, and how to best set them and your business up for success.
Team Expansion Advisory
Advisement and education employee hiring, independent contractors and dependent contractors.
Independent Contractor Agreements
Hire new contractors with Independent Contractor Agreements that reflect the relationship and various paying structures.
Terminating Procedures
Terminating staff is not as always as it seems. Assistance with contractor termination, dependent contractor termination and employment termination policies under the Employment Standards Act.
Employment Agreement
Bring on Employees with Employment Agreements that navigate the complexities of employee - employer relationships.
Employee Handbooks
Document company policies, work culture, and employer expectations on performance and behaviour when onboarding new employees.
ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LAWYER – YES, YOUR LAWYER.
ROUTINE INQUIRIES
just a few of your most frequently asked questions...
We cannot give legal advice to you during the complimentary consultation. We offer these consultations as an opportunity to hear your matter and assess how we can best help you – if at all. This is also an opportunity for you to decide if you want to retain us.
Often people think something is just a “quick question” because of how quickly they can ask it, and not how long it takes to answer it.
Simply put, the answer is rarely ever quick – even if we talk really fast – and means that to answer it appropriately we need to understand the situation. We are happy to answer all of your “quick questions” at our hourly rate once you’ve retained our firm or joined our Subscription Legal Services.
Our Firm has Lawyers from the Province of Ontario, Canada who are Called to the Bar of Ontario.
Important to note: the laws of each jurisdiction are different and there are nuances to the legal rules of each Province, State or Country. If you are outside Ontario, we practice general legal principles specific to your industry.
Connect with us to learn more about how we can help you and get your business legally protected and legitimate!
Don’t worry, we do! We promise you do not need to have it all figured out, and most of our clients actually got more clarity in their business after hiring us! Some came to us with an idea and ended up booking their first clients that same week. One of our most popular services is the Legal Audit. It is a comprehensive ninety-minute appointment to dive into every aspect of your business and put together a legal roadmap for the next six to eighteen months of your business. Let this be your starting point.
A retainer is a fee paid in advance to secure the services of a our law firm. This fee is paid at the beginning of a legal representation and is used to cover future services.
Our demographic is small businesses and entrepreneurs. We know your pockets are not as deep as some of your counter-parts. We do what we can to provide fixed fees and transparent pricing at the onset of every project we work on so you never have any surprises. For projects outside of scope like questions and consults, we bill at our hourly rate until we can define a new project scope. For more comprehensive support join our Legal Subscription Services.