At LexCounsel, we provide end-to-end legal services for all your commercial transaction needs. From incorporating your business to maintaining minute books, structuring your corporation, and facilitating the purchase or sale of shares or assets, we are your comprehensive legal partner. Our experienced team is dedicated to ensuring that your business relationships and operations are sound, beneficial, and legally secure.
Our Expertise
Commercial Leasing and Sub-Leasing: Structuring agreements for commercial leases and sub-leases.
Franchise Agreements: Drafting and negotiating franchise contracts and disclosures, including handling renewals, terminations, and resolving disputes.
Licensing and Distribution Agreements: Ensuring your licensing and distribution arrangements are legally binding and tailored to your business needs.
Supplier and Dealership Agreements: Protecting your supply chain and dealership relationships with clear and enforceable contracts.
Credit and Loan Agreements: Drafting agreements that establish favorable terms for business financing.
Additionally, we specialize in Buying and Selling Businesses. Whether you’re acquiring or selling a business, our team provides expert guidance on Asset Purchases and Share Purchases agreements, helping you navigate the complexities of each transaction. We also assist with all stages of commercial transactions, including due diligence, negotiation, and closing deals, ensuring every detail is meticulously handled.
Our services also include Share Restructuring and Corporate Restructuring. If your business requires changes in its corporate structure, we offer solutions to restructure share ownership or reorganize the entire corporate framework to achieve specific financial or operational goals. Our team will guide you through these complex processes, ensuring legal compliance while optimizing your business structure.
We also offer tailored advice on Shareholder Agreements, essential for defining the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of each shareholder. These agreements are crucial for preventing conflicts, establishing governance procedures, and outlining dispute resolution methods.
By leveraging our expertise, we help clients reduce risks and achieve favorable outcomes aligned with their business objectives.

Minute Book and Record-Keeping Services
Understanding and adhering to corporate law requirements is essential for businesses incorporated in Ontario or across Canada. Our team provides expert assistance in maintaining compliance with these legal obligations and offers the following services:
By-law Drafting and Amendments: Drafting and revising corporate by-laws to ensure compliance with current laws.
Resolutions and Meeting Minutes: Preparing resolutions for special and annual meetings and documenting detailed minutes to ensure proper corporate governance.
Corporate Documents: Drafting and filing essential corporate documents, including Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amalgamation, Articles of Amendment, Articles of Dissolution, etc.
Register and Ledger Maintenance: Ensuring the accuracy of corporate registers, such as director and shareholder registers, and maintaining share transfer records.
Statutory Filings: Handling filings such as Form 1 for changes to the board of directors or registered office address.
Shareholder Agreements: Drafting and preparing shareholder agreements to clearly define ownership and rights.
Share Certificates: Issuing, cancelling, and transferring share certificates as required.
We ensure compliance with statutory obligations, contributing to effective corporate governance and business continuity.
Corporate Due Diligence
Our comprehensive corporate search services are designed to help you make informed decisions and ensure legal compliance. We provide the following search services:
PPSA (Personal Property Security Act) Searches: Checking for any liens or claims on personal property. We also provide services to register PPSA Liens.
Corporate Profile Reports: Providing a detailed overview of corporate entities.
Certificates of Status: Verifying a corporation’s standing with regulatory authorities.
Bank Act Section 427 Searches: Conducting searches related to a corporation’s banking activities.
Court Searches for Corporations: Investigating any ongoing or past litigation involving a corporation.
Our thorough search services give you the information you need to make confident, well-informed business decisions while ensuring your compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
