Our Clients and Services

We service the needs of a broad range of clients.  See what services we can provide for you.

Individuals and Families

• Buying or Selling a Home - Let us take the guesswork and confusion out of the process by preparing your contract and helping you close the deal.  We can help relieve some of the stress by explaining the process, preparing and explaining all the documents involved and resolving issues that come up after signing the contract.
• Transferring Property to Family Member -  Let us prepare proper documents so the transfer so that everything is transferred properly.
• Borrowing Money - We can advise you on the different options for financing, review your documents, advise you about your obligations and the best way to proceed
• Living Together - Whether you are contemplating marriage or not, we can help protect your assets.
• Wills and Estate Plannning - People of all ages and income levels need a will.  You know better how to distribute your money and possessions than the Alberta legislature.  Let us help put your wishes in writing.
• Guardians - Rather than worry about who will raise your children, Let us help you put your wishes in writing.  The Alberta courts give a lot of weight to the parents' wishes.  Besides, who knows what your children need better than you?
• Charitable Giving - Whether you have a little or a lot, every bit helps.  From including charities in your will to creating charitable trusts and foundations, we can help you decid on a plan that makes sense for you.
• Tax Planning - From simple estate tax planning strategies to complex ones, we have the experience and know the experts who can help you reduce you tax burden.
• Passing Wealth on to Family Members - You have worked hard to better your family.  We can help design a plan to transfer that wealth to future generations without creating tax problems for you or them.
• Probate - Losing a loved one can be overwhelming.  Let us help ease the stress by taking care of the details of probating the will.  We will walk you through the steps to disburse the funds and possessions and communicate with the beneficiaries.

Family-run and Owner-operated Businesses

• Starting a Business - Starting a business requires a lot of time, energy and knowledge.  Let us help make the job easier by helping you make the decision as to the best form of organization for you.  We will then prepare and file the necessary papers.
• Contracts - Once in business we can help you with your leases, license agreements, employment issues as well as any other contractual needs.
• Keeping Current - Most business people are not lawyers, and are not sure what to do to keep their company's status current.  We can take care of those details for you and maintain your corporate records for a small annual fee.
• Succession Planning - We can help come up with a structured plan to get you into retirement and pass on your business to family or key employees.
• Shareholder and Partnership Disputes - Unfortunately some disagreements cannot be overcome.  We have experience in dealing with these disputes.  Whether it is liquidating a company or buying a partner out - let our experience go to work for you.
• Buying or Selling a Business - Buying or selling a business involves many negotiations and contracts.  We can help in the negotiation process to help you get want you want
• Joint Ventures - If you are planning on combining resources with some else we can help draft and negotiate the contract with you, advise you or your legal rights and duties or help you solve a dispute
• Protecting Key Assets  - Not only can we help protect your hard assets, we can help with non-competition arrangements, we can help protect your trade name and other trade-marks and proprietary information

Commercial and Residential Property Builders and Developers

• Buying and Selling a Property - Most of the time a form contract won't do in commercial transactions.  You need something customized to the issues involved.  We have the experience to handle the drafting and negotiations so that your interests are protected and your liabilities are limited.
• New Projects - We can help from acquiring the property, through the development and re-zoning process, past construction financing to final sale.
• Financing - Banks have their lawyers draft the loan documents and protect their interests.  You should too.  We have represented both sides, so we know what can be negotiated and want can't.
• Commercial Leasing - A business' location is often critical to its ability to survive and grow.  We will make sure that your interests are represented in the negotiation process.

Financial Institutions and Private Lenders 

• Mortgage Lending - We can advise you on the different security options available to you, negotiate the loan commitment, help conduct your due diligence and prepare and register your security documents
• Commercial Loans -  We can help lenders secure their loans against a variety of assets, such as accounts receivable, as collateral for a loan

Non-resident Investors

• Since 1994 we have been servicing the needs of foreign business clients for high calibre, personalized and reliable business, asset management and other related legal services

Other Clients

• entrepreneurs
• professional firms
• estates and trusts
• non-profit and charitable organizations

We ensure that our services are of value to the client.  This starts by developing an in depth appreciation for your values, your key relationships, your goals and your expectations of our firm.  Considerable time is spent getting to know you before we proceed to do any work.