Corporate / Commercial

As strategic advisors, our corporate lawyers excel in counseling a wide range of business clients as they navigate through their life cycle. Whether our clients are establishing new businesses or growing existing ones, carrying out corporate and tax reorganizations, financing transactions, launching partnerships and joint ventures, undertaking mergers, acquisitions and divestitures or devising exit strategies, our team is well equipped to provide astute, business-focused advice tailored to help clients meet the competitive demands of the industries in which they operate.

Our broad experience and versatility allow us to represent private and public corporations, from family-owned or closely-held enterprises to large, multinational corporations, as well as entrepreneurial individuals, financial institutions, private equity firms, securities dealers and advisers, and investment funds. We work closely with our colleagues in other practice areas across the firm to ensure our clients’ legal needs receive prompt, seamless attention. We aim to be a valuable extension of our clients’ businesses by understanding their goals and offering comprehensive legal services to help them succeed and grow their wealth through various legal structures, wherever they do or want to do business.

At Torkin Manes, our legal capabilities extend beyond borders, as we possess significant experience in both inbound and outbound cross-border work. Members of our team assist clients with commercial negotiations, establishing Canadian affiliates, international licensing agreements, financing and creating and implementing tax-effective business structures, in Canada and elsewhere. To complement the expertise of our lawyers, we offer a comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Canada for businesses exploring the prospect of expanding their operations into Canada. When clients require legal services in other jurisdictions, we leverage our affiliation with Meritas, a global alliance of leading independent law firms, to facilitate the procurement of top-tier legal service and counsel worldwide.

Our Corporate/Commercial Group is comprised of accomplished lawyers who are recognized by the legal and business communities as leaders in their respective areas of practice. Our practical, cost-effective solutions tailored to business clients' needs have resulted in a proven track record of helping clients optimize their chances of yielding favourable outcomes in their particular business ventures. As a testament to our excellence in law and client service, the Corporate/Commercial Group is recognized on the Globe and Mail's Best Law Firms in Canada list.