We understand that search funds and early-stage startups operate under real financial constraints, and that access to quality legal counsel should not be one of them. That is why we offer Solutions +, a flexible and preferred pricing designed to align with where you are in your journey. Whether you are a searcher evaluating acquisition targets or a founder building from the ground up, we work with you to structure fee arrangements that fit your budget and stage including discounted rates, fixed-fee packages for common transactions and formation work, and deferred or milestone-based billing where appropriate.
Our goal is to be a long-term partner in your growth, providing the sophisticated legal support you need at a cost that makes sense today, so you can invest your capital where it matters most.
We guide searchers, independent sponsors, and investors through every stage of the process, from raising your initial search capital and structuring the fund, through deal sourcing, due diligence, and negotiating the acquisition, to closing and the transition into ownership. We understand the economics that drive a search and the milestones that matter, so the legal work supports your momentum rather than slowing it down.
Whether you are launching your first search, evaluating targets, working under a Letter of Intent, or raising acquisition financing, we provide practical counsel tailored to the realities of the search model in Canada. We advise on entity formation and investor agreements, share purchase and asset purchase transactions, debt and equity financing, tax-efficient structuring, and the corporate governance that sets you up to lead with confidence after closing. Our goal is to be a long-term partner across the full arc of your search—aligning the legal and financial framework with what you are trying to build, while keeping you compliant and reducing risk at each step.
Contact us to discuss how we can support your search from first raise to successful acquisition.
Incorporation, corporate governance, ownership alignment, shareholder agreement, and IP assignment for early-stage companies. Founders tend to move fast on their business vision by building product, bringing on early team members, and chasing the first customers. This often happens without putting their core legal arrangements in writing. But unresolved questions about ownership, control, transfer restrictions, IP, and what happens when a founder leaves only get harder and more expensive to fix as a company grows, raises capital, and enters investor diligence. The Startup+ gives a legal foundation which all ventures need from the start such as a clear, standardized framework that documents how your founding team owns, governs, and protects the business before small ambiguities become serious problems.
The Startup+ establishes a complete founder governance and ownership framework, documenting founder share issuance, the rules that govern the founder relationship, and basic shareholder rights and restrictions. It sets out a clear decision-making framework, assigns founder IP to the company, and organizes the corporate approvals and records that keep your company in good standing along with a cap table summary based on the information provided. The result is a standard founders’ shareholders agreement, share documentation, IP assignment, and the related corporate approvals. In short, the foundational legal rulebook that aligns your team and prepares you for growth, hiring, fundraising, and the diligence that serious investors expect.
Contact us for our preferred pricing to put your startup legal arrangements on solid ground so you can focus on building your business with clarity and confidence.