We offer business solutions powered by lawyers. Whether you are a founder in the early stages of business creation, an emerging growth company looking to raise capital and attract top talent, or an established enterprise preparing for expansion, restructuring or sale, Ellison Peters Professional Corporation's business lawyers turn experience into tangible results, while utilizing forward-thinking strategies to contribute to your ongoing success.
Ellison Peters Professional Corporation helps business and organizations with legal services relating to set-up, acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing, employment issues, corporate records and other contractual affairs.
Members of our business law group rank among The Best Lawyers® in Canada, Canada’s preeminent peer-reviewed rankings, in the areas of Corporate Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law.
Practice Areas
We offer guidance in the following areas:
- Corporate & Commercial
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Finance
- Venture Technology
- Commercial & Residential Real Estate
- Employment
- Wills & Trusts
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Estate Planning & Wealth Preservation
Services
- Business purchases and sales
- Incorporations, reorganizations and estate freezes
- Equity, debt and exempt market financings
- Shareholders' agreements and stock option plans
- Contested shareholders' meetings and proxy battles
- Secured loan and personal property transactions
- Contract negotiations and drafting
- Joint venture and partnership formations
- Terms of use, privacy policies and EULAs
Transactional Experience
We have acted for clients in the following notable transactions:
Corporate & Commercial
- a Canadian-owned international adventure business in the structuring and implementation of a tax-advantageous corporate structure
- an apparel company in the licensing of its computer source code to a U.S. counterpart
- an aviation business in the purchase of a commercial aircraft
Mergers & Acquisitions
- a foreign investor in a multi-jurisdictional share buyout and loan transaction
- a prominent hospitality group in the sale of a hotel division
- an established software company in its corporate reorganization and subsequent cross-border share and option buyout transaction
Corporate Finance / Venture Technology
- a financial technology startup in its cross-border series-seed equity financing
- a seniors housing provider in its cross-collateral debt refinancing transaction
- a leading healthcare technology company in its multimillion dollar convertible debt offering
- a technology company with respect to its debt financing and royalty payment transaction
