Practice areas
Three areas of law. They overlap, and a matter in one can raise questions in another.
Tax
Planning, voluntary disclosures, disputes, and written opinions you can rely on afterwards.
- Tax planning, personal and corporate
- Planning around transactions and commercial arrangements
- Cross-border tax exposure
- Cryptocurrency and digital asset reporting
- Capital gains or business income treatment
- Voluntary disclosures (VDP): unreported income and unfiled returns
- Responses to CRA queries and reviews
- Tax dispute resolution
- Written advisory opinions
Related reading: salary or dividends, crypto and tax, selling your business, permanent establishment, when the CRA asks a question, and tariffs.
Business
Corporate and commercial work for founders, small companies and sole proprietors.
- Incorporations
- Share structures and shareholder arrangements
- Commercial, services and contractor agreements
- International and trade contracts and disputes
- Structuring a business that operates abroad
- Sole proprietor and partnership arrangements
Related reading: when incorporating is worth it, shareholder agreements, promissory notes, personal services businesses, and tariffs.
Employment
Employment law for employers and professionals, including work that crosses a border.
- Contractor or employee classification
- Employment agreements and offers
- Foreign and remote hires
- Withholding and reporting
- Termination and entitlements
Related reading: contractor or employee, non-competes and non-solicits, and working across a border.
Services
Shapes an engagement can take, across any of the areas above.
Business consulting
What an arrangement will cost, what it will require of you, and whether it is worth doing at all.
Risk analysis
Establishing where a business or contractor is genuinely exposed, and whether the insurance answers it.
Corporate and tax maintenance
Minute books, annual returns, resolutions and registry filings kept current, so the record is ready when someone asks for it.
Problem solving
Regulatory matters and situations that do not fall into a category, including those where the workable answer is not a legal one.
Common questions
Do I need to be in Ontario to work with you?
Not necessarily. What matters is which law governs your question, not where you sit. If it turns on the law of another province or country, I will say so early and bring in counsel qualified there.
What is a block fee?
A fixed price for a defined piece of work, agreed in writing before anything starts. It does not move because the work took longer. A change in scope is priced and agreed before that work begins.
Is a single question too small a matter?
No. One question is a reasonable engagement and does not need to become a larger one. If it turns out to be larger, I will say so before doing the work.
Can you work alongside my accountant?
Yes, gladly. Legal and accounting advice answer different questions, and each works better with sight of the other.
How does the first consultation work?
No charge and no obligation. You describe the situation; I tell you whether there is a real issue, roughly how large, and what the options are.
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