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 Practice Profile

Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP's Corporate/Commercial Practice advises and represents clients ranging from new local start-ups seeking to capitalize on the entrepreneurial opportunities presented by 2010, through established mid-sized regionally based companies, institutional clients and not-for-profit clients through to larger national and international companies that have business connections in the Lower Mainland and the surrounding region.

Our lawyers have experience across the industry spectrum in B.C. and many of us have developed specialized knowledge in specific areas.  This pool of talent means we are equally comfortable working with the daily operational corporate requirements of manufacturing clients as we are handling intellectual property issues for clients in the high tech sector, assisting clients in a franchise transaction or advising and acting for corporate clients in the transportation sector.

Services

Your business is our business.  We take a personalized approach to client service by learning your business from the inside-out so we can meet your unique legal needs in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

The cooperative spirit and flexibility of the firm's practice group means we can efficiently build teams of people with the expertise to respond to the distinct and individual needs of our clients.  These features also mean we can provide a full range of services to a diverse group of clients on any given commercial transaction.

Corporate services we routinely provide to our clients include:

• Incorporations, corporate records maintenance, reorganizations and dissolutions;
• Preparation of business plans and financing proposals;
• Advice and assistance with all aspects of corporate and board governance;
• Advice and preparation of shareholder and partnership agreements.

We frequently assist clients in matters such as:

• Preparation of commercial agreements, e.g. supplier/customer agreements, export-import agreements;
• Corporate mergers and acquisitions, amalgamations and winding up;
• Leveraged buy-outs;
• Competition and restrictive trades practices;
• Tax driven asset transfers and estate freezes;
• Joint Venture agreements;
• International sale of goods;
• Public and private leasing and lending arrangements;
• Venture capital transactions and incorporations;
• Shareholders disputes;
• Franchising, distributorships and licensing;
• Risk management analysis and advice;

We provide a variety of business immigration services including:

• Advice on foreign worker entry requirements;
• Obtaining work permits and other authorization for foreigners to work in Canada;
• Advice on international treaties and regulations which may facilitate the entry of a foreign worker into Canada, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement;
• Assistance to individuals who wish to obtain Permanent Resident status in Canada and assistance to their employers in supporting these applications, including Provincial Nominee Program applications.

Publications

• Corporate Commercial Practice Group Newsletter - Legislative Updates
• Doing Business in Canada 

Representative Sectors

Our clients include businesses, organizations and associations from the following economic sectors:

• Construction
• Forestry
• Mining
• Fishing
• Agriculture
• Aerospace
• Aqua-culture
• Transportation
• Tourism
• Gaming
• Entertainment
• Manufacturing
• High Tech