Corporate / Business Law

Corporate Lawyer in Victoria

Dawson Mullin Law provides practical corporate and commercial legal services to individuals and businesses throughout British Columbia. Whether you are starting a new business, buying or selling a company, restructuring your operations, or managing day-to-day legal matters, we provide clear, practical advice at every stage.

Our corporate practice includes:
  • Buying and selling businesses
  • Incorporations
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Partnership agreements
  • Joint ventures
  • Corporate reorganizations
  • Annual reports
  • Commercial lending
  • Commercial contracts
  • Corporate governance

Contact our team to discuss your corporate or commercial legal matter.

Buying & Selling Businesses

Whether you are purchasing your first business or selling a long-established company, we guide you through every stage of the transaction.

Transaction Structure and Documentation

We advise on transaction structure and prepare the legal documentation required to complete the transaction, including:

  • Letters of intent
  • Confidentiality agreements
  • Share purchase agreements
  • Asset purchase agreements
  • Security documents
  • Closing documents

Due Diligence

We conduct legal due diligence to identify issues that may affect the transaction, including reviews of corporate records, material contracts, liabilities, litigation, regulatory matters, and other legal risks.

Financing and Closing

We prepare financing and security documentation and manage the legal requirements necessary to complete the transaction and close successfully.

Incorporations, Joint Ventures & Partnerships

Establishing the right legal structure is one of the most important decisions a business can make. It affects ownership, governance, decision-making, and how the business operates moving forward. We assist clients with incorporations, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, joint venture arrangements, and other business structuring matters.

Governance

We assist businesses with ongoing corporate governance and maintenance, including annual reports, corporate records and minute books, director and shareholder resolutions, share issuances and transfers, dividends, and ownership changes.

Compliance

Businesses must comply with a range of legal and regulatory obligations. We assist with business registrations, corporate record keeping, and other ongoing compliance requirements.

Contract Drafting

We prepare and review a wide range of commercial agreements, including shareholder agreements, service agreements, contractor agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercial leases, and other business contracts.

Work with Dawson Mullin

Based in Victoria, Dawson Mullin Law assists people and businesses throughout Vancouver Island and BC with corporate and commercial legal matters.

Contact our team to discuss your matter.