Corporate and Commercial Law

Major transactions and reorganizations require more than just a legal approach: they require a holistic perspective and a deep understanding of your business objectives. Our team supports you far beyond the drafting and negotiation of legal documents. Our attorneys and notaries are involved at every stage to structure the transaction, anticipate challenges, seize opportunities, and protect your interests. This allows you to focus on what matters most to you: your business. 

Our Legal Services in Corporate and Commercial Law 

We support directors, executives, and shareholders from the planning stage through the execution of your corporate transactions. Whether you are a private or public company, for-profit or nonprofit, rapidly growing or well-established, we apply our experience, meticulousness, and strategic acumen to help you achieve your goals, using an approach that aligns legal requirements with your business realities. 

We also work closely with our clients’ in-house legal teams and their professionals to provide complementary expertise and additional resources, whether in the context of day-to-day operations, strategic transactions, or when more complex issues arise. 

Our team of attorneys and notaries specializing in corporate and commercial law helps you successfully carry out your projects by offering, in particular, the following legal services: 

Incorporation and business structuring 

• Establishment and organization of a new business 
• Corporate governance and management 
• Establishment of appropriate share capital or capital stock 

Organization and legal structure of a business 

• Acquisition, sale, or spin-off of a business 
• Mergers and corporate reorganizations 
• Banking regulations and compliance applicable to financial cooperatives 
• Corporate and commercial transactions and operations 

Drafting and Negotiating Corporate Agreements 

• Share Purchase Agreements 
• Shareholder Agreements 
• Franchise Agreements 
• Escrow Agreements 
• Lease Agreements 
• Partnership Agreements 
• Partnership, Outsourcing, or Joint Venture Agreements 
• License or Marketing Agreements 
• Distribution Agreements 
• Miscellaneous commercial agreements (Stock option plans) 

Choosing Stein Monast means: 

Surrounding yourself with corporate and commercial lawyers and notaries who understand your business reality and advise you with your specific needs and objectives in mind. 

Gaining access to a team whose corporate and commercial law practice is recognized by Chambers and Partners and Best Law Firms Canada, both of which rank our firm among the most prominent players in this sector. 

Our team is also supported by other members of our firm, particularly in tax law, financing, real estate law, and securities law—and, if circumstances require, in labor law, litigation, or insolvency and restructuring—to address all issues related to your transactions or business operations.