Legal Strategies that Protect Business Interests
International transactions between related businesses can be highly complex matters. If your business is a taxpayer for Canadian tax purposes, you can run into some complicated issues regarding the arm's length principle. Misunderstanding arm's length The arm's...
Shareholders have rights and responsibilities, which can vary based on the agreements and the type of shareholders they are. They can also run into some complex disputes when it comes to filling these roles and carrying out their duties. Common sources of shareholder...
There comes a time for many owners to start a new venture or retire, and selling their business marks the next chapter. If you are thinking about selling your business in the not-so-distant future, one important priority is to maximize the company's value. There are...
Recently, over 130 countries reached an agreement regarding a global corporate tax. These efforts aim to prevent corporations from shifting tax revenues and profits from countries with lower tax rates, keeping them in their home countries. This change will affect...
Shareholder agreements are crucial in preventing disputes involving and between shareholders. They can break deadlocks, assign rules for majority and minority decisions and assign duties to shareholders. Establishing these rules in an agreement can make it easier to...
Buying a business is a highly complicated and intricate process. Often, parties in these transactions are focused on the numbers: a business's liabilities, profits and valuations to determine whether they want to buy the company. However, one area that sellers and...
Tax laws are incredibly complicated - especially when it comes to international tax laws. Navigating these matters takes considerable financial knowledge as well as legal acumen. Because of how complex these cases are, they can take a long time to resolve. Rarely are...
Every entrepreneur recognizes that there are risks in buying and selling businesses. These risks are mainly financial, meaning some entrepreneurs can and will take bigger gambles than others do.But no matter how comfortable you are with taking chances as a buyer or...
Contracts in business can serve as the backbones of professional relationships. When valid, contracts establish the parties’ roles, responsibilities, and expectations in a legally binding document.However, changes can occur between the time parties enter into an...
If you are planning on buying a business, chances are you have already done a fair amount of research. You probably know the type of business you want, where you want to buy and how much you expect it to cost.No matter how informed you think you are at this point, the...
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