Commercial law in Edmonton and Calgary, written in plain language and priced so you can plan around it. We advise founders, operators, and family businesses through transactions that matter and through quieter quarters in between.
Six practice groups, set out below in the order they most often appear on a given file. Each is partner-led; each ties cleanly to the next when work spills across them.
Buy-side and sell-side counsel for private companies. From letter of intent through closing, with diligence run in days, not months. Sector experience in energy services, industrial trades, distribution, and professional services.
Incorporation, shareholder agreements, financings, and governance. Structured cleanly enough that the next round, exit, or audit is not a clean-up project.
Acquisitions, leasing, development, and refinancing. Title work and closing coordination for industrial, retail, and mixed-use assets across the Prairies.
Provincial and federal licensing, AGLC, AHS, and securities exemptions. Practical paths to compliance for operating businesses, drawn with the regulator's likely questions in mind.
Dispute resolution, contract enforcement, and shareholder disputes. We choose the venue that finishes fastest for your business reality, and we tell you when settlement is the better road.
Reorganizations, holding-company structures, and tax-efficient exits. Coordinated with your accountant from the first draft, not the last.
The best invoice is the one your client expected, sent for the work they asked you to do.— Eleanor Whitcomb, founding partner
Most transactional work prices cleanly. We quote a fixed fee with a written scope and tell you, up front, the small set of things that would change it.
A partner reads every draft on your file. Juniors do the work that benefits from juniors. Partners do the work that benefits from a partner.
If you reach out before 3pm on a business day, you hear back the same day. Even if the answer is "we are on it, expect detail by Wednesday."
Four partners. No relationship lawyers; the person you meet is the person on the file.
Founding Partner · M&A
Twenty-two years advising on mid-market transactions. Former in-house at an Edmonton-based energy services group. Calls a spade a spade.
Partner · Real Estate
Industrial and mixed-use transactions across the Prairies. Closed the Strathcona Logistics assemblage. Asks the title questions that save closings.
Partner · Corporate & Tax
Reorganizations and holding structures, and the moments those two meet. Coordinates with your accountant so the structure survives the audit.
Counsel · Regulatory
Provincial licensing and federal compliance. Former regulator. Knows which questions the reviewer is going to ask before the reviewer does.
Client names omitted. Industry and structure shown so you can find your nearest analogue.
A short message is enough. We come back the same business day with the right next step and, if it is a fit, a partner to scope it.