TDS’ Start-ups and Emerging Companies Group understands entrepreneurship.
From our Guide to Doing Business in Canada and our Legal Checklist for Successfully Expanding your Business into Canada, to our relationships with angel and venture capital investors, our lawyers are passionate about start-ups and emerging companies and have the knowledge and networks to back it up.
Our Start-ups and Emerging Companies Group can assist entrepreneurs with all of the legal services they require on their path to success, including:
- company formation
- capital structure and founders’ agreements
- start-up documents (including NDAs, stock vesting, stock option and shareholder agreements)
- intellectual property and technology-related legal needs
- governance agreements
- capital formation (including angel
- venture and private equity investments)
- relationships and agreements with strategics, and acquisitions and exits.
TDS is also a law firm sponsor of the technology incubator, North Forge Technology Exchange. Once our emerging company client’s businesses have fully matured, we look forward to seeing them at the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), as TDS is a service provider sponsor of EO.
Start-ups Lawyers
Glen Agar
Lawyer
Lewis Allen
Lawyer
Paolo Aquila
Lawyer
Renae Baker
Lawyer
Julia Beal
Lawyer
Melissa Beaumont
Lawyer
Mitch Billinkoff
Lawyer
Mason Broadfoot
Lawyer
Kevin Bruce
Lawyer
Dion H. Cheung
Lawyer
Bjorn Christianson, K.C.
Lawyer
Silvia de Sousa
Lawyer
Elmer Gomes
Lawyer
Leilani Kagan, K.C.
Lawyer
Adam Kaplan
Lawyer
Lucy Kinnear
Lawyer
Frank Lavitt, K.C.
Lawyer
Barry MacTavish
Lawyer
Melissa Malden
Lawyer
Ross McFadyen
Lawyer
Jennifer McRae
Lawyer
Drew Mitchell
Lawyer
Joel Olfert
Lawyer
Robert Olson
Lawyer
Leo E. K. Palay
Lawyer
Tanci Smart-Carvalho
Lawyer
Danny Spencer
Lawyer
Art Stacey
Lawyer
C. Leah Suderman
Lawyer
Bennett Ulrich
Lawyer
Terra Welsh
Lawyer
Nicholas Woelcke
Lawyer
Celyna Yu
Lawyer
Bradley Zander
Lawyer
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