Chapters
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- Initial Considerations
- Organizing and Operating a Business
- Debt Financing
- Equity Financing
- Business Acquisitions
- Due Diligence
- Legal Opinions
- Tax Issues
- Intellectual Property
- Labour and Employment
- Real Estate Issues
- Environmental Law
- Insurance Basics
- Estate Planning for Private Businesses
- Resolving Disputes
- Bankruptcy
Forms and Precedents
Checklists
Case Table
Statute Table
Reference Table
Subject Index
Features
- first-class precedents—sample partnership agreements, shareholders agreement, asset purchase and share purchase agreements, ss. 85 and 86 rollover precedents, and many more precedents, included on disk and available online
- accessible for the novice—beginning with basic advice on helping clients to select appropriate business structures and to set up their businesses, then guiding through the legal issues that frequently arise through the life of a business
- specific focus on BC law, including partnership law and precedents, societies and not-for-profits, setting up BC companies as private issuers, employment law issues, dispute prevention and resolution, and summaries of key legislation throughout
- a consolidation of the current Solicitors' Legal Opinion Committee statements and opinions
- authoritative and practice-based reviews throughout, written by expert practitioners
- designed to lead into CLEBC's other acclaimed business law resources, including the BC Company Law Practice Manual, Buying and Selling a Business, Due Diligence Deskbook, BC PPSA Practice Manual, and others
- current—all the latest developments, including Community Contribution Companies, New West Partnership Trade Agreement, net-benefit to Canada, unlimited liability companies, the ever-changing environmental legislation and bankruptcy law changes, and much more
The book includes online access with search capabilities and links to the full text of case law and legislation.
Editorial Board
David A. Allard — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
David J. Jennings — Irwin, White & Jennings, Vancouver
William J. McFetridge — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Terence G. Stewart —Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Authors
Kendall Anderson — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Terry Barnett — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
Cindy Cheuk — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Max Collett — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Alexander Demner — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
John A. Dickieson — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver
John Ferber — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Jonas H. Gifford — Smart & Biggar, Vancouver
Hassib Hasanzadeh — Hamilton Duncan Armstrong + Stewart, Surrey
Tevia Jeffries — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Michelle Maniago — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Timothy Lo — Smart & Biggar, Vancouver
Gordon Love — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Jordan Schultz — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Geoffrey Sherrott — Edwards, Kenny & Bray LLP, Vancouver
Brad Sollis — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Robert Sider — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Don Sihota — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Brent Stickland — Hamilton Duncan Armstrong + Stewart, Surrey
Scott W.K. Urquhart — Lindsay LLP, Vancouver
Ian Worland — Legacy Tax + Trust Lawyers, Vancouver