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Whether new businesses are being formed, existing businesses are growing or it's time to restructure or sell, Harper Grey's business lawyers have the expertise to make the process smooth and straightforward, and provide strategic advice that protects business owners' interests and adds to their success.

Service Areas

• Corporate and commercial transactions
• Contract negotiation and set-up
• Purchase and sale of businesses
• Incorporation and re-organization
• Personal property transactions
• Corporate financing transactions
• Commercial real estate transactions
• Lease agreements
• Succession planning for family-owned businesses

Typical situations with which:

• A foreign manufacturer offers to purchase a similar operation locally. Agreements need to be drafted, employment arrangements need to be made and real estate holdings transferred.
• A group of five dentists wants to form a partnership and establish a new clinic. Leases must be negotiated for office space and equipment, and partnership agreements must be drafted and agreed to.
• A family business needs to change its structure after the married owners are divorced.

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Real Estate

• Represented a Canadian pension fund on the sale of a major British Columbia shopping centre ($50 million)

Merger, Sale and Acquisition of Businesses

• Assisted with the purchase and disposition of a BC company for its software licensing capability throughout North America
• Acted for a multinational engineering and environmental consulting company in the acquisition of a Canadian company with operations in six Canadian jurisdictions
• Counseled a client in n the purchase of a BC software company by a US company
• Advised clients on the purchase and sale of interests of minority shareholders in closely-held corporations
• Assisting with the purchase and sale of dental, medical and other health care practices
• Represented a private company in purchasing a public road construction and maintenance business from the BC Provincial Government

Corporate and Commercial Transactions

• Represented a purchaser on the real property and business acquisition of two regulated retirement projects involving 300 employees and dealt with regulatory approvals and structuring of the new operation

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