Business Lawyer in North York Business, franchise, and corporate law for North York companies, backed by real work in the city.

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If you run a services or technology business in North York, the agreements that carry your revenue, your data, and your people are documents we draft and review every week. North York's business mix leans corporate and technical, and our own North York clients match it, running from technology platforms to service companies whose agreements carry their whole revenue. We are a business and franchise law firm serving North York and the Greater Toronto Area, and everything on this page connects your situation to the lawyer-built resource that covers it in depth.

One honest note before you read on. We are not a general practice that dabbles in business law. Business, corporate, franchise, and technology law is all we do, and we have done it for real North York businesses whose matters, anonymized, appear throughout this page.

How We Help North York Businesses

  • The master services agreement, built to grow. We drafted a master services agreement for a North York company and later amended it to create the independent contractor agreements its growth required, which is how a good MSA is supposed to evolve. Our Commercial Contracts page covers the discipline, and Employees & Contractors covers the people side.

  • Terms of Service for your platform. For a North York platform business we drafted the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy around a fundamental liability framework, because a platform’s terms are its real product insurance. The Terms of Service & Privacy Policy page explains the layered approach.

  • Confidentiality, and clean exits. We have reviewed a mutual confidentiality agreement and drafted a release and termination agreement for North York clients, and both documents share one job, being certainty about what survives the relationship. See NDA & Confidentiality Agreements.

  • Buying or selling a business. Business purchases and sales are the deepest practice area in our firm as a whole, and the diligence, deal documents, and closing discipline travel with us to any deal. Buy a Business and Sell a Business cover both chairs at the table.

  • Buying into a franchise, or building one. Across our practice in general, franchise matters are among the most common work we do, from FDD reviews inside the 14-day disclosure window to franchisor system work, and the same lawyers handle it wherever your location is.

  • The agreement between owners. If your corporation has more than one owner and no shareholders agreement, you are running on default rules nobody chose, and fixing that is among the most valuable work we do across our practice generally. Our Shareholders Agreements page explains what the document decides, and Shareholder Disputes covers what happens without one.

Which page do you need?

Your situationStart here
Buying a business or a franchise locationBuy a Business or Franchise Resales
Selling your businessSell a Business
Reviewing a franchise agreement or FDD before signingFranchise Agreement & FDD Review
A dispute between owners, or no shareholders agreement yetShareholder Disputes / Shareholders Agreements
Minute book missing, incomplete, or years behindCorporate Maintenance & Minute Books
Starting a new corporationCompany Formation & Incorporation
Signing or renewing a commercial leaseCommercial Leasing
Contracts your business runs on, or an agreement you were handedCommercial Contracts or NDA & Confidentiality
SaaS, platform, or e-commerce documentsTerms of Service & Privacy Policy
Merging or combining corporationsMergers & Acquisitions or Amalgamations

Why North York businesses hire a business-only firm

The gap between a general practitioner and a business-law firm shows up in the details of your specific matter. We work with your accountant where the structure serves a tax plan, we quote in writing before you commit, and we tell you clearly when a problem is not worth the legal spend, because that honesty is what brings clients back with their next matter.

What Business Owners Say About Working With Us

ADAndra Dumitrescu ↗Google review

★★★★★ 26 weeks ago

I referred several of my c11 work permit clients to Sukhi Hansra for business set ups/purchases related to their business immigration matters. I am very confident in the quality of his work and have consistently had excellent experiences collaborating with him. He is reliable, responsive, and practical in his approach, which is critical in complex business immigration files. I would not hesitate to recommend him to clients or professional colleagues.

AAAbbey Adekunle ↗Google review

★★★★★ May 3, 2022

They offer excellent & professional services. We hired them as a business lawyer; in addition to a great legal services, they also provided us with some business advice that were invaluable to our launching.

RKRahul Kareer ↗Google review

★★★★★ Jul 31, 2020

Mr. Hansra was extremely responsive and professional as well as knowledgable. He took his time with me and my purchases we had made as well as walked me through every step of the way — this has helped me with a lot of saving in my new businesses and avoid mistakes that could have caused huge losses for myself and family!

USUrban Smoothie ↗Google review

★★★★★ May 12, 2022

Hansra Law is an one of a kind law firm. Sukhi and his associates have handled our project with precision and got us everything we wanted. The firm is very analytical, detailed oriented and client centric. They have worked diligently to ensure that our issues got resolved in a timely and professional manner. They have exceeded our expectations.

How much does a business lawyer in North York cost?

Every engagement starts with a written quote or estimate, with the tasks that could increase fees named in advance. Most clearly-scoped work, such as formations, minute-book packages, and document reviews, is flat-fee, and you will have your exact number in writing after a free discovery call. That is our no surprise billing policy. Learn how our fees work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with businesses in North York?

Yes. The matters described on this page are real, anonymized examples of work we have done for North York clients, and we serve businesses across the Greater Toronto Area.

What kind of matters do you handle for North York businesses?

Everything our firm practices, meaning the full range of business, corporate, franchise, and technology law, is available to North York clients. Master services agreements and their contractor variations lead the North York file, followed by platform Terms of Service and Privacy Policy work, confidentiality agreement reviews, and release and termination agreements. The discovery call is the fastest way to confirm the fit for yours.

Do I need to come to an office to work with you?

No. Our engagements run remotely by default, with calls, video meetings, and electronic signing, which is how most of our clients prefer to work. The free discovery call is the first step either way.

How do I get started?

Book a free discovery call. You will speak with our team about your situation, and we will tell you clearly what your matter needs, what it does not, and what the work would cost in writing before you commit to anything.

Reviewed by Sukhi Hansra, Business and Franchise Lawyer at Hansra Law.

We also work with business owners across the GTA: Mississauga · Vaughan · Markham · Oakville · Burlington · Scarborough · Brampton.

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See What Others Say

★★★★★

“Being a small business owner is never easy to navigate through the legal issues you may endure, Sukhi called me and gave me great advice, direction and didn't sugar coat anything. Highly Recommend.”

— Jason P., Google review

★★★★★

“Our company has an incredible experience each time we work with Sukhi Hansra. He is both knowledgeable and kind, and is so committed to the wellbeing of his clients, and to a positive outcome.”

— KM Rebirth, Google review

★★★★★

“Sukhi Hansra is a direct representation of what 5 stars entails. He is objective, professional, and quite an impressive individual. Look no further for any business law inquiries”

— Darrel H., Google review

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