Business Law
Ariel Sammy LLP, is a strong business partner dedicated to protecting and serving the legal interests of our clients. Positioned to meet the demands of a global economy, our business law group assists both large and small businesses in a variety of areas including both domestic and international ventures.
Our business law group draws upon the expertise of other practice areas within the firm to provide clients with a full range of legal services to meet all of their legal needs. Core areas of service include:
Corporate Law. Corporate reorganizations, corporate governance, shareholders’ rights, non-share capital and not-for-profit corporations.
Commercial Law. Purchase and sale of businesses, share and rights acquisitions, equipment leasing, service contracts, partnership and shareholder agreements.
Banking. Structuring of secured lending, syndication and priority arrangements between lenders, advice and proceedings for debt recovery, general advice to receivers on possession and sale of collateral.
Taxation. Income tax planning for corporations, tax implications for purchase and sale of businesses and reorganizations, commodity taxation, customs and excise, tax litigation.
International Business. Product distribution, joint ventures, business establishment, international sales agreements.
Competition Law. Pricing policy, advertising, promotional allowances, market position.
Securities. Pre IPO planning (including structuring seed capital investments), private placements (including structuring venture capital investments), stock exchange listings, continuous disclosure for public companies (i.e. compliance with stock exchange listing requirements and Securities Commission rules), and stock option plans.
