Every fee the firm publishes, on one page — the add-ons that change it, and the four steps between a first conversation and work beginning.
Where the work is standard, the fee is fixed and published. Where it depends on facts the intake reveals, the page states a starting fee and the engagement letter confirms it. Where judgment leads, the firm quotes, in phases, before anything is done.
A fixed fee for a defined scope; a stated starting fee where the scope is confirmed at intake; a quote where the matter turns on negotiation, timing or judgment. Each kit page says which applies, and why.
A consultation or intake, a conflict check, an engagement letter with the scope, fee and assumptions in writing, then payment or a retainer — in that order, and nothing is billed before the letter is signed.
The fee schedule below lists every fee the firm publishes, and each kit page carries the same number. HST is added to the firm’s fee. Government filing fees, the regulator’s filing fee, name searches and courier charges are passed through at cost. Every kit includes one consolidated round of revisions, and work outside a stated scope is quoted in writing before it is done. The first conversation costs nothing.
See the fee scheduleFees are in Canadian dollars, before HST. A fixed fee is the fee. A fee marked “from” is the starting fee for the standard case described on the kit page, confirmed in the engagement letter before work begins.
| Engagement | Fee | What it covers, and what changes it |
|---|---|---|
| Incorporation | ||
| LaunchOntario (OBCA) or federal (CBCA) | CAD $1,595fixed | Articles filed, by-laws and resolutions, founder shares issued, a digital minute book for the first year, and a delivery session with the lawyer — within five business days of a complete intake. Up to three shareholders. |
| Share structure add-onOn Launch | CAD $595 / $795two-class / multi-class | Non-voting common, preferred or special shares written into the articles from day one, for a holding company, a family trust, a freeze or a fixed return. Settled on the onboarding call. |
| Each shareholder beyond threeOn Launch | CAD $499per shareholder | Subscription, share certificate and register entries for a fourth or later founding shareholder. |
| Launch + Startup Kit togethersave $595Incorporation and the founders’ agreement | CAD $5,950rather than CAD $6,545 apart | One intake, one engagement letter, the founder shares issued once and under the agreement from the first day. The saving is the share issuance both kits would otherwise include. |
| Fixed-fee kits | ||
| Startup KitFounders’ shareholders’ agreement | CAD $4,950fixed · up to three founders | The founders’ agreement, founder IP assignment and the share issuance, with two calls and one revision round. A fourth or fifth founder is quoted at intake; a negotiated agreement is advisory work. |
| Build a Team KitEmployees, contractors and advisors | CAD $3,950fixed · three forms | An employment package drafted to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, an independent contractor agreement and an advisor agreement, each reusable, with one revision round. An executive agreement with negotiated terms is scoped separately. |
| Kits priced from a starting fee | ||
| Equity Structuring KitVesting and restricted shares | from CAD $4,950one recipient · + CAD $1,250 each additional | The starting fee covers one recipient in Canada on standard time-based vesting. Each additional recipient on the same terms is CAD $1,250; different terms are quoted at scope review. |
| ESOP Plan Setup KitThe option plan | from CAD $4,500grants from CAD $1,250 each | The plan, the pool and the approvals. Each grant under it is the Option Grant Add-on, from CAD $1,250, with grants made in the same engagement batched and priced at scope review. |
| Funding Kit · Private IssuerSAFE or convertible note round | from CAD $3,950no report to file | The instrument adapted to your articles, the approvals, a conversion model and one closing, under the private-issuer exemption, which requires no report to the regulator. |
| Funding Kit · Accredited InvestorsRound with the securities filing | from CAD $7,500Form 45-106F1 filing included | Everything in the first tier plus the exemption work — certificates, risk acknowledgements, the reasonable-steps record — and the report of exempt distribution prepared and filed. The regulator’s filing fee is separate. |
| Counsel and custom engagements | ||
| Ongoing Counsel SupportCounsel hours, kits, or both | Configured after intaketwelve-month term | An annual allocation of counsel hours — 3, 6, 9, 12 or 15+ — approved kits, or both, with the fee following the configuration and confirmed in the engagement letter. |
| Advisory & Transactional WorkNegotiated, securities, M&A, cross-border | Custom quote or hourlyscoped in phases | Matters that turn on judgment or a counterparty, scoped in phases with a budget agreed first. What a kit has already done carries over. |
| Enterprise, Portfolio & Custom SupportSeveral companies, one relationship | Customafter a strategy session | One configured relationship for a fund, studio, program or group, with the fee set by the number of companies, the kit menu and the counsel capacity involved. |
Government fees at the time of writing: Ontario articles of incorporation $300; federal articles $200 online, or $300 for four-hour express service; the annual return is free in Ontario and $12 federally; a NUANS name search for a named company is a small search-house charge. All are passed through at cost. Fees on this page were confirmed on 3 September 2026 and match the kit pages; where they differ, the firm will confirm the current figure before engagement.
A fixed fee is the whole fee for the scope on the kit page. Anything beyond that scope is quoted in writing before it is done — as a priced add-on where the page lists one, or as advisory work by the same firm where the matter has outgrown the kit.
The fee on the page is the fee.
Never added to a fixed fee without your written agreement.
Each route below is a kit with a published fee or a defined way of engaging the firm. The intake confirms the fit; a consultation settles it in a paragraph.
Ontario or federal, within five business days. With two or more founders, take it with the Startup Kit at CAD $5,950 and save $595.
Start Incorporation IntakeThe shareholders’ agreement, founder IP assignment and the share issuance, for up to three founders, while everyone still agrees.
Start Startup Kit IntakeEmployment, contractor and advisor agreements drafted to Ontario law, reused for every person of that type.
Start Team Documents IntakeRestricted shares and vesting for named people; an option plan for the pool, with each grant from CAD $1,250.
Start Equity IntakeA SAFE or convertible note round on the tier the investors’ exemption calls for; the accredited tier includes the filing.
Start Funding IntakeCounsel hours and kits over a term, or a negotiated, securities, M&A or cross-border matter scoped in phases.
Book a ConsultationSubmitting an intake or booking a consultation does not create a lawyer-client relationship; the firm acts once the engagement letter is signed and the conflict check is clear. Until then nothing is billed.
Book a consultation, or complete the intake on the kit page you have chosen: the company, the need, the parties and the timing. The first conversation costs nothing.
The firm runs the conflict check and confirms which path fits — a fixed fee, a starting fee, a configuration, or a quote — and says so before anything is signed.
The letter states the scope, fee, assumptions and exclusions. Fixed-fee kits are paid on signing; advisory work runs on a retainer against the agreed budget.
The first call with the lawyer, the documents, one revision round, and delivery into the minute book — with the next step named, or “nothing yet”.
Nothing. The consultation is where the firm hears the situation, says whether it is a kit, ongoing support or advisory work, and names the fee — before anything is signed. If it is a kit, the fee is the one on the kit page; if it is advisory work, the first phase is quoted with a budget agreed first.
The whole scope described on the kit page: the conflict check and engagement letter, the calls with the lawyer, the documents drafted to the firm’s forms, one consolidated round of revisions, and the signed documents filed in the minute book. The fee is stated before work begins and changes only if the facts turn out not to fit the kit — in which case the firm says so, and quotes, before doing anything more.
The stated fee is the fee for the standard case the page describes: one equity recipient, the plan without its grants, a round on the private-issuer or accredited-investor exemption. Each page also says what moves it — CAD $1,250 for each additional recipient, from CAD $1,250 for each option grant, the tier the investors’ exemption calls for. The final figure is confirmed in the engagement letter after scope review, so you know it before any work is done.
Yes. Launch is CAD $1,595 and the Startup Kit CAD $4,950; together they are CAD $5,950 rather than CAD $6,545, because the founder share issuance both kits include is done once, under the founders’ agreement from the first day. It is the one bundle the firm prices, since the other kits do not overlap; they are simply taken in the order the company needs them.
HST on the firm’s fee, and the costs the firm pays on your behalf and passes through at cost: government filing fees (Ontario $300 and federal $200 for articles, at the time of writing), the NUANS search for a named company, the regulator’s fee for a report of exempt distribution, and courier or third-party charges. Each is named in the engagement letter so there is nothing unexpected on the invoice.
After the conflict check, the scope review and the engagement letter. A fixed-fee kit is paid when the letter is signed, and work starts on receipt; advisory work runs on a retainer against the budget agreed for the phase, invoiced as each phase is delivered. Nothing is charged for the intake or the consultation.
The firm handles the negotiation, and it is scoped as advisory work rather than folded into a kit fee. Comments from an investor’s, buyer’s or counterparty’s counsel change the work from drafting to negotiation, so when they arrive the firm quotes the phase — usually a capped budget for the first round — and everything the kit has already produced carries over.
On the accredited-investor tier, yes: the certificates, risk acknowledgements and the reasonable-steps record, and Form 45-106F1 prepared and filed through SEDAR+ within ten days of closing, with only the regulator’s fee separate. The private-issuer tier relies on an exemption that requires no report, which is why it starts at CAD $3,950. Other exemptions, or a priced round, are advisory work and quoted first.
It is a defined allocation over a twelve-month term: counsel hours (3, 6, 9, 12 or 15+ a year), approved kits, or both, configured after intake and set out in the engagement letter with the fee. The hours cover the corporate, commercial and governance questions a running company raises; transactions, filings and disputes are scoped on their own. It is a configuration rather than an open subscription, so you know what it covers before it starts.
The intake usually catches it, and the answer is the same firm: the matter is scoped as advisory and transactional work, in phases with a budget agreed first, rather than forced into a fixed scope. Where the complexity appears after work has started, the firm stops, explains, and quotes the additional work before doing it; you are never charged a kit fee for work that has outgrown the kit.
Describe the situation in a paragraph and the firm will say which path fits and what it costs — a fixed fee from the schedule, a starting fee confirmed at scope review, or a quote for the first phase.