Growing private companies
Established companies
Privately held companies past the startup stage: shareholder agreements and changes in the ownership group, governance, reorganizations, financing, acquisitions and the sale of the business, commercial contracts, equity compensation, intellectual property and shareholder disputes.
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Matters···
Shareholder agreement · negotiated later
Financing · acquisition · sale
Reorganization · on the accountant’s plan
Canada · UAE
Canada–UAE corporate matters for Canadian and UAE owners
Canadians with shareholdings, companies, partners or family interests in the United Arab Emirates, and UAE companies, families and investors with interests in Canada. The firm has offices in Toronto and Abu Dhabi and advises under both systems of law within one engagement.
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Matters···
Shareholding in a free-zone company
Joint venture with a UAE partner
UAE-law agreements · both systems
Founders
Founders and startups
Founders from incorporation through the first financing: the company’s formation and share structure, the agreement among the founders, ownership and equity, governance, the first hires, and the first SAFE, note or priced round. Standard steps are available at a fixed fee.
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Matters···
Incorporation and organization
Founders’ agreement · vesting · IP
First financing · SAFE, note or priced round
Canada · US
Canada–US corporate structures for founder-led groups
Founders and shareholders of private companies with companies on both sides of the border: holding companies, a parent or an LLC in one country and operating companies in both, the Canadian company within the group, and whether it remains a Canadian-controlled private corporation.
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Structures···
Holding companies on both sides
Delaware corporation or LLC · Canadian subsidiary
CCPC status · share classes
Institutions
Institutions and regulated companies
General counsel, boards and executives at institutions and regulated companies in Canada and the United Arab Emirates. Standing or matter-based support from counsel with General Counsel experience in aerospace, defence, industrial and financial groups.
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Matters···
Legal function at capacity
Outside GC · subsidiary or venture
Transactions shaped by regulation
Programs
Accelerators, incubators and university programs
Accelerators, incubators, university programs and venture studios, and the founders in them. Counsel to the cohort’s founders from incorporation to first financing, and for the program a cohort session, office hours and a defined intake route at no cost.
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The pathway···
Cohort session on legal foundations
Office hours · twenty minutes per founder
One intake route for the program
Practices
Professional advisors and their practices
Accountants, consultants, corporate service providers, agencies and regulated practices, on the corporate affairs of their own practice: incorporation, the agreements between partners, client terms and privacy documentation, and the sale or succession of the practice.
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Matters···
Professional corporation · certificate of authorization
Partner admission and departure
Sale or succession of a practice
The firm
Fauri Law
Fauri Law, First Canadian Place, Toronto. The firm was founded by Khaled El Fauri following more than a decade as in-house counsel, including General Counsel roles.
Office···
khaled@faurilaw.ca