Advises not-for-profit organizations, charities, businesses and other law firms.
Governance, articles, by-laws, members' meetings and elections, disputes among directors and members, and compliance under the Ontario and federal not-for-profit statutes.
Clients include industry and professional associations, self-governing professional colleges, trade organizations, registered charities, private schools and health-care organizations.
Incorporation and organization of charities, non-charitable not-for-profits and business corporations, and the upkeep of their corporate records and filings.
Commercial agreements and negotiations, including M&A transactions, debt and equity financing, shareholder agreements and procurement.
Opinion evidence in proceedings concerning the standard of care owed by corporate-commercial lawyers to their clients, and on Canadian corporate law in the context of foreign arbitral and legal proceedings.
Consultation for other firms on matters of corporate and not-for-profit law. The firm does not itself act as litigation counsel.
Wayne Gray has more than 48 years of experience as a corporate-commercial lawyer. His practice is in corporate law and not-for-profit law. He advises on the duties and liabilities of directors and officers, corporate governance and private mergers and acquisitions, and provides expert evidence in those fields. He is the primary author of Gray's Commentaries on federal and Ontario corporate law and of the other looseleaf works listed under Publications.
Scott has 35 years of experience in the legal profession. He began practice as a corporate-commercial lawyer and spent a good part of his career in the management of two large Bay Street firms. His practice is now mainly in not-for-profit matters and in the governance and commercial affairs of small and mid-sized businesses.
Allen joined the firm as counsel in 2017 after more than 30 years providing legal services to Ontario government ministries, principally the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (now the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement) and its predecessors. He advises not-for-profit corporations, delegated administrative authorities and governmental organizations.