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Our Clients

1.   Small Businesses

We provide common sense corporate commercial legal advice to a wide range of small and medium sized businesses wishing to take advantage of all that Alberta has to offer.  From exciting new business ventures to established businesses, we help clients with:

• incorporation of companies
• shareholder agreements
• setting up partnerships and joint ventures
• negotiation, documentation and closing the purchase of a business or franchise
• leasing or purchasing of business premises
• preparation of non-disclosure agreements (confidentiality agreements), sale contracts, distribution agreements, employment contracts, and other business and commercial contracts
• documentation and implementationof corporate re-organizations such as ownership restructurings, share capital re-organizations and amalgamations
• implementation of wind-ups and dissolutions

We coordinate the provision of our services with the professional accounting and tax advisors of our clients.

2.   Hospitality Industry

Made up of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, caterers and hotels, Alberta's hospitality industry is world famous.

Did you know that the average restaurant purchase involves about 70 questions you need to ask the seller, 170 crucial items to review in due diligence and 50 critical clauses to negotiate?  Our understanding of the industry comes from the many transactions we have handled over the years.

By bringing together years of commercial, real estate and intellectual property knowledge, we offer owners, managers, franchisors, developers, investors and lenders legal advice in the following areas:

• purchase, sale and financing of restaurant, pub and hotel properties
• commercial real estate matters including leasing, financing, purchasing and sale
• zoning and permit issues
• construction matters
• management and operating agreements
• equity and debt financing
• franchising
• business and liquor licensing
• gaming issues
• by-law compliance matters
• employment matters
• policies and procedures
• trade-mark and other intellectual property protection

Franchising continues to grow as a method of doing business in Alberta's hospitality industry.  We help in the formation and organizationof franchised businesses, including preparation of franchise agreements and disclosure documents conforming to provincial regulation.

We also work with franchisees in helping to set up and run their franchises.

Andrea Riccio is a registered trade-mark agent and a member of the Global Alliance of Hospitality Attorneys.

3.   Commercial Real Estate

Real estate has been at the core of our firm since its formation in 1994.  Andrea Riccio is known for providing quality legal advice to both local and out of province builders, developers, investors and other business clients.  Our commercial real estate clients also include corporate and individual commercial landlords and tenants

Using our extensive knowledge and experience, we deal with the technical legal issues while ensuring that your deals progress promptly and cost-effectively.

The following is a sampling of the matters we have worked on for our clients:

• commercial-retail shopping centres
• office buildings & professional centres
• subdivisions
• commercial and industrial condominium projects
• all aspects of commercial leasing
• management agreements
• partnerships and joint ventures

The scope of our real estate services is broad and varied, so please contact us to see how we can tailor our services to the needs of your particular situation.We are always happy to discuss your specific needs in a friendly and informal manner and offer a free intial consultation and detailed fee quote.