Startups & Founders

From incorporation to your first cheque, we're the corporate lawyers founders call. We handle startup incorporation, founder agreements and vesting, SAFEs and seed financing, and cap tables and stock options — the legal foundation your company is built on.

Our startups & founders services

Startup Incorporation & Structuring

Incorporating right the first time saves founders from expensive clean-ups later. We set your startup up with a founder-friendly share structure and a clean cap table from day one — built for the bank, the CRA, and the investors you'll pitch tomorrow.

  • Federal or Ontario incorporation
  • Founder-friendly share structure
  • A clean cap table from day one
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Founder Agreements & Vesting

The fastest way to kill a startup is a co-founder split with no agreement. We put founder agreements, vesting, and IP assignment in place while everyone's still friends — so a departure doesn't take half your company's equity with it.

  • Founder agreements that set the rules
  • Vesting with a cliff (typically 4-year / 1-year)
  • IP assignment to the company
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Startup Financing: SAFEs & Convertible Notes

Raising your first money is exciting — and full of terms that quietly define your company for years. We review and negotiate SAFEs, convertible notes, and seed term sheets so you take the capital without giving away control you didn't mean to.

  • SAFEs (Simple Agreements for Future Equity)
  • Convertible notes
  • Seed term-sheet review
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Cap Tables & Stock Options (ESOP)

Your cap table and option pool are how you reward the people who build the company — and how you show investors you run a tight ship. We clean up cap tables and set up stock option plans that hold together as you grow and dilute.

  • Cap-table setup and clean-up
  • Stock option plan (ESOP)
  • Option grants and paperwork
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