Corporate Services

Our Group

The Corporate Services Department of Miller Thomson, based in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec, provides excellent integrated regional and national service in a responsive, timely and efficient manner.

Key Contacts

Our Services

Under the supervision of our lawyers, the Corporate Services Department assists corporations and other entities with:

CORPORATE PROCEDURES

• Incorporation, organization, corporate changes (including changes in officers and directors, registered office, share transfers, banking, etc.), annual proceedings, amalgamation, continuation, extra-provincial registration, dissolution and revival
• Tax and other governmental registrations, including Canada Revenue Agency and provincial tax accounts, Worker’s Compensation, etc.
• Acquisitions, mergers, financings, reorganizations and restructurings, including preparing documents, conducting minute book reviews and due diligence, preparing search reports, attending to post-closing matters, and preparation of record books

Our senior corporate law clerks and paralegals also have specialized expertise, including:

• Involvement at a senior level on transactions
• Not-for-Profit Corporations, including incorporation and organization, by-law preparation and analysis, charitable registration, reorganization, re-structuring, corporate maintenance and compliance
• Specialty Licensing, including direct sellers, motor vehicle credit, and fund-raising licensing
• Public companies, including private offering memorandums, initial public offerings, preparation of documents for meetings, such as notice, information circular, proxy, chair’s agenda, and annual or other meeting materials
• Assisting private clients with establishing corporate records systems

CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL SEARCHING AND FILINGS

• Conducting searches under the business statutes in each jurisdiction in Canada and, where required, preparing related detailed reports (e.g., Personal Property Securities Act registration summary, etc.)
• Initiating and organizing searches and filings in foreign jurisdictions
• Obtaining Certificates of Status, Certificates of Compliance, Good Standing Certificates and certified copies of corporate documents filed with government bodies
• Arranging for filing of corporate/commercial documents with government bodies
• Preparing detailed search reports on the life of a corporation

 CORPORATE COMPLIANCE

• Conducting corporate and business name searches
• Conducting trade-mark searches
• Filing annual returns and licence renewals
• Registering business names and making related amendments, renewals and cancellations across Canada
• Registering sole proprietorship, partnership and LLCs in Canada and making related amendments, renewals and cancellations
• Filing notices of change of directors, officers (where required) and registered office in all Canadian jurisdictions
• Keeping minute books, statutory registers and ledgers up-to-date
• Initiating preparation of annual meeting/resolution documents within the required timeframe