Shareholder agreements can be drafted to allow business partners in private corporations to sell their shares whenever they want while protecting the remaining owners, says Toronto business [...]

When a shareholder wishes to sell their shares to a third party, piggyback and drag-along clauses in the shareholders’ agreement can help prevent a deadlock, says Toronto business lawyer Anton [...]

There are several benefits to including a dispute resolution mechanism within a shareholders’ agreement, says Toronto business lawyer Anton Katz. “Shareholders’ agreements are very lengthy [...]

A well-drafted shareholders’ agreement should include provisions specifying what will happen in the event of disability, says Toronto business lawyer Anton Katz. If there are no buyout rights or [...]

When it comes to protecting a business from a triggering event such as a marital breakdown, it’s worth reviewing the different approaches when drafting a shareholders’ agreement, says Toronto [...]

While a unanimous shareholders’ agreement devotes most of its contents to what happens during the life of a business relationship, certain clauses deal with putting restrictions on departing [...]

A shareholders’ agreement that doesn’t contain a valuation clause could create uncertainty and even animosity among parties if an evaluation of shares is required later on, Toronto business [...]

Amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) that require a company to disclose the identity of its shareholders may lead to more businesses incorporating provincially, Toronto [...]

Small business owners have to juggle many competing demands in order to succeed. If you are a Toronto small business owner considering litigation against your business partner, you may wish to [...]

Anton appeared in Season 1, Episode 9 of Fire Away: The Employment Law Show | The Sale of a Business.  In this episode, Anton and Stuart Rudner discuss the sale of a business; what that means for [...]