Contacts
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VancouverLinda I. Parsons, Q.C.
604-643-6445
lparsons@davis.ca Toronto
M. Sandra Appel
416-365-3524
sappel@davis.ca Montréal
Bistra G. Stoytcheva
514-392-8410
bstoytcheva@davis.ca Edmonton
David J. Stratton, Q.C.
780-429-6804
dstratton@davis.ca Calgary
Daniel E. Kenney
403-698-8704
dkenney@davis.ca
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Paralegal Contacts
Farahat, Melissa
Calgary
403.698.8742
Nisbet-Papp, Loralee
Calgary
403.698.8750
Publications
- Responding Strategically to the New Trust Tax
- Choosing a Business Entity: Commercial and Tax Considerations
- Alberta Unlimited Liability Corporations
- Advantages of Using a Controlled Auction to Sell a Business
- Alberta Business Corporations Act Update
- New British Columbia Business Corporations Act
- Security Enforcement and Insolvency Restructuring in Canada
- Developing British Columbia's Offshore Oil and Gas Resources
- The Good Faith Obligation: A Comment on the Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Company
- Establishing, Managing and Enforcing Trade-marks and Business Identities on the Internet
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Corporate Services
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The Davis LLP Corporate Services Group provides companies and other organizations with the timely delivery of personalized and cost-effective filing and registration services, and compliance with routine corporate and commercial tasks.
Our Corporate Services Group clerks and paralegals, under the supervision of our experienced corporate lawyers, service the corporate needs of thousands of organizations across Canada.
Our Vancouver office prepares and manages all of the corporate documentation required by various B.C. companies, extra-provincial companies, federal corporations, and societies and partnerships. Our Yellowknife, Toronto, Montréal and Edmonton offices all provide services regarding the incorporation or extra-provincial registration of corporations. Through our Whitehorse office, we act for corporations incorporated in the Yukon Territory.
We also act as the sole British Columbia agent for CT Corporation, which provides corporate record management for U.S. companies.
Our Corporate Services Groups in each of our offices performs such tasks as:
Incorporations and Registrations
We conduct incorporations and registrations federally and in B.C., the Yukon Territory (which has no director residency requirements), the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Alberta and any other jurisdiction you require.
Our services include:
- Reserving the corporation name, and preparing and filing the necessary documents
- Obtaining a corporate seal, and opening the minute book
- Preparing registers and a reporting booklet to the client; and acting as registered and records office
Extra-Provincial/Territorial Registrations
- We act as attorney-for-service and registered office for companies registered elsewhere.
Ongoing Annual Filings
We provide annual maintenance and record-keeping services, including:
- Maintaining corporate minute books and records
- Forwarding and filing annual reports and reminding companies of their annual meeting obligations, and preparing resolutions of directors and members
Due Diligence Searches
We conduct comprehensive due diligence searches for records of title, ownership, claims, disputes, etc. at competitive market rates in registries such as:
- The Personal Property Security Registry
- Land Titles Office, Mining Titles
- B.C. Securities Commission
- Ships' Registry
- All Registries of the Supreme Court/Court of Appeal, and the Bank of Canada
Reorganizations and Restructuring
We provide a host of other services, such as:
- Reorganizations, amalgamations, continuances, restorations, dissolutions,
- Changes of name,
- Changes of authorized and issued share capital,
- Reviews of certain corporate records as required by auditors or members of the general public.