Overview

Businesses are increasingly facing cross-border litigation as they expand their reach into additional jurisdictions across the globe. As Canada and the US enjoy the world’s largest trade partnership, much of our work is focused on helping US and Canadian clients seeking to establish, sell or invest in companies across the US/Canada border. Lawson Lundell has a busy US cross-border practice, helping our clients navigate the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Canada. We also serve as a trusted partner to attorneys in the United States and are regularly called upon to advise their clients on Canadian legal issues.

We assist our clients with the enforcement of foreign orders and judgments in Canada and connect them with foreign attorneys to enforce Canadian orders abroad. We advise on the acquisition and sale of all types of businesses in Canada. We provide advice on capital raising including public and private, debt and equity, project finance, asset-based, and other forms of financing. We act in cross-border joint ventures, investments and real estate and other commercial transactions. In addition, we represent clients from jurisdictions around the world in various litigation and other adversarial proceedings. We routinely assist US counsel in enforcing letters rogatory in British Columbia.

Our corporate finance and securities group regularly advises businesses on all aspects of compliance with Canadian securities laws, including securities registration and listing and reporting and compliance requirements.

Our dedicated project team, with nationally and internationally recognised knowledge of Aboriginal, Energy, and Environmental regulatory frameworks, provides our global clients with regulatory advice on their proposed Canadian projects. We have assisted our US clients with arbitrations, tribunals and regulatory hearings. 

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