Corporate Law and Commercial Litigation

  • Business formations in Italy and Canada: incorporations in Canada and in Italy, including incorporation of charitable and not-for-profit organizations;
  • General Partnerships and Limited Partnerships formations;
  • Shareholder or Partnership Agreements;
  • Commercial transactions, including cross-board transactions, joint ventures, commercial cooperation agreements, distribution agreements and settlement negotiations;
  • Drafting and negotiating commercial contracts;
  • Import/export advice (navigating the regulatory system, including European and Canadian regulatory matters for export controls and trade restrictions;
  • Commercial litigation for commercial entities and individuals including debt collection, insurance, trademark and copyright infringement disputes.

Law of Successions

  • Successions: estate applications in Canada and in Italy, court certificates;
  • Estate litigation;
  • Appraisals of property in Italy and Canada;
  • Title abstracts for Italian property and Canadian property;
  • Consensual and judicial partition applications in Canada and in Italy;
  • Power of attorney (special and general power of attorney) for Italy and Canada and notary certificates (recognized by the Italian government);
  • Opinions on Italian and on Canadian estate matters;
  • Wills.

International Law

  • Conflict of laws or private international law (determination of which law applies to cases involving a foreign element);
  • Letters rogatory (taking of evidence in Italy and Canada and service of legal documents in Italy and Canada);
  • Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments: for Italian judgment in Canada and Canadian judgment in Italy;
  • Certified translations from English to Italian and Italian to English.

Intellectual Property

  • Copyright law for the acquisition and protection of copyright, copyright violation/infringement disputes, copyright licence agreements for music, computer software, figurative arts and literary work;
  • Technology transfer and licensing agreements, consulting agreements including website and software development agreements;
  • Non-competition and non-disclosure agreements;
  • Business Name, Domain Name and Trade-Mark Registrations;
  • Trademarks infringement disputes and coexistence agreements;