Trained
and tested
in the fires.

Our M&A practice is a core practice area of Founders and focuses on advising clients in respect of the purchase and sale of both public and private businesses, including purchase and sale agreements, take-over bids, plans of arrangement, management buy-outs and going private transactions. We advise both buyers and sellers in connection with these transactions as well as private equity investors and, lenders.

Our Corporate Finance and Securities practice is experienced in a broad range of public and private financings, including initial and secondary public offerings of securities, reverse takeovers (RTOs), debt and equity restructurings, private placements, rights offerings, takeover bids and mergers and acquisitions. We act for a wide variety of public and private issuers, private equity funds, targets, boards, committees, shareholder groups, financial advisors and other market participants. In addition to transactional work, we assist clients with compliance, including corporate governance, disclosure obligations, stock exchange requirements and other securities regulatory matters.

We have industry recognized expertise advising lenders and borrowers on all types of secured and unsecured debt and financing transactions. Whether you require assistance structuring a complex debt transaction or a simple promissory note, we have the experience to help. Our clients include financial institutions, non-bank financial services providers, private lenders and both public and private corporate borrowers. Our areas of expertise include acquisition finance, cash-flow financings, real estate financings, ABL financings, restructurings and DIP/exit financings as well as high-yield debt. We also have significant experience advising FinTech companies.

We act for clients on a wide range of business law issues within our corporate and commercial law practice. Our clients vary from entrepreneurial start-ups, family owned businesses, private equity and venture funds, public corporations, financial institutions and large multinational enterprises. Our services include business formation and structuring, reorganizations, stock options plans, shareholder and partnership agreements, legal due diligence, licensing and royalty agreements, master services agreements, sales and distribution agreements and corporate records maintenance. We can assist with all levels of complexity when it comes to corporate and commercial law matters.

We have significant experience assisting startups in a broad variety of industries as well as some of the world’s most well-known venture capital firms and incubators. We understand the challenges that new organizations face. As a flexible boutique with significant experience in this area, we are well positioned to help startups meet their goals while maintaining the highest standards of legal services and responsiveness. We can help from initial formation all the way through exit. No matter what your objectives are, we can assist.

Our team regularly advises corporations, boards of directors and board committees on a full range of governance issues, from best practices, salaries and indemnification to conflicts of interests and internal investigations. We have advised on matters involving proposed transactions, board diversity and recruitment, leadership structures, board functions and duties, disclosure, proxies, stakeholder relations and engagement and the development of governance policies and practices. Founders also has significant experience in the area of investor activism. We have represented investors based in Canada and abroad in both friendly and contested situations and in situations that have resulted in negotiated settlements.

We represent private equity and venture capital clients in all aspects of their business lifecycle, from acquisitions, add-ons and corporate consolidations, to management compensation and incentive plan arrangements. Our services include advice in respect of fund formation and investment, buy-out investments, auctions, divestitures and other liquidity events, financings as well as management compensation and incentive plan arrangements.

Our strategic structuring and reorganization team can assist with a wide range of corporate services, including entity creation, organization and governance planning, corporate and tax reorganizations (including implementation of tax plans and memoranda), domestic and cross-border transfers of assets, real estate and shares (including rollovers), corporate restructuring and reorganization, fund creation and private investments, joint venture, limited partnership and management agreements; and shareholders’ agreements and voting trusts.

We have extensive experience both on the corporate and debt financing aspects of insolvency and restructuring matters. We can provide strategic advice and guidance with all corporate matters relating to a restructuring as well as the completion and formation of a new corporate structure. We also have significant experience with debt financings in connection with various bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings, including representing lenders and borrowers on DIP and exit financings.