Our Practice Areas
Manis Law provides clients with legal advice and representation in the following areas:
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Bankruptcy law is all about equity and balancing the rights of the creditors to maximize their recoveries and rights of the consumers to receive relief.
We represent both debtors and creditors.
- Corporate and individual debtors.
- Corporate and individual creditors.
- Trustees.
- Receivers.
As your bankruptcy lawyer, we will:
- Help you decide whether to proceed with a bankruptcy filing, proposal or to take an alternative route.
- Counsel you on what property you might be able to hold on to.
- Advise you on what type of restructuring to pursue.
- Inform you about whether you should keep making payments to your creditors.
- Provide input on the tax consequences you will face.
- Advice on how to deal with CRA debt and obtain relief of such debt.
Commercial Litigation
We will help you in the following areas:
- Collection of unpaid accounts
- Contractual Disputes
- Landlord and Tenant Leasing Issues
- Construction Litigation and Construction Liens
- Shareholder and Partnership Litigation
- Real Estate and Title Insurance Litigation
- Fire and Property Insurance Litigation
- Injunctions
- Franchise Disputes
- Insolvency and Creditor Rights Litigation
- Defamation, Libel and Slander Litigation
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Non-Compete Disputes
Corporate Law
Starting your business? Looking to acquire or dispose of shares or assets of a private business? Other business needs? We are the team for you. Our services include:
- Incorporations and complete organization
- Record keeping
- Reorganizations
- Amalgamations
- Winding-up and dissolution of a business
- Commercial leasing
- Business acquisitions and sales, whether assets or shares
- Commercial agreements
- Shareholder, partnership and joint venture agreements
- Distributorship and franchise arrangements
- Corporate record keeping
- Construction contracts
- Employment agreements
- The preparation of trust documents
- Financing, including mortgages, debentures and secured transactions
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Contract drafting and review, including management buyouts and buy-sell agreements
- Business disputes and commercial litigation
- Lending and financial issues, including collection actions
- Bringing new investors into a business
