Practical legal counsel for professionals, startups and small businesses

Clear advice.
Practical judgment.
Trusted relationships.

Lisa is a business lawyer with more than three decades of experience in corporate and intellectual property law. She provides practical legal counsel to professionals, startups and small businesses on selected issues arising in the formation, operation and development of their practices and businesses. Her approach is personal, thoughtful and direct. Clients work directly with Lisa and receive clear advice grounded in experience, practical judgment and an understanding of the broader context.

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Practice areas

 Lisa provides selected legal services to professionals, startups and small businesses. Depending on the matter, she may provide the legal work directly, work with a client’s other advisors or help the client identify and engage specialized counsel.

Business and professional practices

  • Business formation and structuring
  • Incorporation and organization of business and professional corporations
  • Partnerships, not-for-profits and other organizational structures
  • Corporate governance and selected corporate compliance matters
  • Advice on legal and organizational issues arising in professional practice

Contracts and business relationships

  • Contract review, drafting and negotiation
  • Advice on founder, shareholder and partnership arrangements
  • Agreements with service providers, contractors and business collaborators
  • Advice on establishing, changing or ending business relationships

Branding and intellectual property

  • Branding and intellectual property strategy
  • Trademark clearance and registrability advice
  • Development of Canadian and international trademark protection strategies
  • Coordination of trademark searches, applications and registrations through Canadian and international trademark agents
  • Copyright ownership, registration and assignment

Ongoing legal counsel

  • Practical advice on legal issues arising in the operation of a practice or business
  • Review of the legal dimensions of selected policies and procedures
  • Identification of emerging legal and regulatory issues
  • Coordination with accountants, trademark agents and other specialized advisors
  • Ongoing advisory relationships tailored to the needs of the client

About Lisa

Lisa’s practice is intentionally personal: clients work directly with Lisa and benefit from clear communication, careful attention and practical advice tailored to their circumstances. Even when a legal issue is corporate or technical, Lisa’s main focus is on the people, relationships and principles involved. She values long-term professional relationships built on trust, responsiveness and sound judgment.

An early adopter of virtual legal practice, Lisa has worked effectively with clients and professional advisors at a distance for more than twenty years. Where a matter requires expertise outside her practice, she can also draw on longstanding professional relationships to help clients connect with lawyers and agents in areas such as employment, patents and litigation.

Lisa's story

Lisa was called to the Ontario bar in 1993 and began her career practising family law in a small-town setting. In 1999, she returned to law school to earn a master’s degree in intellectual property law. Over the next two decades, she built a practice focused on trademarks, copyright and corporate law, developing longstanding relationships with clients and lawyers in Canada and internationally.

Later, Lisa returned to graduate school again, this time earning a master’s degree in counselling psychology. That training deepened her interest in the human and relational dimensions of professional and business life. She is now winding down her trademark agency practice and concentrating her legal work on providing practical, thoughtful advice to professionals, business owners and small and medium-sized organizations.

Why choose Lisa?

Clear advice

Lisa distils complex legal issues into clear, practical advice, helping clients assess their options and make well-informed decisions.

Practical judgment

Drawing on more than three decades of experience, Lisa focuses on what matters and considers the broader business and human context.

Trusted relationships

Clients work directly with Lisa in relationships built on responsiveness, clear communication and mutual trust.

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