Business
Whether you are an entrepreneur, small or mid-sized business, or large corporation, we provide you with focused business advice specifically structured to fit your needs. We regularly advise clients on:

• Incorporation & Business Organization
• All types of commercial contracts including cross-border, multiparty, and multi-jurisdictional agreements
• Franchising
• Interplay among various corporate and personal type structures
• Partnership, Shareholder and Joint Venture agreements
• Financing and Loans
• Intellectual Property Matters
• Commercial Leasing
• Private equity and venture capital investments
• Regulatory matters relating to business in regulated industries
• Investments

Health Law (Business Division)
Health Law is an increasingly complex area of law requiring specialized advice. This important area of law is constantly changing as as result of the various economic and political trends. It is important for clients to be very well represented. We regularly advise clients on the following :

• Acquisition and divestiture of health care practices ( Buy – Sell )
• Regulatory oversight of health care professionals and health related businesses.
• Incorporation and organization of health care professional corporations
• Incorporation and organization of technical service corporations
• Incorporation and organization of management corporations
• Interplay among various corporate and personal type structures
• Shareholder. Partnership, Associate, Cost Sharing and Joint Venture agreements
• Independent Health facilities formation and organization
• Privacy and access to information matters in health care
• Corporate financing in health care
• Private equity investments in health care
• Multi-disciplinary arrangements between health care providers
• Leasing and Real Estate matters in health care
• Health Policy
• Alternate Funding Plans or Schemes

Health Law (Advocacy & Defense Division)
When called upon a charge against a health care professional, we take our job very seriously. We realize the valuable nature of what is at stake here – the livelihood of your chosen profession.

Through the years, we have gained very valuable first-hand insight into the functions and workings of various regulatory bodies governing health care professionals. We pride ourselves on offering very insightful and sensible approaches when formulating strategic defense positions on behalf of our clients. We appreciate the stresses that a complaint or a discipline hearing may cause and always strive to ensure that our clients are well-represented throughout all facets of the case. Our developed strategies are practical, efficient, goal oriented and focused with a successful outcome in mind. We assist various health care providers and such as physicians, chiropractors, physiotherapists, veterinarians, pharmacists, optometrists, and dentists from across Canada in front of their regulatory and hospital boards. We also represent our clients in various other regulatory matters such as licensing requirements, complaints, discipline, fitness to practice, quality assurance and registration issues. We have had very good success in representing our clients in this area of law.

In addition, Arya & Sher is often retained by other legal counsel in order to assist them in such health law matters. Legal opinion is provided to such legal counsel in an effort to devise strategies and/or determine the merits of a particular course of action.

Internet and Information Technology
The Internet and Information Technology fields have seen explosive growth in recent years. Arya & Sher has been well positioned to help our clients capitalize on these opportunities. Information Technology and E-Commerce have formed the basis of an expanding and ever-changing body of law.

We have extensive experience in advising businesses in the technology sector on appropriate business structures, contracts, privacy issues, intellectual property, licensing, financing, and much more. We have access to a network of financiers for entrepreneurs and start-up companies seeking start-up capital or later stage financing.

In addition, we advise investors on investments in this sector including negotiating investment terms, structuring the investment, and drafting appropriate agreements.

Real Estate
We offer superior legal advice to clients in the areas of commercial and residential real estate. Our services include counsel on the following :

• Purchase and Sale of commercial properties
• Purchase and Sale of residential properties
• Builders and Developers
• Commercial mortgage financing
• Lease drafting and negotiation for retail, office residential, and industrial properties
• Co-ownerships and Joint Ventures

Litigation
Arya & Sher offers legal representation to clients in enforcing and defending their interests in lawsuits, mediations, arbitrations, and administrative/regulatory proceedings.  We have an excellent track record in aggressively pursuing all legal avenues to ensure that our clients’ rights are protected.  Arya & Sher lawyers have achieved impressive results representing both plaintiffs and defendants in hearings, motions, and trials in a wide-range of sectors.

Entertainment
The field of entertainment law requires strong and effective representation. Our work in the field of entertainment law consistently draws upon our skills and experiences in other practices typically in the areas of contracts, finance, and intellectual property protection.

Our services include protecting the personal and corporate interests of actors, models, writers, publishers, musicians, and film producers.

Regardless of a client’s needs, Arya & Sher strives to provide you with valuable and well considered legal solutions.

Investors and Venture Capital
We are regularly consulted by both investors seeking business opportunities, as well as entrepreneurs and businesses seeking private financing. We take pride in the fact that we have been instrumental for years in helping connect investors with promising and exciting business opportunities. Some of the services we provide to our investor clients include advice on :

• Business structure (ie.corporation, joint venture, partnership, limited partnership)
• Negotiation of Commercial Agreements
• Negotiation of term sheets
• Structuring syndicated investments
• Business registrations
• Shareholder, Partnership, and Joint Venture Agreements
• Corporate Financing
• Intellectual Property Protection

In advising our clients who are investors, our aim is to get you the best deal while minimizing risks associated with your investment.

Estates
Arya & Sher advises clients in all aspects of estate planning and estate administration (probate). We also prepare estate documents including Wills, Power of Attorney for Personal Care, Power of Attorney for Property, Living Wills.

Arya & Sher also assists in restructuring clients’ personal or business affairs to reduce estate/probate taxes.

Our lawyers also represent various interested parties in Estate Litigation.  Our clients have from time-to-time included estate trustees/executors, beneficiaries, and non-beneficiaries.

Immigration
We offer services in all areas of Canadian Immigration law including :

• Applications for permanent residence status as a federal Skilled Worker
• Applications for permanent residence status as Provincial Nominees
• Applications for permanent residence status based on family class
• All business Immigration including Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Self-Employed
• Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds applications
• All work Visas and HR-DC Validations including NAFTA, GATT and Intra company transfers
• All Student Visas
• All Visitor Visas
• Detention Reviews
• Immigration Appeals
• Appeals to the Federal Court
• Citizenship applications
• Pre-Removal Assessments