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Business & Corporate Law Firms in Calgary Region, Alberta

307 law firms.

What does a business lawyer in Calgary Region do?

A business lawyer in the Calgary region helps companies form, run, and change hands. The everyday work is incorporating a company, writing the agreements between owners, papering commercial contracts, arranging financing, and closing the sale or purchase of a business. Much of it runs through a registry rather than a courtroom: Alberta companies are recorded in the Alberta Corporate Registry through an authorized registry agent, and federal companies through Corporations Canada. If a corporate dispute does turn into a lawsuit, it's heard at the Court of King's Bench of Alberta in the Calgary Courts Centre at 601 5th Street SW.

Calgary has a large corporate base, and many of its head offices are in energy: Calgary Economic Development counts 70+ major energy companies with head offices in the city. The same lawyers serve the smaller firms of Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, and Chestermere.

How do you incorporate a business near Calgary?

You've got two routes. You can incorporate provincially under Alberta's Business Corporations Act, filing your articles through an authorized registry agent that enters them in the Corporate Registry and issues your certificate of incorporation. Or you can incorporate federally under the Canada Business Corporations Act through Corporations Canada, which lets one company name carry across the country. Either way you start with a NUANS name-search report to confirm the name isn't taken. Registry agents handle the filing, but a lawyer adds the share structure, directors, and governance behind it.

What agreements and deals does a corporate lawyer handle?

Once a company exists, the recurring work is the paper that holds it together. A shareholder agreement sets out who decides what, how shares change hands, and what happens if an owner leaves; a partnership agreement does the same for a partnership under Alberta's Partnership Act. Lawyers also draft and review the contracts a business signs, from supply deals to leases.

Financings and the sale or purchase of a business are the bigger files. A purchase is usually structured as either an asset deal or a share deal, and that choice drives the tax result, the liabilities you inherit, and the due diligence. Fees vary with the deal's size and complexity, so ask for an estimate and how it's billed up front.

How do you choose a business & corporate law firm in Calgary Region?

Look for a firm that has done your kind of deal, whether that's a first incorporation, a shareholder dispute, an energy-sector transaction, or the sale of a family business. Ask who will handle the file, how they bill, and whether they can pull in tax or employment advice when needed. Firms sit across downtown Calgary and the surrounding communities of Airdrie, Cochrane, Okotoks, and Chestermere, so there's usually one within reach.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing with the Law Society of Alberta. Browse the business & corporate law firms in Calgary Region below.

360 Legal Services is a solo Calgary practice led by Matthew Cheung, offering real estate law, business law, and wills and estates services to individuals, families and businesses across Alberta. The firm takes a clie…

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AA Law Office

1 lawyer

AA Law Office is a Calgary law firm founded by Adebisi Adeyemo, a Barrister, Solicitor and Notary Public. It practises immigration law along with business law, real estate law, wills and estates, and civil litigation,…

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Aarbo Fuldauer LLP

5 lawyers

Aarbo Fuldauer LLP is a Calgary law firm based in Kensington Village that has provided legal services to individuals and businesses for over 20 years. Its lawyers handle family law, real estate, wills and estates, civ…

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AB Law

5 lawyers

AB Law is a boutique Calgary law firm led by managing partner Anshuman Bawa, offering counsel in family, immigration, and corporate law along with real estate, personal injury, wills and estates, and civil litigation …

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Admiral Law

3 lawyers

Admiral Law is a Calgary firm providing ongoing transactional and operational legal support to private companies and their owners, along with referral-based real estate work. Its lawyers focus on corporate and commerc…

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Affinity Law

15 lawyers · Est. 1993

Affinity Law is a multi-practice firm serving clients in Ontario and Alberta, with lawyers handling corporate and commercial matters, real estate, employment law, family law, immigration, mediation, and personal injur…

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Agahi Law

4 lawyers · Est. 2012

Agahi Law is a Calgary law firm founded in 2012 by Houman Agahi. It practises real estate, corporate and commercial, civil litigation, wills and estate planning, and franchise law, and also offers notarization service…

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Airdrie Lawyers

2 lawyers · Est. 2002

Airdrie Lawyers is a general legal practice in Airdrie, Alberta, established in 2002 and led by owner Richard Horne. The firm serves clients in Airdrie, Calgary, and surrounding areas across real estate, wills and est…

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Alexander Law

1 lawyer

Alexander Law is a boutique Calgary law firm that provides corporate and commercial legal services to businesses of all sizes. It advises clients on incorporation, buying and selling businesses, franchise matters, com…

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ALO LAW

1 lawyer

ALO LAW is a Calgary law firm offering real estate, corporate and commercial, tax and estate planning, labour law, family law, and immigration services to individuals, charities, businesses and organizations.

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Altadore Law

3 lawyers · Est. 2016

Altadore Law is a Calgary law firm founded in 2016 by Atif Ali, who began his career as a paralegal before becoming a lawyer. The firm focuses on real estate transactions, immigration law, wills and estates, and corpo…

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Altro LLP

9 lawyers · Est. 1988

Altro LLP is a cross-border tax and estate planning firm founded in 1988 that serves Canadian and American clients from offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver as well as several U.S. Sun Belt states. Its…

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Amanoh Law Firm

1 lawyer

Amanoh Law Firm is a Calgary practice offering family law, wills and estate planning, business law and notary services. It's led by founding partner Mercy Amanoh along with a team of junior lawyers and support staff. …

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Amery Law

6 lawyers

Amery Law is a full-service law firm in Calgary, Alberta, handling family law, criminal law, wills and estates, motor vehicle accidents and personal injury, real estate, and corporate and commercial matters. The firm …

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Ardent Law Group

2 lawyers

Ardent Law Group is a Calgary-based firm offering immigration, corporate and business, real estate, family, employment and wills and estates services. It is led by a Barrister and Solicitor who is also a Regulated Can…

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Arteaga Legal Group is a full-service Calgary law firm offering legal services in Spanish, French, and English. The firm's practice covers real estate, civil litigation, corporate law, estate planning, family law, per…

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Aryan Sadat

1 lawyer

Aryan Sadat is a law practice with a lawyer based in Calgary who also practices in Toronto. The practice covers personal injury, civil litigation, immigration law, criminal law, corporate law, family law, real estate …

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Badyal Legal

3 lawyers

Badyal Legal is a Calgary law firm that practises litigation, residential and commercial real estate, wills and estates, and business law. Its lawyers take a collaborative, client-centred approach and also set up corp…

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Baxter Lee Law Office is a general practice law firm in Okotoks, Alberta, serving Okotoks and Southern Alberta. The firm handles real estate, incorporations and business purchases, corporate and employment law, family…

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Bayview Law

1 lawyer

Bayview Law is a boutique real estate, business and corporate law firm in Calgary that also handles wills and estates, family law, notarization and civil litigation. Every file is handled directly by an experienced la…

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Beaumont Church LLP

7 lawyers · Est. 1956

Beaumont Church LLP is a full service law firm that has served urban and rural businesses and individuals in southern Alberta since 1956. Based in Calgary, the firm practises administrative, agricultural, corporate an…

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Bench Law Office

4 lawyers · Est. 2021

Bench Law Office is a Calgary law firm established in 2021 that provides real estate, immigration, family, corporate, and wills and estates legal services, along with notary and oath commissioner services. The firm sa…

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Bennett Jones LLP

16 lawyers

Bennett Jones LLP is a national Canadian business law firm with more than a century of history, grown from a ten-lawyer prairie town office to a firm with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vanco…

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Billing Law Office is a law firm in Calgary, Alberta offering corporate, real estate, immigration, wills and estates, family, and general legal services such as notarizations and commissioning of documents. The firm o…

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