Alberta directory

Business & Corporate Law Firms in Edmonton Region, Alberta

211 law firms.

What does a business lawyer in Edmonton Region do?

A business lawyer in Edmonton Region helps people start, run, and eventually sell a company. The steady work is incorporation, drafting shareholder agreements, negotiating commercial contracts, and guiding the purchase or sale of a business. A new company is registered either federally with Corporations Canada or provincially through the Alberta corporate registry. Most commercial matters are settled at the negotiating table, but when a dispute does reach litigation, it's heard at the Court of King's Bench of Alberta in the Edmonton Law Courts on Sir Winston Churchill Square.

How do you incorporate a business in the Edmonton area?

You have two routes, and a business lawyer will help you pick the one that fits. You can incorporate federally under the Canada Business Corporations Act through Corporations Canada, which lets you operate under one name across the country. Or you can incorporate provincially under Alberta's Business Corporations Act, filed through an authorized Alberta registry agent. Either way there's a name search to clear so your proposed name doesn't clash with an existing one, along with articles of incorporation and a share structure to set up. Registry agents operate across Edmonton, St. Albert, and Sherwood Park, so the filing itself is rarely the hard part. The lawyer's value is in the choices behind it: share classes, directors, and how the corporation is set up to grow or bring in partners later.

What do shareholder agreements and buying a business involve?

A shareholder agreement sets the rules among owners before anyone disagrees: who can sell their shares, how the company is valued, what happens if a partner leaves or dies, and how deadlock gets broken. Buying or selling a business is the other big file. A lawyer runs due diligence, drafts or reviews the purchase agreement, and sorts out whether you're buying the shares or just the assets, since the tax and liability effects differ. That work keeps firms busy across the region's commercial base, from the industrial heartland around Fort Saskatchewan to the businesses near the airport and Nisku south of Leduc. Commercial contracts, leases, and financing round out the everyday practice.

How do you choose a business law firm in Edmonton Region?

Start with a firm that has handled your type of work at your size, whether that's a first incorporation, a shareholder dispute, or a seven-figure sale. Ask who will actually run the file, how they bill (some offer fixed fees for a straightforward incorporation, hourly for the rest), and how quickly they turn work around when a deal is moving. Firms sit throughout Edmonton, Sherwood Park, St. Albert, Leduc, and Fort Saskatchewan, so there's usually one near you.

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

97th Street Law

1 lawyer · Est. 1974

97th Street Law is a general practice firm in Edmonton, Alberta, focused on real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commercial law, and notary services. Mark DeMong took over the practice in June 2017 from Larry…

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Academy Place Law is a small Edmonton, Alberta law firm offering family law and divorce litigation, personal injury and motor vehicle accident litigation, real estate conveyancing, wrongful dismissal litigation, wills…

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Ace Law Group

2 lawyers

Ace Law Group is a small Edmonton law firm offering business, family, real estate, wills and estates, and immigration law services. It was founded by lawyer Richa Chhabra and also includes lawyer Jyoti Venkateshwaran,…

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Ackroyd LLP

11 lawyers

Ackroyd LLP Barristers & Solicitors is a full-service Edmonton law firm that has served the community for more than 70 years. Effective June 9, 2026, Ackroyd LLP merged with Rand Law LLP under the Ackroyd name. The fi…

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Ahlstrom Wright

9 lawyers · Est. 1977

Ahlstrom Wright is a full-service law firm founded in 1977 by Lee Ahlstrom and George Wright, based in Sherwood Park, Alberta, with a second office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. It practises in all areas of l…

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Alberta Counsel

13 lawyers

Alberta Counsel is an Edmonton firm combining a legal practice with government relations and lobbying services. Its legal team advises individuals, businesses, municipalities, and First Nations across business law, re…

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Alberta Law Office

3 lawyers

Alberta Law Office is an Edmonton-based firm serving individuals, families, and businesses across Alberta. The team handles family law and divorce, real estate, wills and estates, business and corporate matters, and i…

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All In Business Law is a virtual Alberta law firm founded by David van Moorsel that provides business and corporate legal services on a remote basis, including incorporation, business structuring, and asset protection…

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Alpha Law

1 lawyer

Alpha Law is an Edmonton law firm handling real estate, business law, wills and estate planning, and family law matters. The firm emphasizes a personal approach to each client's legal needs and offers services in mult…

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Anderson Haak & Engels

3 lawyers · Est. 2006

Anderson Haak & Engels is an Edmonton, Alberta law firm formed in 2006 when Robert Engels joined Kenneth Haak's existing practice. The firm focuses mainly on residential and commercial real estate transactions, along …

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Angeles Law

4 lawyers · Est. 2014

Angeles Law is an Edmonton, Alberta firm practising civil litigation, family law, corporate law, real estate law, commercial law, wills and estates law, and immigration law. It was started as a sole practice by Katrin…

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Ark Law

2 lawyers · Est. 2024

Ark Law is a South Edmonton law firm led by Rana Gill, offering real estate, estate planning, immigration, family law, business law, and notary services. The firm was founded in 2024 and serves clients under Alberta a…

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Armstrong & Lypka LLP is a general practice law firm in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The firm's lawyers handle family law, real estate, corporate and commercial matters, wills and estate planning, civil litigation, cri…

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Axon Law

4 lawyers · Est. 2017

Axon Law is an Edmonton law firm practicing criminal law, immigration law, corporate and tax law, family law, and wills and estates. Its lawyers appear before courts throughout Central and Northern Alberta and offer f…

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BARR LLP

24 lawyers · Est. 1998

BARR LLP is a full-service Edmonton law firm whose reputation traces back more than 40 years, with the firm formally founded in 1998. Its teams cover family and divorce law, real estate, corporate and commercial law, …

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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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Berjak Law

2 lawyers

Berjak Law is a full-service Edmonton firm founded by brothers Ahmad and Khalid Berjak, both lifelong Edmontonians who earned their law degrees at the University of Alberta. The firm practises real estate, personal in…

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Bhalla Law Office

1 lawyer · Est. 1998

Bhalla Law Office is an Edmonton law firm established in 1998 by founding attorney Rajiv Bhalla. It is a full-service practice covering criminal defence, residential and commercial real estate, business and corporate …

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Bhardwaj+Co

6 lawyers

Bhardwaj+Co is a full-service law firm serving individuals, families, and businesses from offices in Edmonton and Leduc, Alberta. Its lawyers practice family law, wills and estates, real estate, personal injury, emplo…

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Biamonte LLP

14 lawyers · Est. 1982

Biamonte LLP is a full-service Edmonton law firm founded in 1982, offering corporate and commercial law, real estate law, condominium law, personal injury and accident law, wills and estates, creditor rights and insol…

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Birdsell Grant LLP

11 lawyers · Est. 1984

Birdsell Grant LLP is a full-service law firm founded in 1984 by Alastair Grant and Mike Birdsell in Stony Plain, Alberta. The firm has grown to include lawyers working from Stony Plain, Edmonton, and Whitecourt, and …

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Bishop & McKenzie LLP is a mid-size Alberta law firm with offices in Edmonton and Calgary, serving personal and business clients including local and national companies, financial institutions, municipalities, and fore…

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Bitner Law Office

1 lawyer · Est. 1993

Bitner Law Office is a solo Edmonton, Alberta practice established in 1993 by Laura Bitner. The firm handles corporate and commercial matters, residential and commercial real estate, wills, trusts, and estates, and en…

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