FP Law
3 lawyers · Middlesex County (London), City of Toronto
One of 198 law firms listed in London, and one of 56 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About FP Law
FP Law is a corporate and commercial business and litigation firm with offices in London, Ontario and Toronto. The practice is built around four areas: business matters, dispute resolution, estates and succession planning, and employment law. Partner Jim Ferguson focuses on strategic and daily business advice for entrepreneurs and established companies, while partner Catherine Patterson has built a litigation practice around commercial disputes, including shareholder and partnership conflicts and commercial real estate matters. Both partners have practiced law for 25 years.
Counsel Erin Rankin Nash rounds out the team with estates, personal injury, elder law and health law experience, having spent six years on Ontario's Consent and Capacity Board. The firm describes most of its files as settling before trial and positions itself to work alongside a client's accountant or other advisors rather than in place of them; it also takes on referral matters from other legal professionals. Several of the firm's law clerks trained through Fanshawe College's Law Clerk Program, supporting work such as estate administration, real estate closings and corporate due diligence.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Partners Jim Ferguson and Catherine Patterson have each practiced law for 25 years.
- Ferguson served on the Ontario Bar Association's Business Law Executive as newsletter editor from 1992 to 2011 and was a trustee of the Middlesex Law Association.
- Erin Rankin Nash received Western Law's Malcolm J. McKinnon Award and spent six years on Ontario's Consent and Capacity Board before joining FP Law as counsel.
- FP Law added Erin Rankin Nash as counsel and an estates clerk to the team, announced on the firm's blog in January 2019.
In the community
- Ferguson serves as Vice-Chancellor for the Diocese of Huron and belongs to the London Chamber of Commerce and the London Club.
- Ferguson has also served as a director of a national children's charity.
- Rankin Nash serves on Brescia University College's Board of Trustees and Western University's Health Science Research Board, and is a board director for the Global MINDS Collective.
- Rankin Nash's earlier board service includes St. Joseph's Health Care London, the YMCA of London, and Big Sisters of London.
- Law clerk Mary Metcalfe is President of the Kinette Club of London and a founding member of the One London Place Toastmasters Club.
- Law clerk Chandra Renner established a book prize for students in Fanshawe College's Law Clerk Program.
Good to know
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Who handles what
Offices 2
The neighbourhood
FP Law's Toronto office is at 4141 Yonge Street, built in 1981 in the York Mills area of North York, just south of Highway 401 and within walking distance of the York Mills subway station and a GO Bus terminal. That location lets clients and referring professionals from across the Greater Toronto Area reach the Toronto office by transit or by car. The firm's other office, at 360 Queens Avenue in London, Ontario, shares a single toll free line with the Toronto office.
Frequently asked questions
- Does FP Law handle business incorporations and shareholder agreements?
- Yes. Business matters are one of FP Law's four core practice areas, and the firm advises on structuring a business, agreements between owners, financing, and buying or selling a company. It works alongside a client's other advisors on both strategic planning and day to day operations.
- I think I was let go unfairly. Can FP Law help with a dismissal or severance issue?
- FP Law's employment law practice assists both employers and employees, including reviewing severance packages, drafting employment agreements, and advising during workplace investigations. The firm frames its approach as experienced, reasonable representation aimed at faster resolutions.
- Can FP Law prepare my will and powers of attorney?
- Yes. The firm's estates and succession planning work includes wills, powers of attorney for property and personal care, and family trusts, along with estate administration once a plan needs to be carried out.
- My business partner and I disagree about how the company should be run. Can FP Law help?
- This is the kind of dispute FP Law's litigation team handles, including shareholder and partnership conflicts. The firm says most matters settle before trial through negotiation, mediation or arbitration, but it will take a case to court when that becomes necessary.
- Where are FP Law's offices, and can I meet with someone in Toronto?
- FP Law has two offices, one at 360 Queens Avenue in London and one at 4141 Yonge Street in Toronto. Both offices can be reached through the firm's toll free line, 1-877-433-8766.
- Does FP Law take referrals from other lawyers or accountants?
- Yes. The firm says it works collaboratively with a client's other professional advisors and takes on referral matters from other legal professionals, respecting the existing client relationship.
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