ARISE Legal Services Professional Corporation
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Virtual appointmentsAbout ARISE Legal Services Professional Corporation
ARISE Legal Services handles real estate transactions, helps individuals and families plan their estates, and gives small businesses solid legal footing. It's a neighbourhood firm, and its clients come from the Beaches, East York, the Danforth and downtown.
Ayesha Abbas, who also goes by Emma, founded the firm and leads it as principal. Abbas comes from a multi-generational family of lawyers and judges in Pakistan and first worked in law there, at the family's own firm. After earning an LLB (Honours) from the University of London and working in the legal field in the UK, Abbas came to Canada in 2017 to finish Canadian legal studies and licensing, and was called to the Ontario bar in 2021. An LLM in Intellectual Property Law through Osgoode Professional Development is under way.
Abbas's current practice runs from real estate and wills to family matters, and also takes in business, charity and intellectual property work. The office is at 214 Dewhurst Blvd N in East York.
ARISE is committed to delivering legal help when clients need it and in the form they need, at a cost they can manage. Clients are welcome to raise the firm's flexible pricing options as they talk through a matter.
Practice areas
Buying, selling and refinancing
ARISE acts on purchases, sales and refinances, taking a deal from the drafting and negotiation of the contract all the way to closing. Along the way, clients have their rights explained and every document reviewed carefully.
Estate plans built around each client
ARISE works closely with clients on plans that can include wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives. Each plan is built around the client's own values, family dynamics and long-term goals, and help is offered no matter how large or small the estate.
Small business and contracts
For small businesses, ARISE helps with choosing and setting up a structure, staying compliant and managing risk, employment and HR questions, and protecting intellectual property. It also drafts, reviews and negotiates contracts, whether a business is hiring, working with suppliers or signing up clients.
Good to know
Woman-owned
LGBTQ+ friendly
Virtual appointmentsHow ARISE Legal Services Professional Corporation works
ARISE aims to empower people from the inside out, and that applies to its own staff as much as its clients. Work is remote and flexible, which lets single parents and people with young children or other family duties arrange their days, and staff are free to manage their own time as long as the work is done. A four-day week rotates through the team so clients' needs stay covered.
Pay is another commitment: the firm aims to pay everyone it employs a fair, liveable wage, and it doesn't discourage employees from talking about what they earn. For clients, ARISE commits to creative thinking and solutions fitted to each person's circumstances.
The neighbourhood
The office sits on Dewhurst Boulevard North in East York, a community with a municipal history of its own. East York spent 1967 to 1998 as a borough inside Metropolitan Toronto, and by the time of amalgamation it was the last borough left in Ontario. It was dissolved in 1998, when Metro's lower-tier municipalities were merged into the new megacity of Toronto.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name ARISE stand for at ARISE Legal Services?
- The name spells out the values that anchor the practice: Accessible, Reliable, Inclusive, Sustainable and Empowering. ARISE ties the word to a new dawn, opportunity, hope, fairness and optimism.
- Can ARISE help a small business when a contract goes wrong?
- Yes. Alongside drafting and review, ARISE Legal Services gives guidance on dealing with breaches, misunderstandings and enforcement problems under a business's contracts.
- Does ARISE build reusable contract templates for a small business?
- ARISE Legal Services prepares streamlined templates a business can reuse in its ongoing operations, for example with clients, vendors and employees. It also reviews agreements before you sign them to catch risks, hidden terms or unfair clauses.
- Does the ARISE team in East York include a notary and a commissioner for affidavits?
- ARISE Legal Services' team includes Ruth Teclemarian, a paralegal who's also a notary, and Nick Pigeau, a legal assistant who's a commissioner for taking affidavits.
Where to find them
214 Dewhurst Blvd N, East York, ON M4J 3K3 · 437-992-1267
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