Mears Law
1 lawyer · City of Toronto
One of 2,345 law firms listed in Toronto, and one of 764 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About Mears Law
Mears Law is a small Toronto firm founded by lawyer Carissa Mears, who holds an LL.B. and LL.M. and brings more than ten years of practice, licensed in Ontario, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Company clients come to Mears Law for help managing risk in artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and corporate transactions, while individual clients bring more personal matters: real estate deals, wills and estates, immigration applications, and family law issues, including some that cross Caribbean and Canadian lines.
The firm's Toronto office is in Madison Centre, a 24-storey office tower on Yonge Street at Sheppard Avenue in North York, with direct underground access to the Yonge-Sheppard subway station. Mears Law also keeps an office in Kingston, Jamaica, and describes itself as serving clients across North America and the Caribbean. That two-country footprint shows up across the practice, from cross-border family law and estate matters to corporate work for founders and businesses operating in more than one jurisdiction.
Practice areas
Milestones & recognition
- Mears Law's founder, Carissa Mears, holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of the West Indies.
- Carissa Mears is part of the UN and UNESCO policy team at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP), a nonprofit that studies AI governance and regulation.
In the community
- Mears Law offers internship placements to law clerk students and law students, describing its hiring approach as investing in the next generation of legal professionals.
Good to know
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The neighbourhood
Mears Law's Toronto office sits in Madison Centre, a 24-storey, roughly 445,000 square foot tower at Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue in North York, with direct underground access to the Yonge-Sheppard subway station. The tower is in the North Yonge corridor, a stretch of Yonge Street built up with office towers, banks, and professional services firms rather than a courthouse row, which suits a practice built around scheduled meetings for corporate, privacy, and real estate clients.
The firm's second office, in Kingston, Jamaica, is on the other side of the practice, supporting the Caribbean work that the firm's founder handles under a Jamaican and Trinidad and Tobago law licence alongside the Ontario one.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Mears Law only work with businesses, or does it help individuals too?
- Both. Mears Law splits its practice between company clients, on matters like AI governance, privacy, corporate, real estate, and immigration, and individual clients, on real estate, wills and estates, immigration, employment, and family law matters.
- Can Mears Law help my company put together an AI governance policy?
- Yes. The firm's artificial intelligence practice covers governance frameworks, AI vendor and procurement contracts, and regulatory compliance for organizations adopting AI systems.
- I'm separating from a partner and we have property or family ties in more than one country. Can Mears Law help?
- Mears Law's family law practice includes cross-border matters for clients with property, assets, or family ties across jurisdictions, alongside separation, property division, support, and parenting arrangements.
- Can Mears Law help me buy a home in Toronto?
- Yes. The firm represents individuals on residential real estate purchases, sales, and refinancing, and handles title, financing, and closing issues that come up along the way.
- Where is Mears Law located, and can it help someone in Jamaica?
- Mears Law's main office is in Toronto, at Madison Centre on Yonge Street. It also has an office in Kingston, Jamaica, and its founder is licensed to practice in Ontario, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Will Mears Law help my business incorporate or raise capital?
- Yes, that's part of the firm's corporate practice, which covers business formation and incorporation, governance, commercial contracts, and capital raising for founders and growing businesses.
Where to find them
4950 Yonge Street, Suite 2200, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6K1 · 437-888-2974
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