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Business & Corporate Law Firms in Essex County (Windsor), Ontario

64 law firms.

What does a business lawyer in Windsor-Essex do?

A business lawyer in Windsor-Essex helps companies form, run, and change hands within the rules of Ontario and federal law. The everyday work is incorporating a company, drafting shareholder agreements, negotiating commercial contracts, and handling the sale or purchase of a business. A new company registers either federally through Corporations Canada or provincially through the Ontario Business Registry. If a commercial dispute can't be settled, it's heard in the Superior Court of Justice, which sits at the Windsor courthouse at 245 Windsor Avenue.

The client base here reflects the local economy. Windsor and Tecumseh carry a deep automotive and manufacturing base, while Leamington's greenhouse sector keeps agri-business files steady.

Federal or Ontario: how do you incorporate a business?

You can incorporate a company two ways, and the choice matters. Federal incorporation under the Canada Business Corporations Act, filed through Corporations Canada, protects your corporate name across the country and suits a business that operates in more than one province. Provincial incorporation under Ontario's Business Corporations Act, filed through the Ontario Business Registry, is often simpler for a company that stays in Ontario.

Either route asks you to sort out directors, share structure, and a registered address before you file. A lawyer will also raise the questions a template skips: how shares are split among founders, what happens if someone wants out, and how profits get paid. Those answers shape the incorporation, so settle them early.

What do shareholder agreements and business sales involve?

A shareholder agreement sets the rules between owners: who decides what, how shares can be sold, and how disputes get resolved before they reach court. For a family business in Essex or Amherstburg, it keeps a disagreement from becoming a lawsuit.

Buying or selling a business runs on the same care. The deal turns on due diligence, a clear purchase agreement, and terms that spell out what's included, from equipment to customer lists to contracts. Windsor-Essex sits across the river from Detroit, and cross-border trade is common, but the Ontario side of any deal still runs on Ontario and Canadian law. A local lawyer keeps the contract enforceable here.

How do you choose a business law firm in Windsor-Essex?

Start with a firm that has handled your kind of work, whether that's a straightforward incorporation, a shareholder dispute, or the sale of a going concern. Ask who will actually do the drafting, how they bill, and whether they know the local market from Windsor and Tecumseh out to Leamington. A firm that explains the trade-offs in plain terms beats one that only sends documents.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Ontario directory. Browse the business & corporate law firms in Windsor-Essex below.

Andary Carnevale Karry & Laba LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in Windsor and Kingsville, Ontario. It handles family law, civil litigation, criminal defense, real estate, corporate and commercial law, wills…

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B Daniels Law

1 lawyer

B Daniels Law is a boutique law firm based in Amherstburg, Ontario, founded by Blessing T. Daniels. It practises business and corporate law, contract law, residential real estate, general litigation, family law, and e…

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Baksh Law

1 lawyer

Baksh Law is a civil litigation law firm based in Ontario. It handles insurance, commercial, and estate litigation, as well as not-for-profit and charity representation, human rights, and administrative law matters.

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Bartlet & Richardes LLP

12 lawyers · Est. 1887

Bartlet & Richardes LLP is a Windsor, Ontario law firm founded in 1887 that practises in nearly every area of law except criminal defence. Its partners and associates handle business and corporate law, real estate, fa…

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Belowus Easton English, Barristers & Solicitors, is a Windsor, Ontario law firm. Its lawyers practice in family law, employment law, and civil litigation, as well as corporate law, estates, and taxation law.

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Beluli Giannotti LLP is a boutique law firm in Windsor, Ontario, practising business and commercial law, injury law, real estate, litigation, wills and powers of attorney, wrongful dismissal and employment law, and en…

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Bobila Walker Law

3 lawyers

Bobila Walker Law is a Toronto law firm focused on estate litigation, commercial and civil litigation, family law disputes, and cross-border matters. Led by managing partner Daniel Walker, the firm represents estate t…

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Brian D. Collins

1 lawyer

Brian D. Collins is a sole-practitioner law firm in Leamington, Ontario, run by Brian D. Collins, a barrister and solicitor. The practice focuses on real estate, wills and estates, and corporate and commercial law. Co…

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Brisebois Law Office

1 lawyer · Est. 1996

Brisebois Law Office (Brisebois Law Professional Corporation) is a Windsor, Ontario law firm that has served clients since 1996. It practices in advocacy and civil litigation, corporate and commercial business service…

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Cheifetz Business Law is a Windsor, Ontario firm providing corporate, commercial, and tax legal services, run by a father-and-son team with more than five decades of combined experience. The firm's practice covers cor…

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Clark Law Office

1 lawyer · Est. 2005

Clark Law is a general practice law firm in Leamington, Ontario, led by sole practitioner Dean H. Clark. The firm serves residential, commercial, and industrial clients across Windsor-Essex County in wills, estates, f…

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CLP Law

5 lawyers

CLP Law is a litigation-focused law firm in Windsor, Ontario, where two of its lawyers hold the Law Society of Ontario's Certified Specialist designation in civil litigation. The firm's counsel bring over 70 years of …

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Cohen Highley LLP

34 lawyers · Est. 1974

Cohen Highley LLP is a full-service law firm founded in London, Ontario in 1974. It practises across family law, personal injury, business law, real estate, wills and estates, employment, multi-residential housing and…

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Cole Carosella is an Essex County, Ontario lawyer called to the Bar of Ontario in 2025, practising wills and estates, powers of attorney, business law, family law, civil litigation and small claims, tribunals and admi…

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Debly Law

2 lawyers · Est. 2008

Debly Law is a Windsor, Ontario firm founded in 2008 by Anthony G. Debly, a former City of Windsor by-law prosecutor. It focuses on traffic ticket and commercial motor vehicle defence, municipal and by-law matters, an…

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Diamond & Diamond Lawyers LLP is a national personal injury firm headquartered in Toronto, with offices across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia. Its main focus is personal injury and accident claims,…

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Dickinson Wright

74 lawyers · Est. 1878

Dickinson Wright is a large North American law firm with more than 550 lawyers across roughly 40 practice areas, headquartered in Detroit and tracing its history to 1878. It has a Toronto office at Commerce Court West…

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Drake Law

10 lawyers

Drake Law is a multi-office family law, real estate law, and wills and estates firm with its head office in London, Ontario and branch offices in Sarnia, Windsor, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton, Oakville, Mississauga, a…

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Edwin Law

3 lawyers

Edwin Law is a small firm with offices in Essex and Windsor, Ontario, describing its work as practical legal services. Its lawyers handle municipal and land-use planning matters, real estate transactions, business and…

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Elizabeth Papp Law Office

2 lawyers · Est. 1996

Elizabeth Papp Law Office is a law firm in LaSalle, Ontario, founded in 1996 by Elizabeth Papp. Its lawyers serve as barristers, solicitors, and notaries public practising estate law, real estate law, corporate law, a…

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Farhat & Associates Law Firm is a Windsor, Ontario law practice led by lawyer Rashid Farhat. It handles real estate, corporate and commercial matters, wills, estates and trusts, property tax assessment, and landlord a…

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GK Law Firm Professional Corporation is a full-service law firm based in Windsor, Ontario, with a second office in Lansing, Michigan. Founded by George Kyriazakos, who is licensed to practice in Ontario, Michigan, and…

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Hogarth Hermiston Severs LLP

6 lawyers · Est. 2004

Hogarth Hermiston Severs LLP is a multi-service law firm founded in 2004 with offices in Windsor and Amherstburg, Ontario. It practises personal injury, family law, corporate commercial, civil litigation, real estate,…

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Holden & Moorhouse Professional Corporation is a Windsor, Ontario law firm established in 1999, previously known as Holden & Moorhouse Law Firm. It practises business law, real estate law, wills, powers of attorney an…

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