“We help businesses manage contracts and compliance with confidence”

-Dominic Alfred

Founder and Legal Counsel of Alfred Law

The Firm

Alfred Law is a corporate and commercial law firm based in Toronto. We advise businesses, owners and investors on sophisticated corporate transactions and strategic commercial matters. Our practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations and complex technology transactions. We are deliberately focused. We take on a limited number of matters so that we can give each one the attention it requires.

Alfred Law provides recurring and fixed-project legal support to in-house legal teams and businesses across various industries. We listen and get to know your organization to thoroughly understand your commercial goals, risk profile, and long-term vision.

With our focused expertise, we deliver clear, effective and reliable legal solutions to help you achieve your success. We have delivered our services across diverse Canadian organizational settings and market contexts by offering:

  • Broad Industry Experience: Including commercial, technology, employment, entertainment, real estate, banking, financial services & FinTech, healthcare, manufacturing, consulting, regulated professions, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, robotics, advertising, and more.

  • Improved Contract Lifecycle Management: Streamlining your agreements from creation to execution and renewal.

  • Flexible Support Models: Providing fractional or embedded legal support, integrated within or outside your organization, with technology adoption tailored to your preferences.

  • Significant Cost Savings: Delivering a more economical alternative compared to traditional external legal counsel.

Discover Our Services

Technology Transactions

We regularly draft and negotiate a wide array of information technology agreements tailored for the Canadian market. This includes software licenses, SaaS, statements of work (SoWs), Service level agreements (SLAs) and cloud computing agreements, domestic and international outsourcing contracts, IT distribution agreements (such as Value-Added Reseller (VAR) and  Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)), joint development agreements, data licenses, and IT professional services contracts, as well as agreements for sales of hardware, semiconductors, and semiconductor IP.

We also navigate the legal complexities specific to e-commerce and the business of the Internet in Canada. This includes advising on data security, addressing online trademark and copyright issues (including fair dealing principles), and ensuring compliance with anti-spam legislation like Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). We negotiate and draft a variety of e-commerce contracts, such as Internet co-location and hosting agreements, ISP terms of service, online service level agreements (SLAs), acceptable use policies (AUPs), and link-exchange agreements

Commercial Contracts

At Alfred Law, we understand that a meticulously drafted commercial agreement is the foundation of a secure and successful business. Our commercial practice is dedicated to providing the legal clarity and protection necessary for businesses to thrive in a competitive landscape.

A properly structured contract defines the rights and obligations of all parties, ensuring that every venture, whether internal or with external partners, is built on a stable and enforceable framework.

Our Commercial Commitment

We assist both growing and established enterprises in safeguarding their assets and optimizing their operations through:

Precision Drafting: Custom-tailored agreements designed to document rights clearly and minimize the potential for future disputes.

Risk Mitigation: Identifying hidden liabilities and implementing proactive legal strategies to protect your business interests.

Strategic Planning: Helping clients understand their legal standing today while positioning them for long-term growth and stability.

Corporate Finance

We advise private companies and investors on private financing and investment transactions.

Our work includes:

  • Private placements

  • Equity investments

  • Minority investments

  • Exempt-market transactions

  • Subscription agreements

  • Shareholder arrangements

  • Convertible instruments

  • Related corporate and securities matters

Corporate Finance

We advise businesses, owners and their professional advisers on corporate reorganizations and changes in ownership and capital structure. We work alongside accountants and tax advisers where a transaction involves tax-driven structuring.

Our work includes:

  • Section 85 rollovers

  • Holding-company reorganizations

  • Share exchanges Estate freezes

  • Capital reorganizations

  • Amalgamations

  • Ownership restructurings

  • Pre-transaction reorganizations

Subscriptions

Transparent and Flexible Subscriptions

Get flexible and transparent support with fractional in-house or fixed project legal services. Our straightforward packages are available for legal in-house teams and businesses of various sizes. No anxiety around surprise billing.

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Monthly Plan

Pre-book at least 10+ hours

Use your pre-booked hours flexibly over the month

Subject to a min term of 2 months when first signing up

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Quarterly

Pre-book at least 20+ hours

Use your pre-booked hours flexibly over the quarter

Free playbooks and template bundle

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Annually

Pre-book at least 60+ hours

Use your pre-booked hours flexibly over the year

Free playbooks and template bundle

Volume pricing available

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