Co-owning a company is a long-term relationship, and like any long-term relationship, the difficult questions are easiest to answer at the start, while everyone agrees. A shareholder agreement records those answers: what happens if an owner wants out, dies, divorces, stops contributing, or wants to sell. Jon prepares shareholder agreements for privately held companies across Abbotsford and the Fraser Valley.

How Jon Helps

Jon drafts agreements that address the decisions that matter for closely held companies: how shares can be transferred, what happens on death or disability, how an owner exits and how their shares are valued, how deadlocks get resolved, what the company can and cannot do without unanimous consent, and how new shareholders come in. He also reviews and updates existing agreements when circumstances change.

Every company is different, and a good shareholder agreement reflects how your owners actually work together, not a template’s assumptions.

Who This Is For

This service fits any BC company with more than one shareholder, whether the agreement is being written at incorporation, after years of operating without one, or in anticipation of a new owner joining. If you are structured as a partnership rather than a corporation, see Partnership Agreements.

What Working Together Looks Like

It starts with a conversation involving the owners about how the company runs and what should happen in the situations no one likes to think about. Jon turns those decisions into a clear agreement, explains every provision, and quotes fees before drafting begins.