Oakville, Ontario
M&A, corporate structuring, commercial contracts and secured lending counsel for Oakville business owners, serving the owner-operators and professional-services firms that make up much of the town's business community.
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Incorporation, shareholder agreements and governance built to hold up under scrutiny.
Learn more →Drafting, reviewing and negotiating the agreements a business runs on.
Learn more →Security packages, PPSA registrations and guarantees for lenders and borrowers.
Learn more →Oakville's business community leans toward owner-operators and professional-services firms, where the value of the business is inseparable from the relationships and expertise built around one principal over years, sometimes decades. That concentration creates a specific kind of risk: a buyer's diligence team, or a lender's underwriting, will look hard at how much of the business walks out the door if the owner steps back.
Wes has advised Oakville business owners on both sides of that question, structuring a sale to hold up under that scrutiny, and helping buyers price it in accurately when it's the target's problem. The work tends to start well before a transaction is on the table, with governance, key contracts and succession groundwork that make the eventual sale, financing or ownership change go smoothly when it comes.
Serving Oakville alongside Burlington, Mississauga, Vaughan, Markham and Toronto, from one point of contact from the first call through closing.
Questions
Does Forgione Deal and Corporate Counsel have an office in Oakville?
Wes Forgione is based in Burlington, Ontario, and serves Oakville business owners from that office, meeting clients in person, by video, or wherever is most convenient.
What kinds of Oakville businesses does Forgione Deal and Corporate Counsel typically work with?
Owner-operators and professional-services firms make up a large share of the Oakville client base, often where the business's value is closely tied to one principal's relationships and expertise.
How does owner dependence affect an Oakville business sale?
Buyers and lenders scrutinize how much of the business depends on the current owner staying involved. Structuring a sale, or a transition plan, to address that concentration of risk is a central part of the work Wes does for Oakville sellers.
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