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We’re Wilson Drake & Associates LLP, a boutique law firm comprised of Toronto lawyers who serve business, government, and individuals.
No other law firm of our size provides the same depth and breadth of legal services. We have inordinate bench strength. We believe legal talent and experience matter.
We are lawyers.
We are advisors.
We are strategists.
Our services
As Toronto commercial lawyers, we want to empower our business clients to be successful. Our Toronto business lawyers can assist you with: share purchase agreements and shareholder agreements; equity and debt financing; secured lending and borrowing; growth, commercial real estate and leasing, as well as labour law, employment law, HR law for companies, and workplace investigations.
Equally important, our commercial lawyers advise clients on growth strategies for business and wealth planning, too. And our civil litigators are not afraid to take your dispute to court. They are also talented business mediators and business arbitrators who can help settle your dispute out-of-court.
Our government lawyers provide strategy and advice to all three levels of government in Canada—federal, provincial, and municipal—advising on government relations; inquires, inquests, reviews, and investigations; and crisis communications.
At Wilson Drake & Associates LLP, Electoral Law, Environmental Law and Municipal and Land Use Law are discrete areas of practice. Services for individuals – Our employment lawyers provide employment law for executives while our real estate lawyers provide residential real estate services. And our will and estates lawyers provide succession planning, estate planning, wills and powers of attorney, and estate administration for individuals and family offices.
You’ll find the Toronto lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP are agile, collaborative, hardworking, and techno-savvy. We are compassionate, and committed to delivering timely, practical, and cost‐effective legal services in plain English to our clients. No sugar-coating. And, we’re un-stuffy. We look forward to being of service.
You’ll find the Toronto lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP are agile, collaborative, hardworking, and techno-savvy. We are compassionate, and committed to delivering timely, practical, and cost‐effective legal services in plain English to our clients. No sugar-coating. And, we’re un-stuffy.
We look forward to being of service.
Services for business
Our commercial lawyers in Toronto are here to support every stage of your business. Whether you need help with share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, equity or debt financing, secured lending and borrowing, or corporate governance, we provide trusted legal guidance to keep your business moving forward.
Our commercial real estate lawyers work with everyone from first-time builders and property owners to seasoned developers. We provide legal support for condominium and commercial developments, land development, new home sales, and structuring ownership for lenders and investors. We also handle all aspects of general commercial real estate, including commercial leasing.
The Toronto workplace lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP offer practical, day-to-day employment and labour law support for businesses of all sizes. We assist with drafting employment contracts, advising on workplace policies, terminations, and accommodation matters. Our team also represents employers in wrongful dismissal claims, regulatory proceedings, and hearings before administrative tribunals.
Have a commercial dispute, business dispute, or conflict with a contract? Our talented commercial mediators and commercial arbitrators can help settle your dispute out-of-court, keeping the terms of settlement private.
When you engage the Toronto workplace investigators at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP, you can count on a fair, impartial, and unbiased investigation process. We have experience handling a wide range of workplace investigations in Toronto, including allegations of harassment, bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, and workplace violence.
Services for government
When a crisis strikes or a deal unravels, money, reputation, and even lives can be on the line — and every second counts. Whether you're facing reputational damage or operational disruption, our lawyers are ready to respond with clear, objective, and strategic guidance. We act swiftly to minimize the fallout and help you navigate the situation with confidence, so your business can recover stronger and more resilient than before.
Our inquiry, inquest, and investigations lawyers are here to provide the trusted advice, guidance, and support you need when your organization is under scrutiny. These proceedings often follow a crisis—when headlines turn negative and public trust is at stake. Our highly experienced team has advised on some of the most high-profile investigations involving serious reputational risk across all stakeholder groups: customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders, taxpayers, voters, advocacy groups, and the public at large. With a balanced, thoughtful approach and strategic legal insight, our lawyers help you navigate these sensitive matters with care and confidence.
Our clients often need governments or agencies to adjust policies, change laws or make procurement or other decisions to get a deal done or to be allowed. Navigating the public policy and government decision-making process is complex and frustrating. Our government relations lawyers offer lobbying and government relations services, both domestically and abroad, to help clients ethically and properly engage, inform and influence policymakers and key stakeholders. We also offer thought leadership advice and support. Our clients retain us to look at emerging public policy debates and then position them to influence government.
Our environment lawyer represents a diverse range of clients, including property developers, businesses engaged in the import or transport of hazardous materials, landfill operators, governments, and corporations. We assist clients in navigating all aspects of environmental law, including the purchase, sale, development, and decommissioning of properties and product regulation.
The municipal lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP offer comprehensive legal counsel to a diverse clientele ranging from municipalities to private sector entities including landowners, ratepayer groups, developers, and land use planners, ensuring they are equipped to navigate the intricacies of this complex practice area.
Services for individuals
Our Toronto executive employment lawyers handle executive employment agreements and torts for executives, vice-presidents, directors, and senior managers – as opposed to employment law firms whose work revolves around more straightforward litigation like those involving severance packages.
The Toronto estate planning lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP advise clients on estate planning. We also advise on business succession planning for a family business or family office. Our Toronto estate planning lawyers specialize in specifically addressing how digital assets—email login and password combinations—in this important and growing part of estate planning.
Our Toronto professional discipline lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP focus on representing lawyers/paralegals, pharmacists, and veterinarians. Allegations of professional negligence and misconduct can be extremely serious and could lead to severe consequences from fines or suspension to license revocation and the loss of a career.
Our experienced probate lawyers and estate administration lawyers have helped hundreds of clients who have been grieving their loved ones while trying to fulfill their roles as executors and estate trustees. It is probably the first time they are going through the probate process and the estate administration process. We can lessen your burden.
When it comes to buying and selling residential real estate, you need a residential real estate lawyer with deep industry experience you can trust to act effectively on your high-end property transaction – while protecting your investment.
Our estate litigation lawyers at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP support beneficiaries and executors (estate trustees) when suing or defending estates and trusts. Estate litigation is a highly complex, governed by a myriad of rules, laws and historical precedent, making it vital to have the estate litigation lawyers from our team at Wilson Drake & Associates LLP guide your will challenge, or will defence.
Let our wills lawyers in Toronto guide to making an effective will. Having true peace of mind is knowing that your affairs are in order. Our Toronto wills lawyers make the process straight forward and efficient, with attention to detail in crafting your will, properly executed, and ensuring your choices will be respected.
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