Then effectiveness and means in which your lawyer drafts your shareholder agreements can definitely have a positive impact on later potential shareholder disputes. Having a dispute resolution clause of a unanimous shareholder agreement usually provides for how disputes among shareholders is to be resolved. Sometimes they are to be resolved by arbitration and sometimes they are to be resolved in the courts. Depending on where all of the parties are located and if they are located in Ontario, it will determine where arbitration will be held.

Whether you require assistance in drafting initial shareholder agreements, (which go a long way in avoiding costly disputes later on down the road), or whether you are seeking legal advice on how to best resolve shareholder disputes in the most efficient manner possible, contact SamLaw and let the experts help you.