A Full Service Law Firm With a Focus on Charities and Not-for-Profits
Carters Professional Corporation (Carters) is one of the leading firms in Canada in the area of charity and not-for-profit law and is able to provide a full range of legal services to its charitable and not-for-profit clients, as well as to individuals, corporations and businesses. With offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Mississauga and Orangeville, Ontario, Carters provides assistance to clients across Canada and internationally with regard to all aspects of charity and not-for-profit law. The lawyers and staff at Carters are committed to excellence in providing clients with complete legal solutions for their unique needs.
With International Relationships
Carters has full access to specialized national and international legal services through its relationship with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Fasken Martineau), an international law firm of over 650 lawyers, as well as relationships with firms that specialize in tax exempt organizations in other countries. Terrance S. Carter also acts as legal counsel to the Charities Practice Group at Fasken Martineau. Through these professional affiliations, Carters is able to provide its charitable and not-for-profit clients, as well as other clients, with specialized legal services as necessary.
Providing 'Proactive Advice'® to Clients
Carters strives to provide clients with 'Proactive Advice'® in our integrated approach to legal services. Our lawyers are committed to assisting clients in developing short-term and long-term strategic plans in order to avoid legal problems before they occur in all areas of the law. As part of this commitment, Carters has made numerous resource materials available through its websites www.carters.ca, www.charitylaw.ca, www.churchlaw.ca and www.antiterrorismlaw.ca.
With Solicitors to Help You Avoid Legal Liability
The focus of the solicitors at Carters is in serving charities and not-for-profit organizations through an effective legal risk management approach to the practice of law, and providing legal services in the areas of charity and not-for-profit law, including charitable registrations, fundraising, taxation, and the development of national and international structures, as well as corporate law, franchising law, intellectual property and technology, i.e. trade-marks and copyrights, labour, employment, human rights, immigration law, estates and trusts, tax audits, opinions and appeals, real estate, and the evolving area of privacy law. Two of the lawyers at Carters have been recognized by Lexpert and The Best Lawyers in Canada as leaders in their fields.
And a Litigation Department to Assist You When Problems Arise
The litigation lawyers at Carters are experienced in representing clients before all levels of the federal and Ontario courts, before various administrative tribunals and in mediation and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Carters' litigation practice encompasses all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution, including mediation, human rights litigation, civil litigation, employment, family, immigration appeals, municipal, corporate-commercial, tax appeals, personal-injury, medical malpractice and product liability, criminal, intellectual property, and real estate disputes, as well as undertaking litigation audits, policy reviews and liability risk management in an effort to limit exposure to liability for clients.