Services | Lucenti & Orlando

Family Law

Separation and Divorce are difficult and emotional times, and it requires experienced, intelligent and empathetic counsel to guide you through the process ensuring you understand your rights.

Lucenti, Orlando & Ellies strives to achieve the best possible result for you, focusing on negotiations or Collaborative Family Law to resolves disputes, using Court only as a last resort.

We offer Collaborative Family Law which is a process that encourages parties and their lawyers towards a mutually agreeable result:

Separation, Marriage and Cohabitation agreements
Divorce
Spousal and child support issues
Equalization of Assets, and sale of family property
Pension and Property Division
Adoption
Post Divorce/Agreement modifications and variation.

Corporate Law

Our Corporate Law team provides services in a variety of corporate and private business matters. Our business clients include managed businesses, professional Corporations and family businesses.

We offer the following services:

Business succession planning
Incorporation and reorganizations
Various agreements relating to shareholder matters, non-competition issues, letters of intent, etc.
Articles of Amalgamation
Articles of Amendment
Asset Purchases and Sales
Share Purchases and Sales
Business financing
Partnerships, joint ventures

Real Estate Law

Our Real Estate Lawyers have been assisting clients in the North Bay and surrounding area buying and selling residential and commercial properties for more than 50 years. Our team provides exceptional service, working closely with you and your lenders to ensure your purchase/sale transactions are completed on time and cost effective.

We provide advice and services in relation to:

Residential Real Estate

drafting and review of offers to purchase or sell
purchasing or selling a home, lot, cottage or investment income property
mortgaging or remortgaging of all types of real estate
powers of sale and foreclosures
drafting and review of leases
transfers of title

Commercial Real Estate

drafting and review of offers to purchase or sell
purchasing or selling all types of commercial properties
mortgaging
drafting and review of most types of commercial leases

Wills and Estates

Our estate lawyers have substantial experience in the areas of estate planning, trusts, and all corporate succession-related matters. Planning ahead is important to ensure every possible tax opportunity is considered, so you maximize the value of the assets being passed on. Along with your accountant we will guide you through complex estate, trust and tax laws to ensure your legacy wishes are fulfilled.

We offer the following services:

Wills
Power of Attorney for property
Power of Attorney for personal care
Trusts for children and/or grandchildren
Life trusts for individual
Joint property issues
Estate administration
Preparation of Estate Accounts
Formal passing of accounts
Probate tax avoidance strategies
Wealth preservation techniques such as family trusts and gifting programs
Business succession planning, including corporate reorganizations, estate freezes, asset and share sales
Legal advice to Estate trustees
Estate Litigation

Civil Litigation

We offer the following services:

Employment Law
Construction Liens
Employment
Commercial
Wrongful Dismissal
Debt Collection