A Full Service Law Firm With A Focus on Charities
and Not-for-Profit Organizations
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 Mississauga, Ottawa and Orangeville,
Ontario, as well as meeting facilities in Toronto, Guelph and
Vancouver, 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.
