Kay Law Professional Corporation

08/27/2021

LAWYER PROFILE ALERT!

Meet Alexandria (Ali) F. Nowak (she/her) – Our Jill of All Trades!

Called to the bar in 2001, Ali received a BSc (Honours) in Marine Biology from the University of Guelph before receiving her LLB from Queen’s University. Over the past 21 years, Ali’s focus has been in Family Law and Civil Litigation, but she also has a tremendous client base of Will, Estate Planning and Real Estate clients.

A lifelong resident of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ali is actively involved in serving the community and has volunteered with the United Way Allocations Committee, as a Trustee of the Waterloo Region Law Association, and with her condominium board. Ali recently resigned from the Concordia Club Board of Directors after 8 years and is looking forward to figuring out her next volunteer opportunity.
Ali is an avid reader of popular fiction, loves to travel, and spend time at the cottage with her family and friends. 

Contact Ali or her assistant Janice to set up a consultation to discuss your legal issues.

08/25/2021

Buying a new home in Ontario? Check out our land transfer tax calculator to help you budget some of the costs associated with the transaction.

https://kaylaw.ca/rate-calculators

For help and answers to any questions about the purchase, contact one of our experienced real estate lawyers to go over fees, costs, process and applicable taxes, to help you make informed decisions and choose the right lawyer for your purchase.

06/12/2021

Real estate law clerk wanted. Full or part time positions. Remote work position available. Flexible hours in high paced and reputable firm.

Successful candidate will have the experience and ability to handle all stages of closing purchase, sale and mortgage/refinancing files. Candidates that work efficiently and independently are encouraged to apply.

Salary is negotiable and commensurate with experience.

02/25/2021

Refreshing new look for our company logo and website, but the same great service for our clients and the community. Check us out at kaylaw.ca.

02/24/2021

New website is here! kaylaw.ca

Updated site, new logo, same great service!

Our new website highlights our focus on technology and our client centred approach. This will make it easier for current and future clients to interact with us, access information that will help educate about our various areas of practice, and ultimately make your experience of using a lawyer more enjoyable. We hope you’ll check out the website and let us know what you think! www.kaylaw.ca



A special thanks goes out to Ayaz Karim for the incredible logo design and website architecture that helps showcase what our firm really is to the public!

01/06/2021

Honoured to be recognized by Three Best Rated as a top business law firm in .

We have extensive experience dealing with all aspects of business law. Our services range
from incorporations, shareholder agreements, reorganizations; buying or selling a business;
mergers/acquisitions; to dissolving a business at the end of its lifespan.

Our business lawyer is James D. Clarke. James has a deep understanding of business law, as prior to joining Kay Law in 2009, he was Deputy General Counsel at OpenText where he was responsible for all legal aspects of the mergers/acquisitions program and corporate governance. Prior to that, James was a Bay Street lawyer dealing with public and private mergers and acquisitions, as well as securities law (e.g. initial public offerings of shares).

Business is very complex and competitive. We have been trusted for many years to provide
advice to leading businesses in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and across Ontario. We provide strategic legal advice, particularly in complex negotiated transactions. We will help you navigate this complex environment and add value.

12/31/2020

If you’re looking for an opportunity to start fresh in the New Year, consider joining us -as we continue to grow. We’re fortunate to be in this unique position to add to our team, thanks to an incredible staff and our use of cutting edge legal technology. Apply with your resume to [email protected].

12/31/2020

Immediately filling a new real estate law clerk position. Part time and remote work. Handling all facets of real estate clerk file. Mortgages, purchases, sales and other areas related to client services for real estate transactions.

Candidates with experience in conveyencer, teraview and other real estate software are preferred.

Salary is commensurate with experience and volume of files.

04/07/2020

The Future of Office Space

The COVID-19 pandemic is very likely to leave an indelible print on the open office concept that has been so popular for years. The large communal office model will not survive the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated anxiety of being within six feet of others.
Going forward most organizations will move away from crammed open-concept office spaces and adopt a blend of in-person meetings (in pristinely sanitized meeting rooms with mandatory use of PPE) and remote/virtual options. Working from home will be the new “office”.
This will lead to a reconsideration of how much office space an organization needs, as the required footprint will decline due to mass layoffs and the remote working trend. This would raise commercial vacancy rates and put financial pressure on commercial landlords and the banks that finance them.
Certainly not “business as usual”… When this pandemic subsides, we need to redesign the “new normal”.

04/04/2020

COVID-19 UPDATE
(as of April 4, 2020)

Kay Law’s chief concern is the well-being of its clients and staff members. As such, we are fully supporting public health recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

As of March 17, 2020, we implemented a “physical distancing” policy and we adopted phone conference calls and video meetings until this unprecedented threat to p***c health subsides. These policies and procedures will continue in effect until further notice.

If you are attempting to deliver or pick-up any item from our office, please see the instruction sheet posted on our outside door or please phone us at 519-579-1220 and we will instruct you.

As an “essential service” provider, we are fully committed to providing legal services to our clients during this public health crisis. We are here to help you and your business. Please phone or email us. (519-579-1220 or [email protected])

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work within policies and procedures that help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you and we wish you safety and health.

Thank you.

Yours very truly,
Kay Law Professional Corporation

03/28/2020

April 1, 2020, will undoubtedly be a historic commercial rent payment deadline, as all non-essential businesses have been shut down by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ontario state of emergency. "Social distancing" has become the new norm.

Commercial tenants have shut their doors and very few tenants have adequate cash flow reserves to fund their rent obligations.

The vast majority of commercial leases do not adequately address what should occur in the event of a social distancing pandemic such as Covid-19 (an "Act of God/Force Majeure) and do not provide rent relief under such circumstances. If landlords take the hard-line, declare an event of default and enforce their remedies, this will likely result in a vacant unit until a reasonable period after the pandemic (including any "second wave") is eradicated.

This is unprecedented and certainly not "business as usual".

Commercial landlords and tenants (including their real estate advisors and lawyers) need to communicate with each other and think creatively to find a mutual solution. The following article addresses some "blend and extend" strategies that can be used to provide temporary rent relief to tenants and also provide landlords with extended lease value:

While landlords have pushed back on providing rent relief to retailers in Canada, one leasing expert explains how parties must compromise or risk facing a collapse of retailers as well as the commercial real estate industry.