Partnerships and Societies for Legal Support Staff and Junior Lawyers 2011


Course Date: April 29, 2011

Welcome and Introduction

Anna Juch — Paralegal, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

General Partnership

  • what is it?
  • why form one?—pros and cons
  • how do you form one?
  • registering it
  • what questions to ask
  • extraprovincial registrations
  • loss prevention record keeping and systems

Anna Juch — Paralegal, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Creating a Limited Partnership

  • what is it?
  • why form one?—pros and cons
  • how do you form one?
  • registering it
  • what questions to ask
  • other documents needed
  • extraprovincial registrations and TILMA

Sarah E. Hanna — Manager of Corporate Services, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Working with a Limited Partnership

  • role of the general partner and limited partner
  • how to set up resolutions
  • signing blocks
  • records required
  • TILMA
  • loss prevention record keeping and systems

Sarah E. Hanna — Manager of Corporate Services, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Creating a Limited Liability Partnership

  • what is it?
  • why form one?—pros and cons
  • how do you form one?
  • registering it
  • what questions to ask
  • other documents needed
  • extraprovincial registrations and TILMA

Anna Juch — Paralegal, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Short Networking Lunch (provided)

Working with a Limited Liability Partnership

  • roles of each of the limited liability partners
  • how to set up resolutions
  • signing blocks
  • records required
  • loss prevention record keeping and system

Sarah E. Hanna — Manager of Corporate Services, Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver
Anna Juch — Paralegal, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Incorporating a BC Society

  • what is it?
  • why form one?—pros and cons
  • how do you form one?
  • registering it
  • what questions to ask

Wendy L. Parliament — Corporate Paralegal, Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Organizing a BC Society

  • documenting changes after incorporation
  • internal organization

Wendy L. Parliament — Corporate Paralegal, Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Maintaining and Annual Matters for a BC Society

  • managing the annual report filings
  • AGM issues
  • records required
  • loss prevention issues

Diana Haynes — DB Legal Publishing Inc., Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments


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