Certificate of Independent Legal Advice | Canada

Write up an Acknowledgement and Waiver of Independent Legal Advice for a client to sign with this template form for Canadian lawyers.

• The person signing the document acknowledges that he or she has been offered independent legal advice to advise him (her) of the ramifications, effect and scope of the document he or she is signing.
• The person has decided of his or her own free will to waive such independent legal advice.
• This form can be used anywhere in Canada.
• This is a reusable Canadian legal form. Purchase it, download it, save it as a template, use it as often as you require.
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Prepare a Finder's Fee Agreement for Identifying Potential Financings with this easy-to-use template form for Canada.

• The Agreement is between a Canadian company looking for a source of financial backing and an agent who will introduce the company to potential investors or acquirers to complete a financing with the company.
• The agent will be paid a finder's fee for each financing consummated by the company. The finder's fee will be paid in cash from the proceeds.
• A financing includes acquisition or disposition of an interest in the company, equity investment, loans or other credit transactions, or acquisition by or of a publicly traded company.
• If the financing is completed and payment is received by the client in stages, the agent will be paid in portions corresponding to the stages of payments.
• The client will indemnify the agent against any claims arising as a result of material misrepresentation by the client of any of its corporate information.
• This is a Canadian legal document available in MS Word format, and is fully editable.

These boilerplate agreement clauses can be used in most types of legal agreements and contracts. The clauses include the following:

1. amendments to the contract,
2. severability of articles and clauses,
3. contra proferentum,
4. counterpart signatures,
5. interpretation provisions (ordinary usage, gender, singular or plural),
6. English language clause (for Canadian contracts - it includes the French translation of the clause),
7. entire agreement clause,
8. inurement (binding effect),
9. force majeure,
10. further assurances,
11. governing law,
12. headings,
13. schedules incorporated by reference,
14. independent contractor clause,
15. independent legal advice provision,
16. joint and several obligations,
17. method of giving notices,
18. arbitration clauses for several countries,
19. supercession of agreement,
20. supplementary agreement,
21. limited time for performance,
22. time of the essence,
23. right to injunction,
24. prevailing party clause (for US contracts),
25. no waiver unless in writing.

Every person who prepares legal contracts should have a copy of these miscellaneous contract provisions handy. Buy and download the file for your precedent library.

Law firms are bound by client confidentiality provisions, which must be observed by legal professionals and staff alike. Have all new employees sign this Confidentiality Agreement as a condition of their hiring.

• The employee acknowledges that all information and documents in the firm's possession are strictly confidential.
• The employee undertakes not to disclose any information except as authorized by the client or required by law.
• The provisions of the Agreement extend to discussing or disclosing information with family, friends or other clients.
• The employee must continue to maintain confidentiality even after leaving the employment of the firm.
• This is a generic template which does not contain references to the laws of any specific country or jurisdiction.