Lorne Austring

​Lorne has over 30 years experience of legal practice in the Yukon in the area of corporate / commercial law including the following matters:

• Purchase and sale of business assets
• Purchase and sale of shares for Yukon companies
• Yukon real estate – real property matters including mortgages, purchase and sale agreements, condominium law
• Leases: preparation of leases, offers to lease and letters of intent, disputes, lease interpretation, multi-tenant, single-tenant and mixed-use office and industrial projects, arrangement of renewals and amendments, environmental due diligence, health and safety, negotiation of terms for office and industrial leases, property management agreements
• Secured transactions including bank financings and equipment financing
• Contract drafting
• Acting as local counsel and agent for major Canadian and American law firms
• Securities law
• Licensing agreements
• Purchase and sale of Yukon mining properties
• Yukon mineral claim title searches and opinions
• Yukon corporate law including: incorporation of new companies, corporate reorganizations, tax deferred asset rollovers, corporate law legal opinions, acting as attorney for service for extra-territorial corporations, acting as registered office for Yukon corporations, incorporation of professional corporations for medical professionals, accountants and others
• Shareholder agreements
• Partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures
• Employment contracts
• Family trusts
• Yukon First Nations business and commercial matters
• Yukon First Nation inter-governmental agreements