Our Services

Aaron Meng Law brings extensive legal experience and practical judgment to every matter we handle. We understand that legal issues often arise in a fast-changing regulatory and commercial environment, and that clients may be confronted with complex rules, uncertainty, and disputes that require clear strategy and decisive action.

Our practice is litigation-focused, with strong capabilities in corporate, commercial, and civil disputes. We also provide comprehensive legal services in selected transactional and advisory areas, allowing us to support clients both before and after disputes arise.

Practice Areas

Civil, Commercial, and Corporate Litigation

We regularly represent individuals, business owners, and corporations in complex disputes, including:

  • Contract disputes

  • Commercial and business disputes

  • Shareholder disputes

  • Partnership disputes

  • Breach of fiduciary duty claims

  • Fraud, misrepresentation, and corporate misconduct

  • Injunctive relief

  • Enforcement of foreign judgments

  • Employment-related disputes

  • Consumer protection matters

Aaron Meng Law is prepared to advance matters through negotiation, mediation, or court proceedings as required to protect clients’ interests.

Commercial and Corporate Litigation

Our firm has particular experience with corporate disputes, including:

  • Claims brought under the oppression remedy provisions of the Ontario Business Corporations Act and the Canada Business Corporations Act

  • Derivative actions commenced by shareholders on behalf of a corporation

  • Breach of fiduciary duty claims against current and former directors, officers, and key employees

  • Applications for injunctive relief to restrain breaches of fiduciary duty or shareholder agreements

  • Piercing the corporate veil to hold directors, officers, or employees personally liable

  • Applications for inspection of corporate records

  • Corporate fraud and misrepresentation

  • Securities litigation

Corporate, Business, and Commercial Law

Our firm provides ongoing legal support to businesses and entrepreneurs, including:

  • General legal counsel services

  • Business purchases and sales

  • Franchise purchases and sales

  • Contract drafting, review, and negotiation

  • Partnership and shareholders’ agreements

  • Business incorporation, organization, and restructuring

  • Employment contracts, hiring, and termination

  • Business and start-up consulting and ongoing legal advice

  • Maintenance of corporate records

  • Not-for-profit and charitable organizations

 

Family and Divorce Law

We provide legal services in family law matters, including:

  • Divorce

  • Separation agreements

  • Marriage contracts (prenuptial agreements)

  • Cohabitation agreements

  • Annulment

  • Child custody and parenting arrangements

  • Access to children

  • Special and extraordinary expenses

  • Spousal support

  • Property division

  • Trust claims and joint family venture claims

  • Pension division

  • Exclusive possession of the matrimonial home

  • Sale of property

  • Paternity agreements

  • Restraining orders

  • Non-removal orders

  • Preservation and non-depletion orders

  • Hague Convention applications

  • Grandparents’ rights

  • Variations of prior orders and agreements

 

Mortgage and Real Estate Law

We advise on both residential and commercial real estate matters, including:

  • Private lending

  • Power of sale proceedings

  • Commercial real estate purchases and sales

  • Residential real estate purchases and sales

  • Mortgage financing and refinancing

  • Commercial and residential leasing

  • Land development

  • Construction financing

  • Commercial landlord and tenancy matters

 

Commercial Leasing and Lease Disputes

Aaron Meng Law has substantial experience advising landlords, tenants, and commercial property owners on a wide range of commercial leasing matters, including both lease negotiation and drafting and litigation arising from lease disputes.

Our services in this area include:

Lease Drafting, Review, and Negotiation

  • Commercial lease drafting and negotiation

  • Review and interpretation of retail, office, and industrial leases

  • Net leases, gross leases, and hybrid lease structures

  • Anchor tenant and franchise-related leasing issues

  • Lease renewals, extensions, and amendments

  • Assignments, subleases, and consent disputes

  • Lease termination rights and early exit strategies

  • Letters of intent (LOIs) and offer to lease review

Landlord and Tenant Disputes

  • Enforcement of lease terms and remedies

  • Disputes relating to rent, additional rent, and operating costs

  • Disputes concerning common area maintenance (CAM) charges

  • Failure to pay rent and lease default matters

  • Breach of covenant claims by landlords or tenants

  • Rent abatement and set-off disputes

  • Unauthorized use, change of use, or exclusivity violations

Litigation and Enforcement

  • Commercial eviction proceedings

  • Distress and seizure remedies

  • Injunctions relating to lease breaches

  • Power of sale and lease-related enforcement issues

  • Applications and motions arising from commercial tenancy disputes

  • Litigation involving guarantors and indemnities

  • Enforcement of personal guarantees under commercial leases

Business Interruption and Special Issues

  • Force majeure and frustration of lease claims

  • Pandemic-related leasing disputes

  • Insurance and indemnity disputes arising from leases

  • Environmental, zoning, and use-related disputes affecting leases

  • Sale of leased property and purchaser/tenant disputes

Strategic Advisory

  • Pre-litigation risk assessments for landlords and tenants

  • Lease dispute resolution strategies

  • Negotiated exits and dispute settlements

  • Coordination with insolvency, restructuring, and corporate proceedings where leases are implicated

Contact us 

Email  (preferred): info@aaronmenglaw.com

Tel: 416-562-1887

WeChat: AaronMengLaw