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Economic Development

Working together to ensure your Nation and related businesses prosper.

Sequoia Legal works with our Indigenous clients on all aspects of economic development. This includes setting up appropriate business structures (Corporations both For Profit and Not For Profit, Limited Partnerships and Charitable organizations) and joint ventures.

We advise on all commercial needs, including the buying and selling of assets, negotiations with financial institutions, going concern operations, managing your real property sales and leases. We have specific expertise in all aspects of on-reserve economic development, including drafting permits and leases under the Indian Act, and pursuant to other Settlement and Land Claim structures.

Representative Experience

  • Structuring and drafting of joint ventures, partnerships, and trusts across a wide range of resource and other business sectors including forestry, construction, camps, catering, medic, mulching and, ferry and helicopter companies
  • Advice on the development of reserve lands, Land Code lands, and off-reserve lands
  • Advice on the negotiation and drafting for major commercial real estate transactions
  • Providing a wide range of corporate work including purchase and sale of commercial lands and assets, incorporation and maintenance of corporate entities for economic development projects and joint ventures
  • Establishing trusts to administer land and cash settlements