Hasan Atasoy is a lawyer and the founder of Atasoy Law Firm. With over 5 years of combined work and research experience spanning business law, real estate law, wills & estates, and immigration law, Hasan has served Canadian and international clients on domestic and cross-border legal matters. To date, Hasan has assisted clients in a wide variety of industry sectors, including technology, food, construction, and education.

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After completing his master's studies, he pursued the Law Society of Ontario's lawyer licensing process and passed the barrister and solicitor licensing exams on his first attempts.

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Before founding Atasoy Law Firm, Hasan completed the 4L Academy's mergers and acquisitions courses on due diligence and deal closings. In addition, he worked for an Istanbul-based law firm focusing on private law practice, a Toronto-based law firm concentrating on business law, real estate law, and wills & estates, and a Toronto-based immigration law firm.

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Hasan received his undergraduate degree at Istanbul University Faculty of Law, his first master's degree at Marmara University, Istanbul, and his second master's degree at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2022. His master's degree dissertation at Marmara University focused on international tax subject, transfer pricing of intangibles. He researched multinational companies moving their location of profits from high-tax jurisdictions to low-tax jurisdictions, cost contribution arrangements, intellectual property (IP) ownership, and IP transactions such as sale, licensing, and IP service agreements. His master's studies at the University of Toronto focused on Canadian Law, with courses in Business Organizations concentrating on Corporate Law, Contract Law, Property Law, and Legal Research, among others.

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Samples of Experience 

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Business Law and Corporate Commercial Law

• Confidential Client: Assisted a client in the acquisition of a restaurant, including the preparation of an asset purchase agreement and conducting legal research as to relevant corporate, commercial, and contractual matters.  

• Confidential Client: Served a client during a gas station purchase, including the preparation of an asset purchase agreement and other closing documents; collaborated with a team of legal professionals to ensure a smooth closing.

• Confidential Client: Served a corporate client concerning the minute book preparation and drafting of shareholders' agreement.

• Confidential Client: Conducted research on corporate continuation and how a client transforms her Ontario corporation into a federal corporation under the Canada Business Corporations Act. 

• Confidential Client: Reviewed a commercial lease agreement and drafted recommendations to make the agreement more favorable to the client's interests.

• General Work: Reviewed franchise disclosure documents and franchise agreements relating to the food industry.

• Dissertation: "Transfer Pricing of Intangibles," Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences, 2020.

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Real Estate Law

• Confidential Client: Used software tools such as Dye & Durham Unity and Lawyer Conveyance System for practice management, data entry, title search, writ search, and document production purposes.

• Confidential Client: Provided comprehensive support to a client during the purchase of a residential property, including the preparation of various documents such as client-signing documents, requisition letters, execution affidavits, and follow-up letters regarding outstanding undertakings. Additionally, assisted in the creation of private mortgage documents.

• Confidential Client: Served a client during a commercial lease transaction, drafted an offer to lease, reviewed a commercial lease agreement, and drafted recommendations to make the agreement more advantageous to the client.

• Confidential Client: Reviewed agreement of condominium resale and conducted legal research regarding the Condominium Act and Regulations to ensure compliance with relevant legal standards.

• General Work: Reviewed over 550 residential real estate files, made a list of outstanding undertakings, and corresponded with other party solicitors and lender companies.

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Presentations

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• Speaker, "Taxation of Corporations and Tax Incentives in Canada," ImaginationZ Legal Ed., November 2023.

• Guest Speaker, "Trademark Basics," Ontario Tech University, October 2023. 

• Speaker, "Trademark Basics for Entrepreneurs," ImaginationZ Legal Ed., September 2023.

• Speaker, "Buying or Selling a Business in Canada," ImaginationZ Legal Ed., June 2023.

• Speaker, "Doing Business in Ontario," ImaginationZ Legal Ed., May 2023.

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