Put a proper foundation under your business.
Zābo Law is a law firm for founders. Real lawyers set up your business properly and stay beside you as it grows, on flat fees.
Our services are flat fees, and you know the price before we start.
You're ready to do this properly, and you're afraid of getting it wrong.
You might be leaving a job to open your own business. Or you've been running for 3 years, and it's time to make it official.
Setting up a company is its own job, and it can feel like drinking from a fire hose. A website will file your papers, and you'll still wonder whether you did it right.
You've heard what lawyers charge, and you can't tell what this will cost you.
You don't have to do this alone.
Right now you're the head of every department in your business, and legal is the one you never trained for.
I'm Sonya Szabo. I'm a lawyer and a founder, and I'm building a business right now too. Zābo Law only works with businesses, so your questions are the ones we answer all day.
We start with what you're building. Then we show you what to put in place and in what order, and we stay beside you while you do it.
Book a free fit conversationYou get a team, and you know their names.
Sonya Szabo
Founder and Managing Lawyer
Toby Farrell
Associate Lawyer
Rachel Koole
Paralegal
Elle Dumandan
Virtual Assistant
There are 3 ways to work with us.
We handle your company, your contracts, your team, your brand and your marketing agreements. Each service has a flat fee, and we quote anything outside the list before we start.
Flat-fee services
A contract, an incorporation, a trademark or a lawyer's letter, each at a set price. There are 65 on the list.
from $497Your whole foundationBusiness Foundation Starter Kit
A 3-month setup for a founder who is ready to build properly, new or a few years in.
$4,797An ongoing lawyerFractional General Counsel
An ongoing lawyer for a growing business that isn't ready for in-house counsel.
$2,497 a monthHere is how you get there.
- 1
Book a free fit conversation
You tell us what you're building and where you are now.
- 2
Get your foundation
If you're new, we incorporate you. If you've already incorporated, we audit your articles and your setup. Your documents arrive within 45 days.
- 3
Go forward with a lawyer beside you
We stay for the full 3 months.
Our services are flat fees. You see the price before you say yes.
See every priceHere is what you'll have in place.
The Business Foundation Starter Kit, for new founders and for founders who are a few years in.
- 01Incorporation and minute bookIf you've already incorporated, we audit your articles and your setup.
- 022 contracts written for your businessYou send clients your own agreement, with the scope, the fee and the payment terms set out.
- 03Website terms and privacy policyYour website says how people can use it and what you do with their information.
- 045 calls with your lawyerYou ask your questions before you decide.
The Starter Kit fits
Service businesses, trades, food and hospitality, clinics, studios and shops, whether you're new or a few years in.
A different service fits
Tech and software companies raising outside investment need a different firm. If you need one document only, our flat-fee services start at $497.
This is real now.
You own a company that's set up properly. You have your own client agreement, and you open each new engagement from a template you understand.
The usual cost of skipping this is unpaid time. You finish the work, and then you negotiate what you agreed to.
Here are the short answers.
How much does it cost to have a lawyer set up a new business?
At Zābo Law the full setup is $4,797, or 3 monthly payments of $1,599. An Ontario incorporation on its own is $1,797.
What do I get for $4,797?
Your incorporation and minute book, 2 contracts written for your business, website terms, a privacy policy and 5 calls with your lawyer. If you've already incorporated, we audit your articles and your setup.
How long does it take?
The engagement runs 3 months. You have your documents within the first 45 days, and we stay with you for the rest.
Is the Starter Kit right for me if I have no revenue yet?
Yes. We built it for the months before your first sale.
Is it for tech startups?
No. We don't take tech and software companies.
Which provinces do you work in?
We work with founders across Canada.
Build it properly from here.
Start before your first client contract, your first hire or the day a partner puts money in. The conversation is free.
Book a free fit conversation