We Meet the Unique Needs of Our Clients
Polten & Associates is a boutique, downtown Toronto law firm which provides sophisticated, proactive, solution-focused counsel in a wide range of practice areas. Our firm has an outstanding track record in dealing with a broad range of complex legal issues on behalf of institutions, business enterprises and private individuals in Canada.
We have successfully handled and continue to accept highly challenging legal problems, and are neither deterred nor intimidated by seemingly more powerful adversaries.
We also have a twenty-year history as a gateway linking the legal worlds of Germany and Canada within the evolving global economy. We have extensive experience in conducting Ontario court actions on behalf of German clients, and in arranging the conduct of legal actions on behalf of Ontario residents against private individuals, business enterprises and institutions in German-speaking Europe.
The Advantage You Want
Our depth of experience is especially valuable to our clients when we deal with matters for which fluency at a professional level in English and German, in combination with an understanding of both legal systems, is an advantage. In a discipline so dependent on words, intended meanings are often lost in translation by those not sufficiently competent in both languages and sufficiently acquainted with both legal systems. Such blunders of communication can have serious repercussions for the legal results ultimately realized.
Our specialist expertise in dealing with such cross-jurisdictional legal issues is augmented by our network of contacts with law firms and legal practitioners across Canada and German-speaking Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Toronto Domestic Legal Representation and Cross-Border Legal Services
We are committed to obtaining robust solutions to complex legal issues for institutions, business enterprises and private individuals. To speak to a skilled lawyer about your legal matter, call us from the Toronto area at 647-724-4175 or from elsewhere toll free at 1-866-322-6521.
We represent clients both in domestic and cross-border matters in the specific practice areas itemized hereafter.
Wills and Estates
We possess the experience and expertise to handle a variety of issues in the area of wills and estates, including those having a factual and/or legal connection to Germany. Our specialty areas are:
Family Law
We have the skills, knowledge and legal resources to handle family law matters, including issues encompassing a factual and/or legal connection to Germany. We have substantial experience in:
Commercial Litigation
We offer timely and cost-effective commercial litigation services, including specialized expertise in handling issues that have a factual and/or legal connection to Germany. We have extensive experience in dealing with:
- Business and contract disputes
- Shareholder and partnership disputes
- Commercial fraud
- Collection of debts
Administrative Law
Administrative law in modern life often entails dealing with assorted boards, commissions or administrative tribunals, other than courts, which regulate people's lives. We offer skilled administrative law representation in relation to:
- Government boards and tribunals
- Professional discipline
- University academic and disciplinary appeals
Cross-Border Legal Services
With lawyers fluent in English and German, a legal and administrative assistant whose first language and language of higher education is German, and our network of over 200 legal professionals in German-speaking Europe, we have the expertise to provide a wide variety of cross-border legal services, including:
German-English Legal Translation and Notarization
Two members of our firm are fluent in both English and German and are supported by a legal and administrative assistant who is a native speaker of German, which allows us to provide cost-effective, efficient and timely legal translation and notarization services to our clients in Canada and Europe. Because we are professionally fluent in English and German, we are able to provide more accurate translation of legal documents than translation bureaus that charge by the word and are not obliged to incorporate legal expertise into the final product. Our legal services also encompass the notarization of certain classes of documents, in order to give them credit and authenticity in foreign jurisdictions. We also take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, and certify the same.
We Are Committed to Obtaining the Best Solution for You
To learn more about how we can help you achieve your specific legal goals, contact us. To speak to a lawyer, call from the Toronto area 647-724-4175 or from elsewhere toll free 1-866-322-6521.
