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Corporate Services

Cox & Palmer provides a one-stop shop for corporate and commercial services in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island (“Atlantic Canada”).

Our offices can coordinate corporate and commercial searches and registrations throughout Atlantic Canada making it possible for clients to use one central point of contact and receive one solution across the region.

Corporate Services We offer assistance with incorporations, registrations, continuances, amalgamations, or dissolutions of companies, partnerships, joint ventures and other business entities.

Specifically, we would be pleased to assist with the following:

  • Name reservations anywhere in Atlantic Canada and federally
  • Incorporation in any jurisdiction of Atlantic Canada or federally
  • Extra-provincial corporate registrations throughout Atlantic Canada
  • Continuation of companies into any provincial jurisdiction of Atlantic Canada
  • Continuation of companies out of any provincial jurisdiction of Atlantic Canada
  • Creation of unlimited liability companies, conversion of unlimited liability companies to limited liability companies and conversion of limited liability companies to unlimited liability companies through our Nova Scotia office
  • Ongoing corporate records maintenance in each of our offices
  • Dissolution of companies incorporated, amalgamated or continued in Atlantic Canada or federally
  • Amalgamation of companies incorporated, amalgamated or continued in Atlantic Canada or federally

Our Nova Scotia and New Brunswick offices have enhanced direct access to the Corporations Branches maintained by their provincial governments, which expedites registrations and incorporations.

Commercial Services We are available to provide agency assistance on commercial transactions in Atlantic Canada. These agency services include:

  • PPSA searches and registrations including overseeing PMSI notification and registration of notices of security in fixtures
  • Corporate searches and registrations, including certificates of corporate status
    (Our Nova Scotia and New Brunswick offices have enhanced direct access to the Corporations Branches maintained by their provincial governments, which expedites searches)
  • Real property searches, including on-line real property searches, environmental searches, property tax certificates, business occupancy tax certificates and zoning confirmation letters and document retrieval in some jurisdictions
  • Litigation searches
  • Searches and inquiries in respect to unregistered or statutory liens
  • Searches of filings made under the Bank Act and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Corporate Services Inquiries:

New Brunswick

Rhonda Boyd - Fredericton
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506.453.9668

Dianne Carlisle - Fredericton
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506.453.9639

Melissa Flecknell - Saint John
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506.634.4383

Lisa King - Saint John
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506.633.2742

Newfoundland & Labrador - St. John's

Paulette Ivany 
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709.570.5347

Nova Scotia - Halifax

Danny McMillan
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902.421.6262 ext. 5286

Gina Lohnes, LLB, Manager (maternity leave)
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902.491.4135

Nadine Dash
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902.491.4456

Judy Dudley 
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902.491.4103 

Prince Edward Island

Ann Gallant - Charlottetown
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902.629.3923

Carol Hollyer - Summerside
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902.888.4572