Pacific Legal is a boutique corporate, commercial and business law firm committed to guiding entrepreneurs, startups, and high-growth companies through complex legal challenges.
Pacific Legal is a boutique corporate, commercial and business law firm committed to guiding entrepreneurs, startups, and high-growth companies through complex legal challenges. We provide practical, business-focused counsel at every stage of the business lifecycle, from incorporation and structuring to acquisitions, real estate development, and exits.
Our practice is built on deliberate partnerships with founders, operators, and investors across technology, real estate, e-commerce, and professional services. We know legal advice must correspond to deal dynamics, market forces, and the bottom-line requirements needed to close a transaction effectively. By combining large-firm institutional experience with the agility and responsiveness of a focused boutique, we provide high-calibre representation without the friction of a traditional corporate firm.
Many clients trust us as their outside general counsel, valuing our accessibility, commercial judgment, and commitment to understanding their business operations. Whether you are raising capital, structuring a joint venture, expanding your team, or acquiring assets, we ensure your legal interests are managed accurately and proactively, allowing you to focus on growth.
What distinguishes Pacific Legal is our high-touch approach. We limit the number of active engagements we take on so every client gets dedicated focus, responsive service, and individualized solutions their business deserves.
Pacific Legal is a boutique corporate, commercial and business law firm committed to guiding entrepreneurs, startups, and high-growth companies through complex legal challenges. We provide practical, business-focused counsel at every stage of the business lifecycle, from incorporation and structuring to acquisitions, real estate development, and exits.
Our practice is built on deliberate partnerships with founders, operators, and investors across technology, real estate, e-commerce, and professional services. We know legal advice must correspond to deal dynamics, market forces, and the bottom-line requirements needed to close a transaction effectively. By combining large-firm institutional experience with the agility and responsiveness of a focused boutique, we provide high-calibre representation without the friction of a traditional corporate firm.
Many clients trust us as their outside general counsel, valuing our accessibility, commercial judgment, and commitment to understanding their business operations. Whether you are raising capital, structuring a joint venture, expanding your team, or acquiring assets, we ensure your legal interests are managed accurately and proactively, allowing you to focus on growth.
What distinguishes Pacific Legal is our high-touch approach. We limit the number of active engagements we take on so every client gets dedicated focus, responsive service, and individualized solutions their business deserves.
Founder & Principal Lawyer
Avi Khanna specializes in corporate and commercial law, advising founders, private enterprises, and investors across Ontario on a full range of transactional and advisory matters. He focuses on helping clients navigate key decisions with confidence.
Avi brings extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture financing, shareholder agreements, corporate reorganizations, and commercial leasing. He serves as strategic counsel to startups, real estate developers, and growing businesses, guiding them through regulatory, contractual, and structural challenges.
Before founding Pacific Legal, Avi practiced at leading Bay Street law firms, representing TSX, TSXV, and CSE-listed entities, investment funds, and technology ventures in complex transactions, securities compliance, and cross-border matters. Known for his pragmatic, business-focused approach, Avi works closely with clients to deliver legal strategies aligned with their long-term objectives.
Yash Mehrotra combines institutional expertise with in-house commercial insight, advising developers, private investors, family offices, landlords, and lenders. He focuses on commercial real estate, including joint ventures, complex acquisitions and dispositions, advanced financing, condominium and subdivision development, and commercial leasing.
Previously, Yash served as General Counsel at a diversified Canadian corporation, where he established the legal function and advised on legal strategy, governance, and multi-jurisdictional transactions. This experience informs his practical approach, understanding operational pressures and client needs for efficient transactions.
Earlier, Yash practiced at a prominent national law firm, advising investment funds, REITs, institutional investors, and developers on major real estate transactions and development projects.
Yash was called to the Ontario Bar in 2018 and holds a J.D. from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.
We assist companies with operational and regulatory matters, offering support across a range of corporate activities.
