Clarity & confidence fornon-profit leaders.

Solutions

For Canada's social sector.

Canada' social sector deserves better advice.
We're building a law firm that delivers it.At Arato Legal, we:

  • focus exclusively on the social sector

  • have first-hand sector experience in the sector

  • build relationships with organizational leaders

  • provide outcome-oriented advice in plain language

  • offer fixed fees for most services

For Founders

We give founders the confidence needed to launch and grow.

Starting a non-profit? Want to apply for charity status? Need to expand your existing corporate structure?We provide everything you need to make your vision a reality, including:

  • Not-for-profit incorporation

  • Charity registration

  • Charitable trusts

  • Foreign branches

  • Compliance coaching

  • Fundraising strategy

  • "Year One" tool kit (coming soon)

For Management

We give senior management the clarity needed to lead well.

Spread too thin? Hate dealing with legal, policy, and compliance work?Worried about risk? Unsure how to approach a new opportunity? Assigned duties that aren't in your wheelhouse? Let us handle it.We are trusted advisors to Executive Directors, CEOs, and other organizational leaders. We handle:

  • Annual maintenance

  • Corporate filings & T3010 review

  • Contracts & policies

  • Document reviews

  • Employment, HR & volunteers

  • Fundraising, donations & receipting

  • Intellectual property, AI & other tech

  • Structuring & restructuring

  • Disputes and negotiations

  • Crisis response

For Boards

We give boards the confidence needed to pursue their mission.

Bylaws out of date? Meetings run for hours? Split over a hard question? Unsure about policy governance? Let's get your board on solid ground.We help directors, officers, trustees, and boards govern well by advising on:

  • Governance reviews

  • Compliance assessments and audits

  • Annual general meeting support

  • Strategic planning

  • Structuring & restructuring

  • Mergers & dissolutions

  • Board disputes

  • Grants to non-charities

  • Public policy activities

  • Ecclesiastical law

  • Crisis response

For Funders

We give donors and funders the confidence that their gifts will have lasting impact.

Making a major gift? Curious about DAFs? Starting a foundation? Funding work beyond the charitable sector? Let's make your gift count.We advise donors, foundations, and funders on:

  • Donations and receipts

  • Donor-advised funds

  • Fundraising

  • Grants to charities

  • Grants to non-charities

  • Family foundations

  • HNWI gift planning

Subscriptions

Stop putting out fires.
Start building the future.

Serious about growth? Want to hear "how we can", instead of "why we can't"? Bring us in-house. We build capacity without surprise fees.We offer the following fractional general counsel services to organizations with over $500,000 in gross annual revenue:

  • Comply GC: Compliance from $3,000/yr

  • Build GC: Compliance & legal from $2,500/qtr

  • Impact GC: Compliance, legal, & strategy from $2,000/mo

Resources

Not ready for a lawyer yet?

Soon, you'll be able to take advantage of our accessible resources for non-profit founders and leaders.

  • Blog

  • Online courses

  • Downloadable guides

  • Online Academy

  • DIY resources

Team

Meet Andrew.

Andrew Clubine is founder and principal lawyer of Arato Legal. He has been a social sector volunteer, employee, senior executive, board member, consultant, and lawyer for over 15 years.Andrew studied literature and philosophy before attending law school at McGill University. He is licensed in Ontario and Quebec, and advises clients across Canada in English, French, and Spanish.Outside of legal practice, Andrew speaks and writes at the intersection of justice, charity, money, and digital assets. He is a graduate student in canon law at KU Leuven.

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[from arō, arāre, "to plow"]- with plowing; as a result of plowing

Our mission-driven clients sow the seeds of social change. They promote solidarity, strengthen communities, pursue beauty, shape culture, build civil society, and tend to the common good.We help them prepare fertile ground for sustainable growth and lasting impact. We serve:

  • schools & education organizations

  • student associations & campus clubs

  • churches & religious groups

  • community, advocacy, & member-based organizations

  • health, arts, athletics, & special interest groups

  • international organizations & foreign charities

  • major donors & private foundations

  • social enterprises

  • law & accounting firms

  • family offices, consultants & advisors

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