Flagship Business Brokers

Jonathan is an Alberta business owner, marketer, and investor. Born and raised near Lethbridge, Alberta, Jonathan was raised by entrepreneurial parents who have owned an organic grocery store for over 23 years, which he recently helped develop into an international e-commerce brand.

After graduating from post-secondary, Jonathan started Symbol Syndication, which provides marketing and corporate film production to a diverse spectrum of businesses, including several Global 500 companies.

Jonathan also hosts The Ambition Project, which promotes entrepreneurship and showcases local Calgary business owners.

As a Calgary business broker, Jonathan’s ambition and pleasure are the success of the entrepreneurs he works with and serves.

Ben T. Seward founded Vantage Law in 2015. His clients range from start-ups and growth-stage companies to mature multinational enterprises, including private and public corporations, not-for-profit organizations, private equity funds, investment banks, and entrepreneurs. Ben regularly advises clients on their day-to-day corporate and commercial matters as well as extraordinary corporate transactions such as mergers & acquisitions and other strategic business transactions.

Having previously worked at leading Canadian law firms, Ben has accumulated a wealth of business law experience spanning a wide range of commercial issues across many industries and jurisdictions.

Ben is skilled at guiding his clients through every business-cycle of their enterprise, whether it be advising on: the initial structuring (or subsequent restructuring) of the organization (i.e., shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, and joint venture agreements); the growth stage of the business and implementation of key contracts and documentation critical to its commercial operations (i.e., services and supply agreements, licensing, executive employment agreements, stock option plans, corporate governance guidelines, privacy policies and website terms and conditions); or guiding businesses through any extraordinary commercial transactions (i.e., capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, purchases or divestitures of stock or assets, strategic business combinations and dissolutions).

In terms of industry sectors, Bens scope of commercial law experience spans multiple industries and disciplines including technology, importation and sale of consumer goods, restaurateurs, franchising, fitness, private equity, co-working, automotive (dealerships and services), investment fund management, licensed producers of cannabis, resources, and infrastructure.