Ottawa

Situated in the nation’s capital, a global technology centre, our Ottawa-based 24 legal professionals are recognized leaders in intellectual property, pharmaceutical litigation, corporate finance, M&A, taxation and regulatory law, particularly trade and privacy law. We have experience in every aspect of corporate law, advising clients from inception and their first financing through to complex M&A transactions and Canadian and cross-border public offerings. Our lawyers have played a leading role in virtually all of the Ottawa region’s significant corporate transactions of the past fifteen years.

Our IP litigators are nationally recognized with top tier rankings in Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and represent a wide array of national and multi-national corporations in the area of intellectual property.

We play a pivotal role in the firm’s seamless delivery of national and cross-border services involving the business, government and investment communities. Our clients include emerging, mid-market, global technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. We act on an agency basis for some of the world’s most prominent law firms, providing counsel and protecting their clients’ IP interests in Canada.

With close to 500 lawyers in Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa and New York, our knowledge and experience in harmonizing the legal requirements of Canada and the United States allow us to offer a real advantage – we can deliver seamless, national service to our Canadian and U.S. clients. The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers states that Osler is home to more of the world’s leading lawyers than any other law firm in Canada.

Our unwavering commitment to exceptional client service is reflected in how we apply our legal expertise to help our clients succeed: we understand and identify our clients’ business and legal objectives, build long-term trusted relationships with their people and act as our clients’ strategic partner.

Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate Finance
  • Cross-border and International
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • International Trade
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Privacy
  • Private Equity
  • Securities
  • Supreme Court and Appellate Representation
  • Taxation