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