Who We Are

We are Oziel Law, a law firm with extensive expertise in corporate, commercial, and intellectual property matters. In our capacity as trusted and experienced advisors, our firm routinely assists innovative startups and mature businesses alike through inception to exit. Given our broad experience in business and technology matters, we ensure that our clients’ interests, assets, and know-how are thoroughly understood, secured for commercialization, and deployed.

Leveraging expertise in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and technology matters, we work with innovative clients from coast-to-coast as they start, scale, protect, and exit their businesses.

Services

Startup and Business Formation

Starting a new business doesn’t have to be complicated. Our startup lawyers will guide you through the process of incorporating and organizing your corporate structure. We take the time to learn about your business and ensure that our approach is tailored to your business needs.

Trademarks and Intellectual Property

The intangible assets of a business are often as valuable (and sometimes more valuable) than its tangible assets. Our Intellectual Property lawyers and trademark attorneys and agents can help you understand and assert your legal rights to protect the intellectual property of your business.

Web and App Terms and Licensing

We are all used to agreeing to online-based terms and conditions. These terms are often referred to by various names including: “Terms of Use”, “Terms of Service”, “End-User License Agreements” and “User Agreements”. While many people scroll right past these agreements, they form the relationship between the software provider and its users. We prepare custom agreements that are specific to your business and industry.

Capital Raising and Financings

Startups, emerging and high growth companies regularly seek financing to fund their growth. We assist our clients in their procurement of various funding channels, whether through SAFEs, convertible debt, royalties, seed or preferred share offerings, loans, or mezzanine financing. We can help you structure your financing round, review investor materials, negotiate terms, and ultimately, facilitate closings.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Are you buying or selling a business? Our M&A lawyers can help you navigate asset and share transactions. From conducting initial due diligence to closing the deal, we utilize modern technology and workflows to simplify the process.

Technology Service Contracts

Speak to lawyers to truly understand your technology-based business. Our lawyers specialize in drafting complex software development, software/hardware resale, hosting, outsourcing, cloud, and other technology agreements. We stay current with the latest legal and technological trends to ensure we provide our clients with strategic, practical advice.

Franchise Law

Businesses with recognizable brands and unique offerings can rapidly grow and expand their reach by franchising their model and allowing others to operate a franchise location. Purchasing a franchise can also provide a business owner with the immediate benefit of leveraging an established business system or products with a recognizable brand. Whether you are looking to establish a franchise model or you are looking to pursue further growth, we can help your business in a variety of ways, including with respect to branding, the preparation or review of a franchise disclosure document, lease negotiations, the drafting of tailored franchise agreements, or the purchase/sale of a franchise or franchise location.

Public Market Transactions and Securities

Going public gives access to the world of capital markets and media attention. Whether you are an underwriter, issuer or investor, we offer tailored services to meet your business needs and partner with you to facilitate transactions through both public and private capital markets which best achieve your business objectives.

We routinely provide advice concerning fundamental public transactions, such as with respect to initial public offerings (IPOs), reverse takeovers (RTOs), or the formation of capital pool companies (CPCs). We also provide counsel to clients who have gone public, particularly in areas concerning regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and incentive equity plans.

Contact

If you have any questions or would like to work with us, please say hello at morsini@oziellaw.ca.