Outsiders Law

About Outsiders Law

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Outsiders Law is a corporate and business law firm based in Calgary, with a second office in Toronto. Sebastian Elawny founded the firm in October 2021, aiming to offer businesses and charities a different kind of legal practice than what is typical at bigger firms. Before starting the firm, Elawny spent more than 14 years in law, much of it in leadership roles at a large multinational firm, and helped build a law practice inside a Big 4 accounting firm's tax group. Before that, Elawny co-founded an IT company. The firm now advises private businesses, owners, and not-for-profit organizations on incorporation, mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, and digital assets.

The firm's mergers and acquisitions work concentrates on Alberta's lower mid-market, businesses with enterprise values roughly between $2 million and $100 million, and covers buy-side and sell-side deals, asset and share purchase structuring, and cross-border transactions between Canada and the United States. The charity and not-for-profit team handles incorporation and defends charities through audits. The firm has also advised on Bitcoin and digital asset matters since 2018, including work for miners, exchanges, and businesses involved in tokenized security offerings.