Atasoy Law Firm
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One of 436 law firms listed in Ottawa, and one of 81 handling Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution.
About Atasoy Law Firm
Atasoy Law Firm works with business people and immigrants, handling business, corporate and commercial matters, civil litigation, immigration and estates work, as well as aviation disputes and football and soccer law. Clients can be helped in English, Turkish or Persian (Farsi).
Hasan Atasoy, the firm's founder, was admitted to the bar in Turkey in 2016 and in Ontario in 2023. Hasan Atasoy brings more than seven years of combined work and research experience across business, litigation, real estate, estates and immigration law, and has acted for Canadian and international clients on matters at home and across borders. Those clients have come from sectors such as technology, aviation, construction and food.
Before opening the practice, Hasan Atasoy worked at a private law firm in Istanbul, at a Toronto firm focused on business, real estate and estates work, and at a Toronto immigration firm, and completed M&A coursework at 4L Academy covering due diligence and how deals close. The academic path runs from a law degree at Istanbul University to a master's at Marmara University and a second master's from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 2022. Legal assistant Homayoun Yazdankia, who's fluent in English and Farsi, joined after working at an Ontario immigration practice.
The Toronto office is downtown at 111 Queen Street East, and the Ottawa office is on Laperriere Avenue. In-person meetings at either one are by appointment. The firm keeps weekday hours of 9 am to 5 pm, sees clients on Saturdays by appointment, and can be reached on WhatsApp as well as by email.
Practice areas
Civil litigation
Atasoy Law Firm takes on civil disputes for individuals and businesses, including shareholder fights, money owed by a business partner and real estate disputes. Before anything is filed, the firm weighs the merits and looks at whether a negotiated outcome is possible, and when a case goes ahead it handles motions such as summary judgment and injunctions and appears before Ontario and other common law courts. Hasan Atasoy has registered a construction lien for a client over work on a hotel project.
Business and corporate law
Atasoy Law Firm acts for clients ranging from new ventures to private corporations, from setting up sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations to buying and selling a business and drafting franchise agreements. Corporate work covers minute books, amalgamations and licences for foreign corporations, and the commercial side reaches SaaS and influencer agreements as well as website terms of use and privacy policies.
Immigration
Atasoy Law Firm helps first-time visitor visa applicants and families bringing parents over on a super visa, and it guides study permit applications from start to finish, including extensions and changes of conditions after arrival. Employers get help with regulations and investor immigration programs, and the firm helps with Access to Information and Privacy requests for immigration records, making sure each one goes to the right department.
Estate planning
Atasoy Law Firm plans, drafts and oversees the signing of wills, prepares powers of attorney for personal care and for property, and works on trust and estate planning. It also applies for certificates of appointment of estate trustee, whether or not there's a will.
Aviation disputes
Atasoy Law Firm brings aviation litigation services to aircraft owners, operators and businesses, with disputes that include aircraft management agreements, engine leases and Cape Town Convention and International Registry issues. Hasan Atasoy has prepared a statement of claim in an aviation case with claims of more than CAD $2 million.
Football and soccer law
Atasoy Law Firm serves players, coaches, clubs, agents, investors and other businesses in the football world. The work runs from academy agreements for youth programs to claims over training compensation and solidarity payments.
Employment law
Atasoy Law Firm handles workplace investigations, termination and severance disputes, and health and safety compliance, including OHSA proceedings. Hasan Atasoy has advised a client in proceedings over a union's related employer and asset sale application.
Notary services
Atasoy Law Firm notarizes documents such as affidavits and letters of invitation.
Good to know
Accessible parkingHow Atasoy Law Firm works
Attentiveness is the first of Atasoy Law Firm's values: the firm aims to keep a legal process that can feel confusing as simple and plain for clients as it can be. Its other values include care, idea meritocracy, getting work done and quality over quantity.
Milestones & recognition
- In October 2023, Hasan Atasoy was a guest speaker at Ontario Tech University on the basics of trademarks.
- Over 2023, Hasan Atasoy spoke for ImaginationZ Legal Ed., the firm's affiliate, on subjects from doing business in Ontario in May to corporate taxation and tax incentives in November.
- Hasan Atasoy's 2020 dissertation at Marmara University's Institute of Social Sciences dealt with the transfer pricing of intangibles.
In the community
- Business professionals get regular presentations from the firm on business law topics, and real estate professionals get sessions on real estate and mortgage law.
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The neighbourhood
Atasoy Law Firm's Toronto office is in the South Building of the Queen & Richmond Centre. That complex took in the older Robertson Brothers Confections building around 2002, and it received an Honourable Mention in the Buildings category of the 2003 Toronto Architecture and Urban Design Awards.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Atasoy Law Firm help a Canadian player exploring a move to German football?
- Atasoy Law Firm helps coordinate the legal side of football matters that span Canada and Germany, such as a Canadian player looking at opportunities there or a German club moving into the Canadian market. The firm gives Canadian legal advice from its base here and brings in German and other European professionals when a matter needs advice or representation over there.
- Does Atasoy Law Firm take refugee claims from legal aid clients?
- Atasoy Law Firm welcomes legal aid clients on refugee claims. Its refugee work also covers appeals and pre-removal risk assessments.
- Can Atasoy Law Firm help with a BC PNP Entrepreneur or Start-up Visa application?
- Atasoy Law Firm advises on business immigration streams that include the BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration base program, the Start-up Visa Program and the C11 work permit.
- Can Atasoy Law Firm help me collect after winning a judgment, through garnishment or a writ of seizure and sale?
- Atasoy Law Firm works on enforcing court orders and judgments, using tools such as garnishment of a debtor's wages or bank account, a writ of seizure and sale, or an examination of the debtor. It also advises on appeal rights and their deadlines.
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