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Business & Corporate Law Firms in City of Ottawa, Ontario

170 law firms.

What does a business lawyer in Ottawa do?

An Ottawa business lawyer helps companies form, operate, and eventually sell or wind down, and steps in when a commercial deal or dispute needs legal footing. The everyday work is incorporation, shareholder agreements, commercial contracts, and the purchase or sale of a business. When you incorporate, you register either federally through Corporations Canada or provincially through the Ontario Business Registry, and a lawyer makes sure the structure fits how you plan to operate. If a deal turns into a lawsuit, a commercial claim is heard in the Superior Court of Justice at the Ottawa Courthouse on Elgin Street.

How do you incorporate a business near Ottawa?

You've got two routes, and the choice matters. A business can incorporate federally under the Canada Business Corporations Act through Corporations Canada, which protects its name across the country, or provincially under Ontario's Business Corporations Act through the Ontario Business Registry. Federal incorporation suits a company operating in more than one province, while a provincial corporation is often simpler for one that stays within Ontario. A lawyer's part goes beyond filing the articles. It's setting the share structure and drafting a shareholder agreement that says what happens if an owner leaves or the partners disagree. Kanata's technology sector shows why this matters early: a startup that expects to raise money needs a share structure that can carry that weight from day one.

Where are Ottawa business disputes decided?

Most commercial disputes never reach a judge, but the ones that do are heard in the Superior Court of Justice. For the Ottawa region that court sits at the Ottawa Courthouse, 161 Elgin Street. Common files include a broken commercial contract, a shareholder falling out, an unpaid account, or a fight over the sale of a business. Because litigation is slow and costly, a careful lawyer works to prevent it with clear contracts and a shareholder agreement that includes a buyout mechanism. If a matter does head to court, deadlines apply, so it's worth getting advice as soon as a dispute looks serious.

How do you choose a business law firm in Ottawa?

Look for a firm that regularly handles your kind of work, whether that's incorporating a company, negotiating a shareholder agreement, or closing the purchase of a business. Ask who will handle your file day to day, how the firm bills, and whether it knows your industry. Ottawa business firms serve clients across Kanata, Nepean, Orleans, and Stittsville, so there's usually one within reach of your office.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of Ontario directory. Browse the business & corporate law firms in Ottawa below.

Allan Snelling LLP

3 lawyers

Allan Snelling LLP is a full-service law firm based in Kanata, serving the Ottawa and Kanata area. Its lawyers practice personal injury, business and employment law, wills and estates, and criminal and quasi-criminal …

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Altair Law

1 lawyer

Altair Law is an Ottawa business law firm that serves entrepreneurs, start-ups, and small and medium-sized businesses. The firm handles corporate and commercial law, commercial litigation, employment law, commercial l…

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ALX Legal

5 lawyers

ALX Legal is a solicitor based law firm headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with additional offices in St-Isidore and Hawkesbury. Its lawyers practice in both English and French and focus on business and corporate law, …

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Amer Ali Law

1 lawyer

Amer Ali Law is a real estate law firm based in Orleans, Ottawa, serving homeowners, realtors, lenders, and mortgage professionals. It handles residential real estate purchases, sales, title transfers, and mortgage tr…

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Amir Virk Law

1 lawyer

Amir Virk Law is a sole-practitioner law office in Ottawa run by Amir Singh Virk, a Barrister and Solicitor in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario. The firm handles real estate, immigration, corporate, wills…

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Anders Law

2 lawyers · Est. 1973

Anders Law is a general practice law firm in Ottawa, founded by Kurt Anders in 1973 and now run alongside his daughter Katrina Anders. The firm handles family law, real estate, wills and estates, corporate and commerc…

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Arbique & Ahde

5 lawyers

Arbique & Ahde is a small personal law firm minutes from downtown Ottawa, with a branch office in Stittsville. It serves individual and corporate clients in real estate, wills, trusts and estate planning, business law…

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Arcade IP & Business Law, formerly known as Andrews Robichaud, is an intellectual property and business law firm with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. It practices in patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial designs, …

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ASB Law Office

1 lawyer

ASB Law Office is an Ottawa (Nepean) firm specializing in real estate and corporate law, serving clients for over a decade and having closed more than 2,000 files. The firm is led by Ajaywant Singh Brar and also handl…

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Atasoy Law Firm

1 lawyer

Atasoy Law Firm is a Canada-based firm serving business leaders and immigrants, with offices in Toronto and Ottawa. It practices business, corporate, and commercial law, civil litigation, and immigration and estates l…

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B Turner Law

1 lawyer

B Turner Law is an Ottawa area real estate law firm run by lawyer Babette Turner, who was called to the Ontario bar in 2014. The firm practices in real estate, wills and estates, and corporate law, drawing on Turner's…

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BD Law Offices

1 lawyer

BD Law Offices is a sole-practitioner firm in Ottawa run by Martin Z. Black, a barrister, solicitor and notary public with more than 40 years of experience. The firm handles residential and commercial real estate, cor…

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Bear Sterling Law Group is a law firm with offices in Ottawa and Dubai, practising real estate, business, and wills and estate planning law, along with immigration law and notary services. It was co-founded by Sarah A…

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Bell Baker LLP

13 lawyers · Est. 1957

Bell Baker LLP is a full-service law firm based in Ottawa, founded in 1957. The firm has about fifteen lawyers serving individuals, corporations, and institutions across the greater Eastern Ontario area, with practice…

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Bennett Jones LLP

16 lawyers

Bennett Jones LLP is a national Canadian business law firm with more than a century of history, grown from a ten-lawyer prairie town office to a firm with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vanco…

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Bennett McIntyre Mysicka LLP is a general-practice law firm based in Carleton Place, Ontario, with a second office in Nepean, serving Lanark County, the Ottawa Valley and the Greater Ottawa area. The firm focuses on r…

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Black & Associates

5 lawyers

Black & Associates is a civil litigation, employment, and public law firm based in Ottawa, serving businesses and individuals across Ottawa, Toronto, and Eastern Ontario. It handles commercial disputes, contract and s…

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

369 lawyers · Est. 1856

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) is a national business law firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, New York and London. The firm has practised business law in Canada since 1856 and ru…

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Blockhouse Law Partners LLP is a general-practice law firm in Manotick, in Ottawa's south end. Its lawyers practise as generalists across contract law, commercial law, residential and commercial real estate, real esta…

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Boivin Perera Termos Associates, operating online as Kanata Law, is a small law firm serving Kanata, Orleans, Nepean, and the wider Ottawa area. It practices real estate, wills and estates, business and corporate law,…

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Brazeau Seller Law

24 lawyers · Est. 1989

Brazeau Seller Law is an Ottawa business law firm founded in 1989, originally designed to serve family-owned businesses and help protect and grow their wealth. Today the firm offers corporate and commercial, real esta…

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Brian Wilson Law

1 lawyer · Est. 2013

Brian Wilson Law is a sole-practitioner real estate law firm based in Ottawa (Gloucester). Founded by Brian Wilson, who has 24 years of experience, the firm handles residential, commercial and condominium closings, al…

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Bunning & Farnand

2 lawyers · Est. 1982

Bunning & Farnand, Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, has served the Blackburn Hamlet community in Ottawa for over forty years, since Les Bunning opened the firm in 1982. It handles real estate, wills and estates, corp…

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Carters Professional Corporation

17 lawyers · Est. 2001

Carters is a law firm established in 2001 that focuses on charity and not-for-profit law, with offices in Orangeville, Ottawa, and Toronto. It also serves individuals, corporations, and businesses across litigation, r…

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