Navio Law
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One of 436 law firms listed in Ottawa, and one of 105 handling Business & Corporate Law.
About Navio Law
Navio Law is an Ottawa business law firm for founders and growing companies. Its work spans the big moments, like raising capital and buying, selling or restructuring a company, along with the steady legal upkeep a business needs: board and corporate housekeeping, regulatory filings, contracts and partnerships, privacy compliance and employee questions. The idea is to solve the problem in front of a client so they can get back to growing the business.
Pricing is central to how the firm works. Most client work runs on value-based project fees and subscriptions, with hourly billing kept for a smaller share of matters, and the firm's focus is on results rather than billable hours. Its motto is Innovative Spirit, and its lawyers use technology and AI to free up time for advice that's approachable and easy to follow.
Managing lawyer Naomi Morisawa De Koven leads a team of four lawyers, with Justin Clory, Evan Young and Tjasa Kriznik alongside. Naomi Morisawa De Koven holds a B.A. from McGill and an LL.B. from the University of Toronto, was called to the Ontario Bar in 1995, and was a partner at a national firm in Toronto before moving to Ottawa. A law clerk, a chief financial officer, an executive assistant and a business development manager round out the staff.
Practice areas
Financings, deals and corporate governance
Navio Law takes angel investors and founders through a raise, from setting up the structure and working out the term sheet to meeting securities rules, and it acts on mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies. Managing lawyer Naomi Morisawa De Koven advises entrepreneurs and knowledge-based businesses on corporate and commercial work, financings and M&A.
Employment advice for business owners
Navio Law advises employers across the whole working relationship, from hiring and day-to-day management through to ending employment, with an eye on compliance and risk. Justin Clory's work focuses on corporate and employment advice for entrepreneurial businesses.
Privacy and data compliance
For companies that handle sensitive information, Navio Law keeps them in line with privacy law and helps protect that data as the business scales.
How Navio Law works
At Navio Law, a new project begins with the lawyers getting to grips with the problem, then setting either a fixed price or a quote. On value-based work, the firm and the client agree on a defined scope and a fee up front, and the client gets updates as the work moves along. If the scope shifts, the firm's commitment is to talk through new pricing or look for ways to stay within the budget, rather than letting costs drift. Up-front pricing is meant to give clients certainty and keep them in control.
Milestones & recognition
- Managing lawyer Naomi Morisawa De Koven is a past recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal's Forty under 40.
In the community
- At the start of 2024, Naomi Morisawa De Koven (then managing lawyer of MDK Business Law) and Justin Clory were among the speakers at 12 Legal Twists of 2023, an in-person and online workshop with Invest Ottawa where the presenters handed businesses a practical checklist of the past year's key legal changes.
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The neighbourhood
Navio Law's office is on MacLaren Street in Ottawa. MacLaren is one of Centretown's quieter side streets, more residential in character than the busy commercial stretches of Bank and Elgin.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Navio Law's GC+ service?
- Navio Law's GC+ is fractional general counsel that grows with a business. It was built for companies that want a lawyer on call who really knows how they operate, and it can range from closer involvement in the business's legal work to handling corporate matters or running its legal department.
- Can I get Navio Law to answer employment questions and review contracts for a monthly fee?
- Navio Law sets up monthly subscriptions for exactly that kind of recurring work, such as fielding occasional employment questions or reviewing commercial contracts, so owners can stay focused on sales while the firm helps manage risk.
- Does Navio Law still bill any work by the hour?
- Navio Law does keep some hourly work, though most engagements are value-based or subscription. Hourly advice and consulting is used where the scope is hard to pin down or the advice is bespoke, and even then the firm builds a budget with the client and keeps them posted as things progress.
Where to find them
200B-441 Maclaren St., Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2H3 · 613-695-7800
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