Specialty:
"Osuji & Smith Lawyers is a full-service, business-minded law firm with more than 46 years of history and a growing presence in Calgary (two physical locations), Vancouver, Toronto, and Dubai, and is widely regarded as the largest black-owned law firm in Canada. The firm advises entrepreneurs, privately held companies, established businesses, professionals, and organizations on legal matters throughout the business lifecycle, from formation and growth to transactions, disputes, restructuring, and succession. The firm is led by CEO and Managing Partner, Dr. Charles Osuji, a Harvard-trained lawyer and business leader who completed executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. Dr. Osuji also holds an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Mount Royal University and has received numerous international, national and provincial honours. Under his leadership, Osuji & Smith Lawyers has developed into a multidisciplinary firm with lawyers bringing more than 200 years of combined legal experience. The firm's business lawyers advise on incorporations and corporate structuring, shareholder and partnership agreements, corporate governance, commercial contracts, purchases and sales of businesses, franchise matters, reorganizations, due diligence and other commercial transactions. Through its employment, real estate, litigation, tax-related planning, immigration and wills and estates capabilities, Osuji & Smith Lawyers can also support business owners across legal issues that extend beyond a single transaction. Osuji & Smith Lawyers has received more than 140 awards and recognitions.
2026 Highlights: CEO and Managing Partner Dr. Charles Osuji, C.Dir., strengthened the firm. He also received significant professional recognition in Canada and internationally, including the Legal Icon Award in the United States and the Noble Award at the ITL Conference in Toronto."
