Law Firm

Corporate Law and Governance

With the ever-evolving business, corporate and health law environment, businesses, entrepreneurs, and investors need clarity and services that meet their needs, urgency, and speed of business. Our firm provides sound, strategic and legal advice from the setting up of new businesses, start-ups, health care systems governance and administration, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, corporate structure and governance, due diligence, effective share holder management, directors and officers fiduciary duties and liability, compliance, and conflicts of interest matters.

Commercial Transactions, Arbitration and Litigation

For businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators, having a competent and trusted business lawyer who appreciates the speed and sometimes urgency of doing business, making, sealing, and closing deals and transactions are as important. Our lawyers understand all of these and honed their business law skills from their work experience in business/commercial law practice and capital financing. Our firm is skilled in structuring deals, complex and straightforward, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and insolvency, structured finance and securities law, contracts, debt recovery, start-ups and venture and private equity capitals, etc. Sometimes in many commercial disputes, litigation may be unavoidable and quite frankly necessary to prevent breach of contract, deter bad and unprofessional behaviours and ensure compliance. Our firm represents clients regardless of size, issues, and amount at stake. Clients’ need assurance that their litigation matters will be in competent hands and in a manner that protects the client’s litigation goals throughout all levels of courts. This is the assurance our firm provides when we take up your litigation file. However sometimes, the best course of action considering legal risks, costs, corporate name and brand, may be negotiation, mediation or arbitration that may not be as complex and cumbersome as full-blown litigation.

Labour and Employment Law and Litigation

Skilled in labour, employment, and human rights law, our firm can represent diverse clients in the private and public sectors, including health care systems. From employer and employee contractual relations, collective bargaining, quasi-judicial tribunal hearings such as the Labour Relations Board, Alberta Human Rights Commission and other employment and benefit related boards and commissions, we deploy our wealth of knowledge, system and institutional awareness and expertise for effective representation and outcomes.

Administrative, Municipal and Regulatory Affairs Law

With vast experience in the government public policy development and implementation process, regulatory affairs and municipal law from our managing lawyer’s time working for the Alberta Public Service, law practice, as the Minister of Justice, Solicitor General, Municipal Affairs and cabinet minister in other portfolios, including responsibilities in cabinet policy committees, as well as Alberta’s Deputy Premier, Our firm is built to navigate complex legislative and regulatory landscape on behalf of clients to achieve desired results. Our firm will leverage our vast network of relationships and partners in both the private and public sectors to advance the best interests of our clients.

Having experience in two countries spanning two continents, our firm can assist clients in different sectors of the economy navigate through, international, national, and sub-national issues impacting international trade, energy, oil and gas, investment attraction, negotiations, and trade disputes.

Real Estate, Development and Construction Law

Our firm handles residential real estate transactions between sellers, buyers, bankers and lenders, condominium corporations and commercial real estate developments. We are highly skilled in this area of the law and practice, including municipal bylaws, planning, zoning, permit/developments processes and builder’s lien management and litigation.

Immigration, Appeals and Foreign Investment Law

Canada is globally respected as a nation of immigrants. Our nation has been welcoming immigrants from all corners of the world since our founding on July 1, 1867. This is one area of law and practice that our firm has an all-round lived and professional experiences. Our managing lawyer migrated to Canada from sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria to be precise) two decades ago and has lived the Canadian and Alberta dreams rising to become the first Black Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Solicitor General and Deputy Premier in Canadian and Alberta’s history. Our firm is therefore uniquely positioned to help individuals, families, organizations, businesses, private and public sectors, and non-profit organizations with all their immigration needs.

Our firm provides clients with the following services:

• Labour Market Impact Assessments for Workers Applications

• Business Visitor Visas Applications

• Applications under the Federal Skilled Worker Program

• Permanent Residency Applications

• Canadian Citizenship Applications

• Renewal of Visitor Visa or Study Permit Applications

• Advise on provincial (Alberta) Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (under the various streams)

• Immigration and Refugee Hearings, Judicial Reviews and Appeals.

Non-profit and Charities

Non-profit organizations and charities are the backbone of our communities, providing essential services and activities to improve the lives of citizens. But navigating the legal complexities of governance, incorporation, structure, issues management, compliance and dealings with all levels of government can be a daunting task for these organizations. 

That's where our firm comes in. With expertise in strategic and legal advice, our firm can help non-profits and charities focus on their important daily work. Our knowledge of Alberta and federal legislation will maximize time, efficiency, and value.