Osler is a partnership-structured business law firm serving Canadian, U.S., and international clients across corporate, capital markets, M&A, litigation, and specialized sectors. The tech stack is traditional for legal practice—iManage for document management, Relativity for litigation, UKG for workforce management—but the project list reveals operational pressure: task-based billing implementation, practice efficiency initiatives, and systems upgrades feature prominently, suggesting a firm in transition from hourly billing toward more transparent pricing and streamlined operations.
Osler operates as a multi-office partnership with over 500 lawyers based in Toronto, Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and New York. The firm advises large enterprises on cross-border transactions, regulatory issues, M&A, capital markets, competition law, intellectual property, and litigation. Current hiring is concentrated in legal roles (associates and counsel), with smaller teams in finance, marketing, HR, and operations—a staffing shape typical of practices scaling client capacity and internal support functions. Active projects span pricing strategy, new practice-area launches, investor database development, and staff training.
Business law, capital markets, M&A, corporate finance and securities, competition/antitrust, intellectual property, labour and employment, litigation, franchising, and corporate governance. The firm advises both Canadian and international clients on domestic and cross-border matters.
Osler has five offices in Canada—Toronto (headquarters), Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, and Vancouver—plus a New York office. The firm employs over 500 lawyers across these locations.
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