Osuji & Smith Lawyers

What Osuji & Smith Lawyers does

Osuji & Smith Lawyers is a Calgary-headquartered Canadian law firm originally founded in 1980 as Smith Law Office and consolidated under sole ownership of Dr. Charles Osuji in 2017. The firm employs 40+ professionals with 200+ combined years of experience and offers nine practice areas: Employment, Family, Immigration/Refugee, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate Commercial, Personal Injury, Criminal Defence, and Wills/Estate. Its bench is capable of communicating in 32+ languages, a structural differentiator for serving Calgary's multicultural population and diaspora-linked immigration matters.

The firm operates a multi-jurisdictional footprint with offices in Calgary (headquarters), Toronto/GTA (expanded 2025), Vancouver, Yukon, and Dubai, enabling cross-border work in immigration, refugee, and international commercial matters. It has accumulated 130+ industry awards and a 4.7-star rating across 600+ Google reviews, and its principal received an Honorary LL.D. from Mount Royal University in 2024. The firm is publicly positioned as one of the largest Black-owned law firms in Canada.

The business model is a standard professional services model: hourly billing on most matters with flat fees on selected services (typical of immigration and simple transactional work), targeting two customer segments — individuals across personal/family/immigration matters, and small-to-medium enterprises across corporate commercial, real estate, and litigation matters. Revenue mechanics are diversified across nine practice areas and five geographies with no disclosed anchor-client concentration. Adjacent non-profit entities — the Foot in the Door Initiative (FIDI, 2023) and the Charles Osuji Foundation — extend the firm's brand into community development and serve as a soft pipeline for talent and client acquisition. No technology product, proprietary platform, or AI/ML system is described.

Name

Osuji & Smith Lawyers

Legal name

Osuji & Smith Lawyers

Website

https://osujismith.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Osuji & Smith Lawyers is a Calgary-headquartered Canadian full-service law firm with 40+ professionals, 32+ languages, and offices in Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver, Yukon, and Dubai, serving individuals and SMEs across nine practice areas including immigration, family, and corporate commercial law.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Immigration Legal Services & Representation (Law Firms) (THACAKAF), Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Full-service legal services
• Employment law representation
• Immigration and refugee law
• Corporate commercial law
• Family and divorce law

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Traditional law firm billing for legal services including employment law, family law, civil litigation, real estate law, immigration law, business law, personal injury, wills and estates, and criminal defence. Services billed primarily on hourly rates with flat fees for specific services such as incorporations, real estate transactions, and document preparation. Contingency arrangements may apply for select personal injury matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Osuji & Smith Lawyers is a full-service Canadian law firm providing legal representation and advisory services across nine practice areas: employment and labour law, family law, immigration and refugee law, civil litigation, real estate law, corporate commercial and business law, personal injury law, criminal defence, and wills and estate services. The firm serves individual clients (employees, families, immigrants, accident victims) and organizational clients (employers, businesses, corporations) across Alberta, with expanding reach to Toronto, Vancouver, and Dubai.

Product overview

Osuji & Smith Lawyers is a full-service law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides integrated legal solutions through its core service lines: Employment and Labour Law, Family Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, Civil Litigation, Real Estate Law, Corporate Commercial and Business Law, Personal Injury Law, Criminal Defence, and Wills and Estate services. These practice areas work together to serve both individual clients (employees, families, immigrants, accident victims) and organizational clients (employers, businesses, corporations) across Calgary, Alberta and expanding to Toronto, Vancouver, and Dubai.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment and Labour Law Services Legal representation and advisory services for employers and employees on workplace matters including wrongful dismissal, workplace investigations, sexual harassment, workplace bullying, human rights issues, employment standards compliance, severance negotiations, and fixed-term contracts.
• Family Law Services Legal services covering separation, divorce, property division, child custody and parenting, child support, spousal support, common law relationships, and separation agreements for individuals and families.
• Immigration and Refugee Law Services Legal services for immigration applications, refugee protection, sponsorship applications, permanent residence, citizenship, and settlement support for individuals and families navigating the Canadian immigration system.
• Civil Litigation Law Services Legal representation in high-stakes commercial and civil disputes with focus on strategic and efficient dispute resolution outcomes.
• Real Estate Law Services Legal services for residential and commercial real estate transactions including purchases, sales, mortgage financing, refinancing, sales agreements, and title matters.
• Corporate Commercial and Business Law Services Legal advisory for organizations covering business strategy, governance, contracts and agreements, business acquisitions and sales, incorporations, and starting a business.
• Personal Injury Law Services Legal representation for accident victims including motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall, pedestrian and bicycle accidents, birth accidents, dog bites, and premises liability claims, with contingency arrangements available.
• Criminal Defence Law Services Legal defence services for criminal charges including DUI/drunk driving offences and traffic offences in Alberta.
• Wills and Estate Services Estate planning services including wills, powers of attorney, personal directives, estate administration, and probate and estate litigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Solved employment matter within 2 months for clients (per testimonial)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fisher Law (Immigration/Refugee Services)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReferral relationship for refugee law services. Osuji & Smith website links to Fisher Law for refugee services, suggesting a referral network partnership for specialized immigration and refugee matters. Fisher Law handles refugee hearings, arrivals, sponsorship programs, and pre-removal risk assessments while Osuji & Smith provides general immigration law services.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Dentons Canada LLP: Global law firm with significant Calgary presence, offering overlapping services in corporate commercial, real estate, and litigation, competing for similar enterprise clients.
• Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP: Major Canadian full-service firm with strong corporate, real estate, and litigation practices; competes with Osuji & Smith for mid-market and enterprise mandates nationally.
• Borden Ladner Gervais LLP: Largest full-service Canadian law firm with offices across Canada including Calgary, competing across multiple practice areas where Osuji & Smith operates.
• Bennett Jones LLP: Major Canadian full-service law firm with significant Calgary headcount, competing with Osuji & Smith across corporate commercial, real estate, employment, and litigation matters in the same Calgary market.
• McCarthy Tétrault LLP: National Canadian law firm with substantial Calgary office practicing across corporate, employment, real estate, and litigation; competes with Osuji & Smith for Calgary enterprise mandates.

Direct peers

• Field Law: Western Canadian full-service law firm with strong Calgary and Edmonton presence, competing directly across employment, family, real estate, and personal injury matters.
• JSS Barristers: Calgary-headquartered full-service firm with overlapping practice areas in corporate, real estate, employment, and litigation, competing for similar Calgary enterprise and individual clients.
• Emond Harnden LLP: Canadian employment and labour law boutique with national recognition; competes most directly with Osuji & Smith's strongest practice area as an employer-side employment law specialist.
• Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP: Calgary-based full-service law firm with overlapping practice areas including corporate commercial, real estate, employment, and litigation, serving similar Calgary-based clients.
• Fisher Law: Calgary-based immigration and refugee law firm that operates as a referral partner of Osuji & Smith, sharing an immigration/refugee practice focus and overlapping directly on refugee hearings and sponsorship matters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/osujismithlawyers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/osuji-smith-lawyers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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