Allan Oziel
Tel: 416-900-0882
E-mail: aoziel@oziellaw.ca
Allan Oziel’s practice focuses on providing a broad range of business, transactional, technology, and intellectual property law services to clients ranging from start-up ventures to growth-stage businesses.
Allan founded Oziel Law in 2012 after experience in big-law private practice and as corporate counsel for a public financial institution. His vision was to create a boutique business and technology law firm geared towards modern companies that, leveraged best-in-class technology to create a unique, client-focused experience.
Allan has been recognized as a top technology lawyer by Best Lawyers, has been listed as a Lawyer to Watch by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, and was twice nominated for Top 25 Lawyers in Canada.
He is also an active writer and speaker in the legal community on technology and intellectual property law, legal practice management, legal software, and legal marketing. Recently, Allan has been a guest speaker at the Canadian Technology Lawyers Association’s annual conference, Canadian Lawyer’s LegalTech Summit, OBA TechXPO and has had numerous engagements for Oziel’s partners, LatAm Startups, Accelerator Centre, Acceleration+ and HalTech Innovation Centre. In addition, he is the past Chair of the Law Society of Ontario’s Solo and Small Firm Conference, the past Treasurer and Director of the Canadian Technology Lawyers Association.
In his spare time, Allan enjoys spending time with his family and playing/watching basketball.
- Presenter at LatAm Startups Bootcamp and Scale-Up Programs – 2019 – Present
- Presenter at Can-Tech Annual Conference 2019 – A Deep Dive on Deepfakes and Other Sources of AI Generated Fake News
- Presenter at LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference 2019 – Developing a Niche Practice Area
- Presenter at LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference 2018 – Closing Plenary – Becoming a Blockchain Lawyer
- Chair of Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) Solo and Small Firm Conference 2015 – 2018
- Presenter at CBA Legal Conference, Deciding on Technology
- Presenter at OBA TECHXpo 2016, Apps and Gadgets for the Moblie Lawyer
- Presenter at LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference 2015 – Advanced Marketing Roundtable (Presented with Russell Alexander)
- Presenter at Commons Institute Conference 2015 – Advanced Topics on Technology
- Presenter at OBA TECHxpo 2014 – Using Technology to Be More Efficient, Effective and Profitable (Presented with Donna Neff)
- Presenter at Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO) Intellectual Property Program 2014 – Trademark Searches and Application Process
- Presenter at LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference 2014 – Big Firm Services on a Small Firm Budget
- Quoted in Chasing the Paperless Office – Lawyers Weekly (March 6, 2015)
- Quoted in Post No Ills – Forensic Fraud Magazine (Vol 4, No.2)
- Quoted in Choosing the Right Tech Tools – Lawyers Weekly (February 6, 2015)
- Quoted in CBA Report Highlights Technology Risks – Lawyers Weekly (October 3, 2014)
- Quoted in Do what you do Best and Have Others do the Rest – Lawyers Weekly (August 22, 2014)
- Going Small and Lean with Your Firm – Lawyers Weekly (July 26, 2013 Issue)
- Selected by peers for 15th Edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for work in Technology Law
- Past Chair of LSUC Solo and Small Firm Conference
- Past Director and Treasurer of the Canadian Technology Lawyers Association (Can-Tech)
- Member of Ontario Bar Association
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Education
- Osgoode Hall Law School, L.L.B., 2008
- York University, B.A. (Business)
Awards
- Bereskin Parr Prize for Trademarks Law
- Charles Edward Woodrow Scholarship
Qualifications
- Called to the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario), 2009
- Registered Trademark Agent (CA)