Ottawa is Canada's national capital. As a key centre for the nation's high technology and biotechnology industries, it is often referred to as Silicon Valley North. The seat of the nation's federal government, Ottawa is largely bilingual and home to most federal government agencies and departments as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.

For more than 100 years, Gowling WLG's Ottawa office has served a broad range of clients to deliver exceptional solutions in the areas of intellectual property law, litigation and arbitration, and business law.

Our Ottawa team includes many of the country's leading and most highly recommended legal professionals, as well as a number of former senior bureaucrats who help our clients navigate the complexities of global regulation and legislation.