Two decades of business law experience — from Bay Street to corporate boardrooms to early-stage startups. External general counsel to software, technology, mining, finance and professional services clients across Canada and abroad.
A seasoned lawyer with experience from Bay Street to corporate boardrooms to startups — producing agreements that are fair, balanced, and achieve natural strategic alignment.
My focus is your success, not my billable hours. I will take the time to understand your business, your goals, and the unique challenges in front of you — and together we will build legal solutions that actually work for how you operate.
I'm interested in supporting your long-term success, not your long-term dependency on expensive legal services. Good counsel should make you more self-sufficient over time, not less.
Whether you're a founder negotiating your first enterprise contract, a mid-sized business navigating a financing round, or a professional with complex personal affairs — the goal is the same: a good legal outcome, delivered through a genuinely good experience.
From founder-led startups to TSX-listed public companies and international enterprises — a client base built across industries, geographies, and stages of growth.
Koby practiced in Toronto for many years, acting as counsel to small and mid-sized businesses, TSX and TSX‑V listed public companies, and several investment dealers. Following his return to Ottawa — his hometown — he served as senior corporate counsel to a large Canadian-based international software company, managing legal teams in Ottawa, Taiwan, and Japan.
In 2010, Koby launched Smutylo Law+ as a boutique law firm focused on delivering high-quality legal services to entrepreneurial individuals and businesses. The practice has since grown to serve clients in Ottawa, Toronto and elsewhere across Canada, as well as in the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Today, Smutylo Law+ advises a range of clients — from large multinational businesses to dynamic owner-operated companies, to medical, dental, and other professionals. What hasn't changed is the standard: every client receives great service and good legal advice. Koby's aim is that clients walk away not only with a good legal outcome, but with a genuinely good experience of working with the firm.
Plain-language commentary on developments in Canadian business, technology, and regulatory law.
On January 20, 2016, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (formerly Industry Canada) issued notice of significant changes to how radio apparatus certifications are managed — changes with real implications for hardware manufacturers.
Read More →Further amendments were made to the Prospectus Exemptions on July 7, 2016. The Ontario Securities Commission's update changes what issuers relying on exemptions need to file — and when.
Read More →A practical look at the updated RSS-Gen framework released by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, and what compliance looks like for device makers bringing product to market in Canada.
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