OUR FIRM

ABOUT OUR FIRM

Evergreen Solicitors is a boutique law firm offering affordable, client-centred legal services to clients ranging from cross-border multinational corporations, local corporations, small businesses and individuals. With over 12 years of big law firm experience in two jurisdictions, we offer our clients affordable, quality legal services in a small-firm environment. We assist our clients navigate the legal complexities of doing business in a fast-growing, heavily regulated business landscape that Canada represents. Whether you are looking to set up a new business entity in Canada, or you are looking to acquire a business or a part it, sell an existing business, or form strategic partnerships with other businesses in Canada, we have the experience and are available to assist you all along the way.
Recognizing the international nature of businesses in Canada and the inevitability of moving talents across borders to provide expertise to Canadian businesses, where those talents are locally insufficient or unavailable, Evergreen Solicitors offers top-notch business immigration services to clients across the globe who are desirous of moving temporary foreign workers to their Canadian operations, or those who are contracted to provide technical support and services to Canadian clients.
As temporary foreign workers naturally move to Canada with their families, we recognize that these individuals would require open work permits for their accompanying spouses and study permits for their school-age children. In that light, we also offer a wide range of personal immigration services to our clients.
Whether your concern is receiving affordable but quality legal service, or you are more interested in a responsive, personable and client-focused legal representation, we are available to listen and to assist you achieve the legal and business results that matter most to your success.

Charles Eluromma

Principal Lawyer, Evergreen Solicitors

About Me

Principal Attorney
Charles Eluromma is a trusted legal advisor to clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including banking and financial services, energy, environmental services, diversified industries, and information technology. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, business structuring, and contract advisory.
Charles regularly assists clients with the purchase and sale of businesses, corporate reorganizations, and a wide range of commercial agreements, including joint ventures, collaboration agreements, procurement and licensing contracts, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and vendor service agreements. Known for his pragmatic approach to client service, Charles delivers strategic legal solutions tailored to the unique needs of each business.
In his business immigration practice, Charles advises employers on cross-border workforce mobility and corporate immigration strategy. He provides guidance on a full range of immigration matters, including Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs), Intra-Company Transfers, and professional work permit applications under CUSMA/USMCA, CPTPP, CETA, and GATS. He also assists clients with personal immigration matters, such as Working Holiday and Young Professionals permits, Temporary Resident Visas, Study Permit applications, Post-Graduation Work Permits applications, family sponsorship applications, Permanent Residence applications through economic immigration streams, Provincial Nominee Programs, as well as citizenship applications.
Prior to founding Evergreen Solicitors, Charles was a senior associate with the Business Law and Business Immigration practice groups at a prominent national law firm in Calgary. He previously practised with another national firm, advising on matters related to banking and financial services
Charles began his legal career in Lagos, Nigeria, where he worked with two top-tier commercial law firms, advising financial institutions, energy companies, seeking to raise capital or acquire business interests, and other corporate clients on cross-border investments and regulatory compliance. His international experience includes corporate governance and corporate secretarial services for companies operating in diverse sectors.
  • Certificate of Qualification, National Committee on Accreditation, Federation of Law Societies of Canada
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporate & Commercial Law, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
  • Barrister-at-Law (B.L.), Nigerian Law School
  • Bachelor or Laws (LL.B.), University of Lagos, Nigeria
  • Graduate ICSA, Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators of Nigeria
  • Barrister and Solicitor - Law Society of Alberta - 2019
  • Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria – 2007
  • Member in good standing, Law Society of Alberta
  • Member, Canadian Bar Association (Sections on Business Law and Business Immigration)
  • Member, Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Member, Calgary Bar Association
  • Member, Association for Corporate Growth (Calgary Chapter)
  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • Graduate Member, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria
  • Applicability of the Equator Principles to Project Financing
  • The Importance of Due Diligence in Project Financing
  • The Concept of Bankability in Project Financing
  • Public Concession as a Method of Infrastructure Finance
  • “Comparative Review of the Similarities and the Differences between the Provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act and each of the business corporations statutes of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and the English Companies Act, on the Corporate Minority Remedies of Derivative Actions and Oppression”
  • “Majority Rule and Minority Protection in Private Corporations: A Comparative Appraisal of the Problems and Remedies under the Canadian and Nigerian Jurisdictions” - (LL.M. Thesis, October 2014)
  • “The Law and Institution of Charitable Trusts: Appraisal of the Nigerian Experience” (LL.B research work – May 2006)
  • Volunteer Mentor, Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch
  • Volunteer Mentor, Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council
  • Pro Bono Initiative on the Ukraine Crisis Canadian Bar Association (Section on Immigration)
  • Volunteer Duty Counsel, Civil Claims Duty Counsel Project, Pro Bono Law Alberta, Calgary
  • Corporate governance documents review and advice, Black Legal Action Centre, Toronto
  • Member, Global Lawyers of Canada (Not-for-profit)
  • Volunteer Lunch Service, Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre, Calgary