Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Firm Details:

Chairman: Geoff Belsher

Firm Managing Partner: Bryson A. Stokes

Number of partners: 277

Number of lawyers: 685 (includes partners)

Languages: English, French, German, Mandarin, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Blakes provides exceptional legal services to leading businesses in Canada and around the world. The firm focuses on building long-term relationships with clients by staying true to its guiding principles and providing unparalleled client service and the highest standard of legal advice, always informed by the business context.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Aboriginal

■ Capital Markets

■ Commercial Real Estate

■ Competition & Antitrust

■ Consumer Protection

■ Corporate & Commercial

■ Corporate Governance

■ Cybersecurity

■ Employment & Labour

■ Energy

■ Environmental

■ Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)

■ Financial Services

■ Financial Services Regulatory

■ Foreign Investment

■ Health & Product Regulatory

■ inSource

■ Intellectual Property

■ International Trade

■ Investment Products & Asset Management

■ Legal Translation

■ Litigation & Dispute Resolution

■ Marketing & Advertising

■ Mergers & Acquisitions

■ Pensions, Benefits & Executive Compensation

■ Privacy & Data Protection

■ Procurement

■ Restructuring & Insolvency

■ Shareholder Activism

■ Tax

■ Technology

Industries:

■ Automotive

■ Aviation/Aerospace

■ Banking

■ Cannabis

■ Communications

■ Construction

■ Defence

■ Emerging Companies & Venture Capital

■ FinTech

■ Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

■ Forestry

■ Franchising

■ Gaming

■ Hospitality & Leisure

■ Infrastructure/P3

■ Insurance

■ Life Sciences

■ Major Projects

■ Manufacturing

■ Mining

■ Oil & Gas

■ Pension Funds

■ Power

■ Private Equity

■ Public Sector Crisis & Compliance

■ REITs

■ Retail

■ Sports

■ Technology & Innovation