WeirFoulds LLP

Co-Managing Partners: Denise Baker & Wayne Egan

Number of partners: 83

Number of lawyers: 130

Languages: Albanian, Cantonese, Croatian, English, Farsi, French, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Ukrainian

Firm Overview:

WeirFoulds LLP has established itself as one of Canada’s premier regional law firms, and has provided strategic, cost-effective and innovative legal advice to clients since 1860. WeirFoulds has thrived by becoming a true partner to clients, ensuring that legal advice addresses their priorities. The firm is repeatedly ranked as one of the Canadian Lawyer 'Top 10 Ontario Regional Firms', and is regularly listed in Novae Res Urbis' 'Top 10 Development Law Firms in the GTA'. These listings are testaments to the firm’s client-service focus. With roots firmly planted in the Greater Toronto Area, and a client base that is large and diverse, the firm offers responsive and effective client service in four broad areas of practice: corporate, litigation, property and government.

Blockchain & Digital Assets Practice Group

Co-Chairs: Benjamin Bathgate & James Kosa

Our multidisciplinary legal team has a wealth of experience which we use to guide our clients through complex legal issues related to blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets. These clients include institutional and individual investors, exchange platforms, financial institutions and money services businesses, as well as established technology companies and start-ups.

We are at the forefront of new developments and legal precedents in the digital asset and decentralized market in Canada and have obtained first-of-their-kind rulings on digital assets in our courts. Our views and thought leadership are frequently sought by leading media publications and industry groups worldwide.

The WeirFoulds Blockchain and Digital Assets Group builds on the firm’s longstanding reputation as a regional leader in the Canadian legal market, and draws upon its members’ unique and diverse set of experiences. Our members include:

• • Former group leaders at national and international law firms;
  • Former board members of international legal networks spanning the globe;
  • Entrepreneurs and business executives outside law;
  • Former in-house legal counsel for multi-national and national companies;
  • Faculty for business and blockchain courses at leading law schools; and
  • Consultants, risk managers and project leaders for cross-border client teams with our legal and non-legal partners.

We are uniquely positioned to deliver strategic advice tailored to business and industry realities facing our clients, with a full appreciation of how legal and risk issues inform business decision-making. We have a sophisticated understanding of emerging technologies in an increasingly decentralized and borderless marketplace, and the evolving regulatory pressures and legal uncertainty within which they operate. This allows us to offer practical advice to help our clients navigate these fast changing landscapes to find meaningful business solutions in a digital world.