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Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory | Canada

Nationwide - Canada

Healthcare covers a wide range of work, including transactional, advisory and contentious matters. By its nature it is extremely wide-ranging, often leading lawyers to consolidate expertise in specialist areas such as procurement, commissioning, healthcare technology or financing work. Transactional work is primarily the sale and purchase of some or all of a health system or health insurance company. Law firms advise on competition issues and assorted regulatory matters for clients such as hospitals, health systems and insurance companies. In Canada healthcare litigation includes a strong focus on medical malpractice defence. This section also takes into account healthcare privacy and mental health law, as well as healthcare human resources and labour relations law. Please also see Product Liability for litigation arising from pharmaceutical and medical devices defects. The regulation of these areas also features in our life sciences chapter.

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Band 1

  1. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
    Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    The healthcare practice at Borden Ladner Gervais is renowned for its unparalleled bench strength across Canada, as well as its ability to provide high-quality legal advice and representation across the entire health sector. Its diverse client base includes long-term care facilities, hospitals and pharmacies. The health law group has proven skill across a broad array of healthcare matters including privacy and IT, governance, medical malpractice litigation and corporate transactions, with additional expertise in specialist areas such as child and adolescent health.
  2. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
    Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt commands respect for its representation of local and international players in public and private health. Operating out of its hub in Toronto, the health group advises on a broad range of regulatory, privacy and corporate commercial matters, with an impressive roster of clients from healthcare providers to government departments. The firm is particularly noted for its pioneering practice focused on the emerging e-health sector.
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Band 2

  1. Fasken
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    Fasken
    Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
    2025 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Fasken is a highly esteemed law firm with an acclaimed health law practice. It advises on corporate transactions and projects, and offers additional expertise in health privacy matters. The team often advises healthcare companies and hospitals on possible expansions. The firm is increasingly active in e-health and data sharing mandates in the sector. Specific areas of strength include providing counsel to health industry clients on labour and employment and real estate issues.
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Band 3

  1. Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
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    Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP
    Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
    2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked
    Gowling WLG is an eminent law firm in the Canadian healthcare sector, renowned for its activity on behalf of the CMPA. The medical defence and health law team enjoys a strong reputation for its representation of physicians in medical malpractice cases in Ontario, Alberta and Nunavut. The group also acts as trusted counsel on regulatory and policy concerns at federal and provincial levels, as well as acting for health organisations and non-profits across the spectrum of corporate and commercial issues.
  2. Norton Rose Fulbright
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    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Healthcare: Corporate/Commercial & Regulatory
    2025 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    Norton Rose Fulbright is respected for its handling of a range of corporate and commercial issues for healthcare clients, with particular strength in Ontario and Québec. The firm offers experienced representation to health authorities, medical research facilities and hospitals. The group's capabilities are supported by the firm's complementary expertise in IP and life sciences.