Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

For more than 150 years, Blakes has proudly served many of Canada’s and the world’s leading businesses and organizations. The Firm has built a reputation during that time as both a leader in the business community and in the legal profession – leadership that continues to be recognised to this day.
For more than 150 years, Blakes has proudly served many of Canada’s and the world’s leading businesses and organizations. The Firm has built a reputation during that time as both a leader in the business community and in the legal profession – leadership that continues to be recognized to this day. We have more than 550 lawyers in offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, London, Bahrain and Beijing, and associated offices in Al-Khobar and Shanghai. Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated office network provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law.
We have more than 550 lawyers in offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, London, Beijing and an office in Shanghai through our China Alliance. Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated office network provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law.

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP offers financial services clients the services of over 60 specialized lawyers working within a fully integrated national network of over 780 professionals. BLG's Investment Management and Financial Services lawyers have an unparalleled reputation in the Canadian financial services industry and provide a full-range of legal services to clients, which include managers, insurance companies and other financial institutions, service providers and distributors, both domestic and foreign.

Cassels

Cassels Brock is a leading provider of legal services to Canadian and international clients. With a complement of more than 200 lawyers, the firm offers a full range of sophisticated business transaction and advisory services. Our firm’s nimble platform allows us to work effectively with organizations of all sizes and types and to handle domestic and international engagements of every nature and complexity.
Cassels Brock is a leading provider of legal services to Canadian and international clients. With a complement of more than 200 lawyers, the firm offers a full range of sophisticated business transaction and advisory services. Our firm’s nimble platform allows us to work effectively with organizations of all sizes and types and to handle domestic and international engagements of every nature and complexity. Our lawyers make it a point to understand their clients’ business objectives, listen to their needs and stay up-to-date on the issues that affect their industries and markets. Through creative strategies and proactive advice, we help to seize opportunities and overcome challenges.

Davies Howe LLP

Davies Howe LLP has been representing Canadian life and health insurers and reinsurers since its formation in 1995. Beginning as a partnership between Jeff Davies, who specialized in land use development, and Bob Howe, who specialized in insurance defence work, we have grown to 22 lawyers practicing in both areas. As a firm, we are committed to providing excellent service in a timely and cost-efficient manner – customized to the legal, business and reputational requirements of our clients.

Dentons

Dentons is designed to be different. The challenges that our clients are navigating and the opportunities they are advancing are changing at an accelerating pace. We are a law firm that embraces change and can help you grow, protect, operate and finance your organization. This is why Dentons is organized to offer more than legal insight; we help you find business solutions, in a seamless fashion, across the globe.

Fasken

Fasken is an innovative and forward thinking business and litigation law firm, founded in Canada in 1963. Our team of over 750 lawyers provide expertise in every sector, including complex and high profile matters across more than 40 practices and industry specialties.

With regional representation in 10 offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa and China, we provide a global reach across four continents.

We work with clients in virtually all industries, advising on both domestic and international transactions. We often act as outside general counsel to clients in both the private and public sector. We also act as local counsel to many foreign entities doing business in jurisdictions where we have offices.

Results Mediators

Results Mediators provide effective and economical conflict resolution services to both corporate and private clients for litigated and non-litigated matters across Canada.
We believe that mediation creates the best opportunity for parties to find a mutually acceptable result in contrast to the uncertain, costly, and lengthy litigation process.
Susan and Avril together bring over 35 years of litigation and mediation experience on both the Plaintiff and Defendant side of disputes.

Stikeman Elliott

A national firm of more than 485 lawyers, Stikeman Elliott is recognized for the sophistication of its business law practice. Stikeman Elliott is recognized as a leader in Canadian capital markets and in domestic and international M&A by industry league tables, and is ranked among Canada’s top business litigation practices by Canadian publisher, Lexpert. The firm also offers in-depth expertise in many industry sectors, including insurance, energy, mining, technology and outsourcing.

Torys LLP

Torys is an international business law firm known for its sophisticated counsel, best-in-class client service and the most cohesive cross-border team in the market.

We are proud of the caliber of our thinking. With offices in Toronto, Calgary, Montréal, New York and Halifax, we bring together the sharpest legal minds to solve clients’ toughest problems and help them stay ahead of the curve. For over 80 years we have been working in partnership with clients in this way, and our track record speaks for itself.

Andree Mediations

Leanne Andree has mediated numerous disability, life insurance, critical illness insurance, employment and advisor liability claims. Leanne's mediation practice specializes in the resolution of all aspects of the life and health insurance world, with an emphasis on life and disability litigation. Leanne has completed the Advanced Mediation course at the Harvard Negotiation Institute.

Leanne brings to the mediation table a deep knowledge and understanding of the life and health insurance industry as a result of her 10+ years as Assistant Vice-President and Senior Counsel in the litigation group of Clarica/Sun Life Insurance in Waterloo. Her practice focused on both group and individual insurance claims, including disability, life, reinsurance and all aspects of advisor litigation.

Leanne is highly regarded by legal counsel and clients on both sides of the table. She is known for being able to put any claimant at ease while earning the confidence and respect of all parties. Leanne's success rate is a testament to her professionalism and effectiveness.

Leanne is a past president of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, a member of the National Executive of the Canadian Bar Association, and a past president of the Canadian Bar Association Young Lawyer's Division. Leanne is the recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal as a result of her volunteer contributions to the legal community.

Beard Winter

Beard Winter LLP is a Top 10 Ontario Regional Firm as recognized by Canadian Lawyer offering a full range of legal services. Our unwavering commitment to clients is the foundation of our history since 1964. Located in downtown Toronto, we act for many of Canada’s largest insurance companies and lawyers in our insurance litigation group are listed as experts in their practice area by both Lexpert and Best Lawyers. We are also preferred counsel for a wide variety of mid-market private and public corporations and sought after for our expertise in complex estate, commercial, employment and family law litigation.

Bennet Gastle

Chuck Gastle and Elizabeth Bennett-Martin left their partnerships at a major downtown law firm to form the litigation boutique firm of Bennett Gastle Professional Corporation in June 2005. The firm is devoted to providing our clients with a broad range of litigation and trade law services. For over 15 years, Bennett Gastle has provided personalized, exceptional customer service to its clients.

Bennett Gastle is small in size, but broad in expertise. Bennett Gastle is a firm where each client receives the personalized service best suited to their specific circumstances and needs.

To meet the needs of our clients, we provide legal services on a practical, professional, confidential, and cost-effective basis. We are effective advocates. Our team of professionals leverage their experience to craft creative solutions. But above all else, we are proud of our ability to deliver personalized service and positive outcomes for our clients.

Cunningham Swan Carty Little & Bonham LLP

Relying on a strong foundation of good people and quality work, our standard of excellence has only strengthened over the last 125+ years. Today, Cunningham Swan Carty Little & Bonham LLP comprises 30+ committed lawyers who work together with a highly skilled support staff, offering a full range of experienced legal support to Southeastern Ontario. Follow the journey of the generations of outstanding lawyers and staff that came before us.

McCarthy

McCarthy Tétrault is a Canadian law firm that offers a full suite of legal and business solutions to clients in Canada and around the world. We deliver integrated business, litigation, tax, real property, and labour and employment law services through our offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal, Québec City, New York and London, U.K. Our industry expertise and cross-practice, collaborative platform ensure we help build our clients’ competitive advantage.

Parlee McLaws

Parlee McLaws is a large, multi-service law firm with expertise across a variety of service areas. Our skilled lawyers and agents bring years of experience to their work on behalf of clients in a broad range of industries.

We are regionally-based, with offices in both Edmonton and Calgary, and understand the unique opportunities and challenges our clients face. Our history and familiarity with Alberta gives us an insight into its legal landscape and economic climate – insight we put to work for a diverse range of local, national and international clients.

Lavery Lawyers

Our team practising in the distribution of financial products and services can advise you on planning and implementing any type of corporate transaction, including mergers, acquisitions, demutualizations, arrangements, funding transactions governed by regulation, etc. We also advise our clients on entering into relationships with other stakeholders in the financial sector, whether to form a strategic alliance, for the distribution of a product, reinsurance, outsourcing or otherwise. Our areas of specialization are financial regulation and disciplinary law. As such, we represent our clients before the regulatory and reviewing authorities and also regularly plead cases involving such matters before the courts and administrative tribunals. Many of these cases are in response to enforcement measures initiated by the authorities, such as investigations, search and seizures, complaints and the related litigation. Finally, we assist our clients in responding to public consultations on regulatory policies or draft regulations and in planning the requisite follow-up. We can therefore help you in any matter you are faced with to find the solution that best suits your needs and goals.