At Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), we serve a diverse national and international client base. Our integrated network of offices provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law.
Thanks to our clients, Blakes continues to receive awards and top rankings. For the ninth time and eighth consecutive year, Blakes is Canada’s leading law firm brand in 2023, according to Thomson Reuters. We also received the most top-tier rankings by practice area for the sixth consecutive year in Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2023. In addition, our lawyers continue to be recognized as leaders in their fields in The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Canada’s leading guide to lawyers.
Blakes enthusiastically invests in the communities where we live and work – from pro bono work to supporting diversity, women’s initiatives and the environment. Blakes was named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2023 by Mediacorp Canada Inc., an honour we have received 13 times since 2008.
Since our founding in 1856, we’ve been on a constant quest to define best practices in professional services by delivering leading legal solutions to our clients worldwide.
TORONTO
Located in the heart of the city’s financial district, the Toronto office provides legal expertise in virtually every area of business law. We have the scope and flexibility to meet the demands of the most sophisticated Canadian and international clients. Because of our experience, we have the resources to provide dedicated client-service teams to each and every client.
In addition to our practice capabilities, the Firm maintains a comprehensive database of precedents and has one of the largest specialized legal libraries in Canada. This ensures our clients receive the most up-to-date, sophisticated legal advice, anywhere.
Contact: Bryson A. Stokes, Firm Managing Partner ([email protected])
CALGARY
Our Calgary office acts on some of the largest and most complex transactions in Canada and on major cross-border and international transactions, requiring expert legal advice, sensitivity to clients’ business objectives and a cooperative team approach. We have the experience and resources to provide timely strategic legal services for all types of business transactions and disputes.
We serve a comprehensive client base in all aspects of their business, with industry-leading energy expertise in one of the most advanced energy markets and regulatory regimes in the world. We also have vast experience supporting clients entering new and developing areas. We work collaboratively to offer comprehensive advice, and we are overwhelmingly dedicated to supporting the success of Canadian businesses and strengthening their place in the global economy.
Contact: Ben Rogers ([email protected])
VANCOUVER
Our office in Vancouver is one of the leading business law offices in British Columbia. In addition to advising clients locally, we advise major Canadian and international corporations with West Coast interests on a broad range of business issues, including corporate and commercial matters, securities, financial services, real estate, tax, mining, forestry and natural resources, government, environmental, First Nations and labour and employment.
The office also boasts a strong litigation practice, with particular emphasis on corporate and commercial matters, construction law, First Nations litigation, insolvency and administrative matters.
Contact: Jeffrey Merrick ([email protected])
MONTREAL
The Blakes Montreal office is staffed by practitioners who are nationally and internationally recognized leaders in their fields of expertise.
Montreal’s team of dedicated lawyers assist local and international clients in strategically managing their business interests in Quebec and around the world. The scope of the Montreal practice is predominantly corporate and commercial law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, financial services, litigation and class actions, technology, securities, real estate, and infrastructure (public-private partnerships).
Contact: Sébastien Vilder ([email protected])
OTTAWA
Established in 1990, the Ottawa office provides legal expertise across various practices and industries and supports Blakes innovative inSource service delivery model.
Contact: Bryson A. Stokes, Firm Managing Partner ([email protected])
NEW YORK
Blakes opened its New York office to assist our US-based clients with Canadian elements of cross-border transactions and all other aspects of doing business in Canada. Although we do not practise US law, in order to assist our Canadian clients doing business in the US, we work closely with law firms in the Northeastern United States, the Midwest and California with respect to US legal matters. We also actively identify and promote Canadian business opportunities that may be of interest to our US-based clients.
The office liaises with each of our Canadian offices to solidify the Firm’s relationships with key US clients to ensure we are meeting their needs. It also serves as a base of operations for many of the Firm’s lawyers who frequently visit clients in the area.
On-the-ground cross-border experience in New York includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities regulation, private equity and taxation.
Contact: Geoffrey S. Belsher ([email protected])
LONDON
Our London office advises businesses considering Canadian acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange listings, as well as advising on all other aspects of Canadian competition, tax, securities, trade and business law.
We also assist Canadian clients with interests in the UK, Europe and emerging markets, working in close cooperation with local law firms. The London office is well known for its representation of corporations in the mining, oil and gas, technology, infrastructure, and financial services sectors.
Contact: Jeff Lloyd ([email protected])
