Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Since its inception in 1973, Heenan Blaikie has become one of the leading law firms in the country. With our outstanding track record in business law, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property, we deliver comprehensive legal advice and innovative business solutions to clients across Canada and abroad from our offices in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec City, Calgary, Ottawa, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières and Victoria.
Over the years, Heenan Blaikie has grown progressively by attracting and retaining top calibre professionals, ensuring that each new member of the team embodies the culture of dedication to excellence that has made the firm’s reputation.
This firm culture inspires and motivates all of our 1,000 lawyers, managers and employees: in 2007 we were named one of the 50 “Best Workplaces in Canada” by Canadian Business magazine. This honour is a tribute to our team and we consider it a great achievement that our employees see working here in such a positive light.
Today the firm is over 480 lawyers strong and still growing steadily. Despite a highly competitive business environment, Heenan Blaikie continues to thrive as a result of the excellence and cost effectiveness of our services, and the value that we place on relationships with our clients. We understand their preoccupations and priorities, and consistently adapt the scope of our services to better serve their legal needs.
Our clients range in size from start-ups to many of North America’s largest public companies, public institutions including hospitals and universities, and government bodies. We also represent international clients seeking to protect and expand their interests in Canada.
Heenan Blaikie has within its ranks a number of prominent individuals who have made their mark on the national and international stage, including the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, P.C., .C.C., Q.C., former Prime Minister of Canada; the Honourable Donald J. Johnston, P.C., O.C., Q.C., a co-founder of the firm, who was Secretary-General of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); the Honourable John W. Morden, former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario; Pierre Marc Johnson, G.O.Q., FRSC, former Premier of the Province of Québec and André Bureau, O.C., former Chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and current Chair of Astral Media.
Another former Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, also acted as counsel to the firm for the last sixteen years of his life after retiring from politics.
Our lawyers are entrusted with key roles in policy setting, decision making and transactions of all kinds. We are recognized for our business acumen and insight in serving clients in key industry sectors, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, entertainment and media, forests and mines, insurance, life sciences and technology, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, real estate, retail, sports, telecommunications and transportation.
Three decades of success marked by entrepreneurial vision and legal virtuosity. A tradition of community involvement since 1973. Serving domestic, U.S. and foreign companies focused on international markets.
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Practice Areas
With our outstanding track record in business law, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property, Heenan Blaikie delivers comprehensive legal advice and innovative business solutions to clients in key industry sectors.
Ranging in size from start-ups to many of the country’s largest public companies, institutions and government bodies, as well as international corporations seeking to protect and expand their interests in Canada, our clients know they can trust us with the most sophisticated and challenging matters. They remain loyal because we consistently deliver results that match their high expectations.
Business Law
Entertainment Law
Intellectual Property
Labour and Employment Law
Litigation
Tax Law
Lawyers
Over the years, Heenan Blaikie has grown progressively by attracting and retaining top calibre professionals, ensuring that each new member of the team embodies the culture of excellence that has made the firm’s reputation.
Student Info
At Heenan Blaikie, we are looking for students who will become first-rate lawyers. In our view, a first-rate lawyer is above all a creative one. We are looking for a trail-blazer who is thoroughly familiar with all facets of the law and who can make an argument that will result in a precedent-setting decision, propose a solution to resolve a deadlocked negotiation, or structure a transaction suited to the specific needs of a business. We value originality, innovation and fresh ideas more than the comfort of well-worn views and set ways. It's more demanding, but infinitely more satisfying.
Over the years, we have succeeded in creating a stimulating and personally enriching work environment, thanks to the contribution of each and every member of our firm. We are always on the lookout for young lawyers who will contribute to the Heenan Blaikie ethos. We strongly believe that maintaining our firm amongst the largest and most prestigious law firms in Canada depends on the enthusiasm and ability of the next generation of lawyers.
LEXPERT recently published the 2008 edition of its Law Student and Associate Recruitment Guide, which ranks national and regional firms according to surveys conducted among students and information provided by each firm.
Beyond the facts, the comments provided by students, articling students and young lawyers at Heenan Blaikie are particularly interesting. Here are some of them:
- “The firm strongly supports individual initiative.”
- “Associates are given a high level of responsibility and learning opportunities.”
- “Heenan Blaikie is a firm of entrepreneurs that encourages and expects you to have a life outside the office and is a place where, unlike other shops, you enjoy coming to work every day.”
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