Bennett Jones LLP

The firm: Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to more than 400 lawyers and business advisors in nine Canadian and international offices — Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton,

Ottawa, Vancouver, New York, and a representative office in Beijing. The firm’s focus on deepening relationships with clients in key global business centres has enabled it to lead a wide range of complex cross-border and international transactions and litigation. As such, Bennett Jones is ideally suited to advise foreign businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and investments, and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities in the US, Asia, the Middle East, and around the world.

Firm culture: Bennett Jones reflects the integrity and professional excellence of the firm’s founding partners. Over the years, the firm has produced some of Canada’s most accomplished legal and business leaders, fostering values that  established it as one of Canada’s most successful business law firms. The firm prides itself on offering clients innovative, strategic and forward-thinking approaches to business, legal and regulatory challenges and opportunities. Mutual respect and independent thought are cornerstones of client and colleague interactions. Bennett Jones is proud to have been recognized for 17 consecutive years as one of Canada’s best employers.

Main areas of practice
Energy and oil & gas: Contact: Vivek Warrier Tel: +403 298 3040
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Shawn Munro Tel: +403 298 3481
Email: [email protected]

Infrastructure and projects: Contact: Jason Roth Tel: +403 298 2070
Email: [email protected]

Mining: Contact: Sander Grieve Tel: +416 777 4826
Email: [email protected]

Private equity: Contact: John Mercury Tel: +403 298 4493
Email: [email protected]

M&A: Contact: Kris Hanc Tel: +416 777 7395
Email: [email protected]
Contact: John Piasta Tel: +403 298 3333
Email: [email protected]

Litigation: Contact: Richard Swan Tel: +416 777 7479
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Ken Lenz Tel: +403 298 3317
Email: [email protected]

Banking and finance: Contact: Steve Lutz Tel: +416 777 5732
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Pat Brennan Tel: +403 298 3433
Email: [email protected]

Real estate: Contact: Jane Helmstadter Tel: +416 777 7470
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Ron Barron Tel: +403 298 3491
Email: [email protected]

International trade and investment:
Contact: Darrel Pearson Tel: +416 777 4811
Email: [email protected]

Restructuring and insolvency: Contact: Kevin Zych Tel: +416 777 5738
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Chris Simard Tel: +403 298 4485
Email: [email protected]

Competition/antitrust: Contact: Randal Hughes Tel: +416 777 7471
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Melanie Aitken Tel: +202 204 0500
Email: [email protected]

Tax: Contact: Darcy Moch Tel: +403 298 3390
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Thomas Bauer Tel: +416 777 6540
Email: [email protected]

Practice areas

• Aboriginal law
• Agribusiness
• Arbitration
• Banking and finance
• Capital markets and M&A
• Class actions
• Commercial litigation
• Commercial real estate
• Competition, anti-trust and foreign investment
• Construction
• Corporate commercial
• Employment services
• Energy: oil & gas/power and renewable’s
• Environmental
• Fraud law
• Government affairs and public policy
• Health
• Information technology and data security
• Infrastructure projects
• Intellectual property and IP litigation
• International trade
• Mining
• Private equity
• Regulatory
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securities litigation
• Structured finance / asset securitization
• Tax
• Technology, media and entertainment