Stikeman Elliott is one of Canada's leading business law firms, with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver as well as in London, New York and Sydney. The firm is recognized as a Canadian leader in each of its core practice areas - corporate finance, M&A, corporate-commercial law, banking, structured finance, real estate, tax, insolvency, competition/antitrust, employment and business litigation - and is regularly retained by domestic and international companies in a wide range of industries including financial services, insurance, technology, telecommunication, transportation, manufacturing, mining, energy, infrastructure and retail. It was named as the 2011 Canadian Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review.
The firm's Canadian offices are leaders in their respective jurisdictions and it has prominent cross-border expertise, as the first Canadian firm to open offices in London and New York, and extensive experience in the U.S., Europe, China, South and Southeast Asia as well as in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. Our 500 lawyers include many of Canada's most prominent business practitioners and leading litigators, and our depth across practice areas enables clients to benefit from efficient, expert teams of lawyers at all levels. The firm has also invested heavily in leading-edge knowledge management and project management systems in order to assure our clients of advice of the highest quality.
The firm's National Litigation Group, whose specializations include class actions, securities litigation, antitrust and restructurings, has been ranked among the top three business litigation practices in Canada by Lexpert. The firm is also well known for its extensive regulatory and government relations expertise; the latter anchored by its office in Ottawa.
Stikeman Elliott was named as one of Canada's 50 Best Employers in 2010, 2011 and 2012 (as selected by Aon Hewitt), one of Canada's Top 100 Employers from 2009-2012, one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2012 and Best Employers for New Canadians for 2010 (each as selected by Mediacorp) and as one of Canada's "Green 30" environmentally-friendly employers (as selected by Hewitt Associates, in partnership with Maclean's and Canadian Business magazines). The firm was the first national Canadian law firm to be certified as carbon neutral, as of 2008.
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