Whether handling corporate matters, cross-border transactions, or litigation cases, Stikeman Elliott’s lawyers are passionate about what they do. Delivering high-quality advice and bespoke solutions, the firm’s steadfast excellence is reflected in its top-tier rankings in many of Lexpert’s shell charts.
In 2024, Stikeman Elliott retained a Grade AAA rating for Toronto and Montreal in the Corporate Lawyers charts and saw a third city join in this year’s rankings: the firm welcomed Ottawa to that top echelon. Stikeman Elliott also returned with a solid Grade AA in Calgary in this category.
The firm once again highlighted its strong representation across the Corporate Transactions charts, with Grade AAA rankings in Toronto and Montreal. Adjusted for firm size, Stikeman Elliott lands a Grade AA ranking in the former and retains its Grade AAA status in the latter. The firm also stands at a Grade AA ranking for Calgary.
In the crowded space of Toronto litigation firms, Stikeman Elliott lands a solid Grade AA ranking in both Litigation Lawyers and Commercial Litigation Lawyers charts. On the same charts in Montreal, the firm comes in on top as Grade AAA.
Stikeman Elliott’s laser focus on client goals and willingness to break new ground to solve complex legal problems brings the firm together – and sets it apart from the competition in several areas across the board.
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Commercial Litigation
Commercial litigation is the backbone of Stikeman Elliott’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Across a diverse range of industries and subject matter expertise, our litigators draw upon unparalleled experience to devise creative and effective litigation strategies that yield success for our clients, whether in court or through settlement. In each case, our knowledge of our clients’ businesses and priorities enables us to manage multiple issues and sensitivities effectively. Stikeman Elliott litigators are frequent counsel on complex matters that attract significant public scrutiny. Our litigators are known for their top-tier work defending class actions.
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Stikeman Elliott’s Corporate Group is perennially among the most active in Canada. Whether advising on Canada’s largest contested public company transactions or friendly acquisitions of privately owned family businesses, we use our expertise and creativity to achieve client goals pragmatically. Stikeman Elliott lawyers have well-earned, long-standing relationships with all Canadian regulators. Our strategic management of regulatory interactions has helped clients close some of the most highly scrutinized deals in Canada. We also understand that successful transactions must be designed with regard for their real and perceived implications for our clients’ key stakeholders. As such, we work with clients to help them present transactions that best preserve and leverage these often-critical relationships.
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Vancouver
Stikeman Elliott is a go-to Canadian law firm for sophisticated securities, M&A, and corporate finance matters, advising on high-profile deals from a nationwide base. It advises on both inbound and outbound transactions, with a particularly high profile for its representation of foreign investors. Its industry expertise encompasses mining, oil and gas, telecoms, tech, and real estate, with further experience in retail and hospitality sector transactions. The firm stands out for its experience in both debt and equity capital markets and its securities expertise. It offers a strong bench in private equity, advising on domestic and cross-border buyouts, recapitalizations, and financings across industries. One of the hallmarks of our corporate practice is our understanding of risk. We see managing and minimizing risk as one of our key roles in any transaction – identifying and mitigating third-party issues before they become a problem.
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Calgary
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Toronto
Montreal
The Labour Relations, Employment & Pensions Group at Stikeman Elliott brings a business-focused approach to the advice we provide employers on all facets of the individual and collective employment relationship at both the provincial and federal levels. With a team that includes lawyers in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, Stikeman Elliott provides integrated advisory, litigation, and transactional capability across the country. The pension and benefits team delivers strategic, innovative legal solutions to employers, administrators, and other stakeholders in navigating the complex landscape of Canadian pensions and benefits law.
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Toronto
Stikeman Elliott wins high praise across Canada for its formidable litigation offering, enjoying a particularly prominent reputation in class actions and antitrust litigation. The firm supports clients throughout Canada’s key business centres, with litigators well established in local markets teaming up on cross-provincial court proceedings. The team has significant experience resolving disputes that involve commercial agreements, corporate actions, securities, and professional negligence. Stikeman Elliott’s litigators are unique in their practical approach and ability to bring a clear understanding of our clients’ business objectives to each file. Drawing upon the subject matter expertise of the team, as well as other experts across the firm, we tailor our approach to minimize risk and overcome legal challenges through creative solutions.
Litigation
Montreal
Toronto
Montreal
Stikeman Elliott’s team of lawyers servicing the natural resources sector leverage their local expertise and international relationships to help clients accomplish their goals in an ever-changing economic and regulatory climate. Clients benefit from our extensive experience and expertise in identifying and addressing any and all risks that may arise. As regulations multiply and public scrutiny intensifies, environmental issues are emerging as a significant consideration in almost every corporate and real estate transaction, as well as ongoing business operations in Canada. Our team of lawyers develops effective and innovative strategies for dealing with potential liabilities in a transactional context as well as risk management solutions for the day-to-day operations of our clients.
Natural Resources
Montreal
Calgary
Stikeman Elliott is a firm that was founded on tax expertise and the desire to provide pragmatic advice to our clients that is insightful, creative, and tailored to protect each client’s business interests. This legacy continues to influence how our lawyers approach legal advice, helping clients accomplish their goals in the most tax-efficient manner possible. Clients benefit from a full suite of services for domestic and international tax-advice, tax-planning, and tax-controversy matters on both stand-alone tax mandates and those integrated with corporate, investment, real estate, and commercial matters.
Tax
Toronto
Ottawa
Stikeman Elliott’s Technology Group understands the business and technology drivers of technology-focused transactions. Our lawyers are pragmatic and offer expertise in technology-related issues arising in the context of corporate-commercial matters. The Group supports some of the largest companies and technology end-users in Canada and around the world, as well as the sector’s most innovative and ambitious startups – in M&A, capital markets, outsourcing, commercial relationships, litigation, intellectual property, and technology infrastructure development transactions. We have negotiated with virtually all major global technology providers, software companies, and hardware manufacturers.
Technology
225
Number of female lawyers
183
Lawyers ranked in Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
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Stikeman Elliott LLP’s Intellectual Property Group takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the practice of this area of law. This dynamic and highly creative team of professionals brings a vast range of training and experience to this and related practice areas. We provide our clients with innovative solutions to help them maximize the value of their intellectual property across multiple markets while mitigating the associated risks. Stikeman Elliott counsels Canadian and foreign clients on the acquisition, protection, and exploitation of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyright – in Canada and abroad.
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