Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Vancouver, British Columbia

http://www.blakes.com

Blakes is a leading Canadian law firm with offices in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Montréal, Ottawa, New York and London. We deliver business-centred legal solutions in Canada and around the world.

As one of Canada’s top business law firms, Blakes provides exceptional legal services. We focus on building long-term relationships with clients. We do this by staying true to our guiding principles and providing unparalleled client service and the highest standard of legal advice, always informed by the business context.

In 2022, Blakes was named the leading law firm brand for the eighth time and seventh consecutive year in the Thomson Reuters Canada Law Firm Brand Index (formerly, Acritas Canadian Law Firm Brand Index). We also received the most top-tier rankings by practice area of any Canadian law firm for the sixth consecutive year in Chambers Canada: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Blakes also enthusiastically invests in the communities where we live and work — from pro bono work to supporting diversity, women's initiatives, charitable organizations and the environment. The Firm has been named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. and has received this award 12 times since 2008, which is more times than any other law firm. Mediacorp has also named Blakes one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People for the third year in a row in 2023. This award recognizes the Firm’s investments in opportunities for young professionals through recruitment, training and career development.

Our office in Vancouver is one of the leading business law firms 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.