As one of Canada’s top business law firms, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) provides exceptional legal services to leading businesses in Canada and around the world.
We focus on building long-term relationships with clients. We do this by providing unparalleled client service and the highest standard of legal advice, always informed by the business context.
Thanks to our clients, Blakes continues to receive awards and top rankings. The Firm consistently stands out as a market leader in Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which named us Corporate Law Firm of the Year based on our performance in the 2025 guide. On the litigation side, we hold three Firm of the Year titles from the 2024 Benchmark Canada Awards.
Additionally, Blakes was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2025 by Mediacorp Canada Inc. for achieving workplace excellence. We were also named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for 2024, an honour we have received 14 times since 2008.
Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated network of offices worldwide provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law. Whether an issue is local or multi-jurisdictional, practice-area specific or interdisciplinary, Blakes handles transactions of all sizes and levels of complexity.
Blakes also enthusiastically invests in the communities where we live and work — from pro bono work to supporting diversity, women's initiatives and the environment.
Since our founding in 1856, we’ve been on a constant quest to define best practices in professional services by delivering leading legal solutions to our clients worldwide.
Our Calgary office acts on some of the largest and most complex transactions in Canada and on major cross-border and international transactions, requiring expert legal advice, sensitivity to clients’ business objectives and a cooperative team approach. We have the experience and resources to provide timely strategic legal services for all types of business transactions and disputes.
When assisting clients to resolve disputes, our lawyers leverage best practices across industries and take swift action to produce the most favourable outcomes. Canadian and international clients rely on our practical business advice and formidable courtroom skills to resolve their high-stakes commercial disputes in virtually every court in the country, including the Supreme Court of Canada, where our litigation lawyers regularly appear on cases at the forefront of developments in Canadian law.
We serve a comprehensive client base in all aspects of their business, with industry-leading energy expertise in one of the most advanced energy markets and regulatory regimes in the world. We also have vast experience supporting clients entering new and developing areas. We work collaboratively to offer comprehensive advice, and we are overwhelmingly dedicated to supporting the success of Canadian businesses and strengthening their place in the global economy.