Heenan Blaikie

Heenan Blaikie

Heenan Blaikie LLP is a full-service Canadian law firm. It practices in the areas of business, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property law. The firm was founded in 1973 by Roy Heenan, Donald Johnston, and Peter Blaikie. Based in Montreal, the firm now has over 500 lawyers with offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières and Paris, and a representative office in Singapore. The firm was founded in 1973 by Roy Heenan, Donald Johnston, and Peter Blaikie. The firm is one of the top ten firms in Canada; as of February 2011, it was the sixth largest law firm in Canada.

At the international level, Heenan Blaikie is counsel to the Canadian Employers Council, an organisation that represents Canadian employers at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Heenan Blaikie is also the Canadian member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), an organization of independent law firms in the United States and Canada with an established workers' compensation practice and experience in defending employers and insurance companies in workers' compensation and related actions. In addition to its European and Asian presence, its Paris office serves as a foray into the African market. However, the firm's activities in Africa have garnered controversy, as its endeavours there included a working relationship with Ari Ben-Menashe, from whom the firm has since tried to distance itself.