With more than 575 lawyers and professionals, Heenan Blaikie is one of Canada’s premier national law firms serving businesses. We respond to the needs of large Canadian and foreign corporations, governments and public institutions as well as start-ups, active in a wide range of sectors, such as mining, energy, education and health, information technologies and telecommunications, transportation, construction, entertainment, retail services as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnologies.
Over the years, Heenan Blaikie has reinforced its global presence in North America and Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. In addition, our firm proudly boasts a number of prominent individuals who previously led distinguished careers in various high level positions and contribute to the firm’s international reputation: the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada; Pierre Marc Johnson, former Premier of Quebec; the Honourable Martin Cauchon, former Minister of National Revenue, former Minister of Justice and former Attorney General of Canada; the Honourable Michel Bastarache, former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada; the Honourable Donald J. Johnston, former Secretary-General of the OECD, Jacques Lamarre, former president and CEO of SNC-Lavalin, and Marcel Aubut, current president of the Canadian Olympic Committee.