Heenan Blaikie

Heenan Blaikie LLP
Company typeLimited liability partnership
IndustryLaw firm
Founded1973
Defunct2014
HeadquartersMontreal, Quebec, Canada
ServicesLegal advice
Websiteheenanblaikie.com

Heenan Blaikie LLP is a defunct Canadian law firm. It practised in the areas of business, labour and employment, litigation, taxation, entertainment law and intellectual property law.[1] The firm was founded in 1973 by Roy Heenan, Donald Johnston, and Peter Blaikie.[2]

Based in Montreal, at one time the firm had over 500 lawyers at offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières and Paris,[3][4] with a representative office in Singapore[1][2][5] and a satellite office in Los Angeles. As of February 2011, it was the sixth largest law firm in Canada.[5] It became the largest law firm to close in Canadian history after its partners voted to dissolve the firm on February 5, 2014.[6][7] The firm closed on February 28, 2014.[8]

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  3. ^ "Heenan Blaikie Gets 4 Norton Rose Partners". Law Times. Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. 2011-01-17. Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  4. ^ Joanne Harris (2011-09-02). "Canada's Heenan Blaikie bulks up in Paris". Centaur Media plc. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
  5. ^ a b Michael McKiernan (2011-02-27). "Largest law firms in Canada". Law Times. Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  6. ^ Mcfarland, Janet; Gray, Jeff (2014-02-05). "Storied law firm Heenan Blaikie sunk by a shifting legal landscape". The Globe and Mail. Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  7. ^ "Heenan Blaikie partners vote to wind up operations". Financial Post. February 5, 2014.
  8. ^ Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew (2014-02-27). "Heenan Blaikie closes its doors". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2014-03-07.