Our firm's reputation as the preferred legal advisor for corporate Canada and our U.S. and international clients did not happen overnight, and intense competition from a host of service providers brings fresh challenges everyday. We are dedicated to staying at the forefront of the Canadian marketplace by making strategic decisions about our business. We have achieved our goals by:

• creating a work environment for our legal professionals that leads the market
• focusing on the recruitment and retention of the highest quality lawyers
• establishing training and development programs which support our strategy and culture
• building a practice based on multi-dimensional teams
• developing experts in each of our practice areas

We make time for involvement in community activities. Many of our lawyers teach at law schools, participate in continuing legal education seminars organized by the Law Societies of Upper Canada and Alberta, and the Canadian Bar Association, and contribute to legal and business publications and organizations.

Our lawyers have a wide variety of backgrounds, styles and interests. We are as different and interesting a group as you will find in law firms that employ people of exceptional talent.