Stikeman Elliott

Infobox Company
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company_name = Stikeman Elliott LLP
company_type = Limited liability partnership
foundation = Montreal (1952)
location = Offices in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London (England) and Sydney
key_people = H. Heward Stikeman & Fraser Elliott
industry = Law
products = Legal advice
num_employees = 1300 (500 lawyers)
homepage = [http://www.stikeman.com www.stikeman.com]

Stikeman Elliott LLP is a full service Canadian corporate law firm. It is known as one of the "seven sisters", which consists of the seven top tier firms in Toronto. The firm has approximately 500 lawyers over eight offices located in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York City, London (UK), and Sydney. It was founded in 1952 by H. Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott.

Stikeman Elliott is recognized nationally and internationally for the sophistication of its business law practice. London-based "World Finance" magazine named Stikeman Elliott as the 2008 Best Corporate & Commercial Team in Canada. Additionally, the "International Financial Law Review" honoured Stikeman Elliott as 2007 National Law Firm of the Year (Canada), while Chambers Global identifies it as one of Canada's two top-tier Corporate/M&A practices. The firm is frequently ranked among Canada’s leaders in domestic and cross-border M&A league tables from Thomson Financial, Mergermarket and Mergerstat Review. Stikeman Elliott is also the leading adviser in Canadian securities offerings, ranking first in 2005, 2006 and 2007 Bloomberg league tables in terms of overall volume and deals, as well as receiving top rankings from the "Financial Post". The firm’s National Litigation Group, whose specializations include class actions, securities litigation and restructurings, has been ranked among the top three business litigation practices in Canada by Lexpert. Among Stikeman Elliott’s other highly regarded practices are competition/antitrust (named as a leader by the Global Competition Review), taxation (highly ranked by "Lexpert") and structured finance (with Canada’s foremost practitioners in the field, as ranked by "Best Lawyers" and "Lexpert"). The firm is also well known for its extensive regulatory and government relations expertise; the latter anchored by its office in Ottawa.

Stikeman Elliott's core practice areas include M&A, corporate finance, banking, corporate commercial, real estate, tax, insolvency, structured finance, competition, energy, intellectual property, telecommunications, employment and business litigation.

External Links

* [http://www.stikeman.com Corporate website]

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