Firm Description

Chambers Global: Worlds’ Leading Lawyers describes Davis as a firm that “maintains a profile as a lean outfit that punches above its weight. With a strong client base of Canadian and U.S. companies, the firm is often involved in complex matters with an international dimension.”

Founded in 1892, Davis LLP has grown to become a leading Canadian law firm with over 240 legal advisors. Today, it is a full-service international firm providing comprehensive legal services to clients through offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Edmonton, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Tokyo. It has a strong base of blue-chip clients that includes Canadian, US, Japanese, Chinese, European, and other overseas companies and organizations. The firm’s legal advisors and consultants represent corporate, financial and government organizations and individuals.

Davis LLP has well-known and respected capabilities in core legal services such as banking and finance, securities and capital markets, corporate-commercial, M&A, real estate development and financing, litigation, and labour and employment. Davis is a leader in a number of niche markets, including infrastructure development and financing (particularly P3s – public/private partnerships), natural resource project development and project financing, and Japan and Japanese-related investments.

The firm’s reputation for excellence and ethical practice has earned it the highest peer-review rating from the Martindale-Hubbell legal directory. Many Davis lawyers and practice areas are identified by recent editions of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, the Lexpert Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, the Best Lawyers in Canada, the Chambers Global Client Guide, the Practical Law Cross-border Handbooks and Who’s Who Legal.