Bennett Jones

Bennett Jones LLP

Headquarters	Calgary and Toronto
No. of offices	7
No. of attorneys	500
No. of employees	550
Major practice areas	Energy, Mining, Funds & Finance, Capital Projects
Date founded	1922 (Calgary)
Company type	Limited liability partnership
Website	www.bennettjones.com

Bennett Jones LLP is a large national law firm based in Canada.

Firm

For over a century, Bennett Jones has been an internationally recognized Canadian law firm.

Bennett Jones is home to more than 500 lawyers and business advisors in seven offices—Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Vancouver, Montréal and New York. The firm advises clients in virtually every sector of business, industry and government. Bennett Jones has been recognized as one of Canada's top law firms, with particular recognition for its leadership in energy project development, litigation, financing, real estate, labour, regulatory, and Indigenous law issues.^[1]

Notable alumni and advisors

• Hon. John Russell Baird PC - Former Canadian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2011–15)
• Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett PC KC, 1st Viscount Bennett – Founding partner and former Prime Minister of Canada (1930–35) ^[2]
• David A. Dodge OC FRSC – Senior Advisor and former Governor of the Bank of Canada (2001–08) ^[3]
• Allan Gotlieb CC OM – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (1981–89)^[4]
• Michael Kergin – Senior advisor and former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America (2000–05) ^[5]
• John C. "Jack" Major CC KC– Counsel and former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1992–2005)^[6][7]
• Hon. Anne McLellan PC OC AOE – Counsel, former Member of Parliament (1993–2006) and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (2003–06)^[8]
• Brig. Henry Grattan Nolan CBE MC - Former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1956–57)^[9]
• Christy Clark - senior advisor and former Premier of British Columbia (2011–2017)^[10]
• Hon. Jason Kenney PC ECA - Senior advisor, former Premier of Alberta (2019–2022), former Member of Parliament (1997-2016) and Minister of National Defense (2015)

History

Bennett Jones was founded in Calgary in 1922 with the dissolution of a 25-year partnership between R.B. Bennett and Sir James Alexander Lougheed (Lougheed, Bennett & Company) and the creation of the new partnership Bennett, Hannah & Sanford.^[2]

The firm expanded to Edmonton (1982) and then eastward to Toronto (1989) and Ottawa (1989–95, 2009). In 2018, the firm merged with Vancouver firm McCullough O'Connor Irwin and opened an office in New York.^[11]

Notes

1. "From big ones to small ones, we rank the top law firms in 31 categories". theglobeandmail.com. The Globe and Mail. October 23, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
2. Batten, Jack (1997). A History of Bennett Jones Verchere. Bennett Jones Verchere. ISBN 0-9682994-0-7.
3. "David Dodge Profile". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
4. "Allan Gotlieb Profile". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
5. "Michael Kergin Profile". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
6. "Jack Major Profile". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
7. "Supreme Court of Canada Profile for John C. Major". Supreme Court of Canada. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
8. "Anne McLellan Profile". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. March 12, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
9. "Supreme Court of Canada Profile for Henry G. Nolan". Supreme Court of Canada. September 30, 2009. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
10. "Christy Clark | Governmental Affairs & Public Policy Senior Advisor at Bennett Jones Vancouver". www.bennettjones.com. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
11. "Bennett Jones in Washington (Announced in 2013. Regulatory approvals complete in 2014.)". bennettjones.com. Bennett Jones. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

Further reading

• Saucier, J.J. (1982). The Bennett Firm: Revisited. Bennett Jones.
• Batten, Jack (1997). A History of Bennett Jones Verchere. Bennett Jones Verchere. ISBN 0-9682994-0-7.

External links

• Official website