Founded: 1952
Office locations: Montréal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, and London.
Stikeman Elliott is a global leader in Canadian business law, offering creative solutions to clients across Canada and around the world. Our Employment & Labour Group brings a business-focused approach to the advice we provide employers on all facets of the individual and collective employment relationship, both at the provincial and federal level. With a team that includes lawyers in Montréal, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, Stikeman Elliott provides integrated advisory, litigation, and transactional capability across the country. The Group is a full-service practice area within the firm, delivering advice to employers on a wide range of employment and labour mandates, including all matters of employment and labour disputes, on-going compliance, and advisory matters as well as complex transactions. Members of the Employment & Labour Group also work closely with the Pensions & Benefits Group to deliver bespoke legal solutions on increasingly sophisticated and complex pension executive compensation matters. This integrated capability ensures that clients receive advice in a timely, cost-effective, and efficient manner by calling upon appropriate, targeted resources.
Stikeman Elliott in the news:
Key people as of 2023:
Gary Clarke is a partner and Co-Head of the Employment & Labour Group nationally and Head of the Employment & Labour Group in Western Canada.
Nancy Ramalho is a partner and Co-Head of the Employment & Labour Group nationally and Head of the Employment & Labour Group in Toronto.
Patrick Essiminy is a partner and Co-Head of the Employment & Labour Group nationally and Head of the Employment & Labour Group in Montréal.
Mark Firman is a partner and Co-Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group nationally and Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group in Montréal.
Natasha vanderHoven is a partner and Co-Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group nationally and Head of the Pensions & Benefits Group in Toronto.
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