# Bennett Jones

> Bennett Jones is a Canadian business law partnership with more than 450 lawyers and business advisers across seven offices in Canada and New York. Its century-old advantage begins in energy and natural resources, then widens into corporate transactions, disputes, tax, public policy, technology, employment, infrastructure and regulated industries - the work companies buy when a decision is expensive, cross-border or hard to reverse.

- **Founded:** 1922
- **Headquarters:** Calgary, Canada
- **Founders:** Richard Bedford (R.B.) Bennett (Founding lawyer), Maclean (Mac) Everett Jones (Eponymous early partner and culture-builder)
- **Team size:** More than 450 lawyers and business advisers; third-party company data estimates about 1,200 total employees.
- **Products:** Corporate and transactions, Litigation and dispute resolution, Regulatory and advisory, Technology, data and AI, BenGPT
- **Notable:** Reached its centennial in 2022 after growing from a 10-lawyer Calgary office into a seven-office cross-border firm., Recorded a 25th consecutive Best Employer in Canada recognition in 2025 through the Mercer program., The 2026 Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory recognized 157 lawyers with 356 individual rankings and listed the firm in 79 practice-area categories.

## Products & services

- **Corporate and transactions** — M&A, private equity, banking, finance, capital markets, governance, real estate, infrastructure and commercial contracts.
- **Litigation and dispute resolution** — Commercial, class action, securities, energy, tax and intellectual-property disputes, arbitration and appellate advocacy.
- **Regulatory and advisory** — Public policy, crisis and risk management, competition, trade, environmental, energy-regulatory, employment and Indigenous-law advice.
- **Technology, data and AI** — AI governance, contracting, licensing, privacy, cybersecurity, data governance and intellectual-property advice.
- **BenGPT** — A private internal version of ChatGPT used by firm lawyers for research, document analysis and drafting, with access limited to Bennett Jones devices.
- **Tax** — Canadian and cross-border tax planning, transaction structuring, audits, disputes and litigation.

## Achievements

- Reached its centennial in 2022 after growing from a 10-lawyer Calgary office into a seven-office cross-border firm.
- Recorded a 25th consecutive Best Employer in Canada recognition in 2025 through the Mercer program.
- The 2026 Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory recognized 157 lawyers with 356 individual rankings and listed the firm in 79 practice-area categories.
- Chambers Canada 2026 listed 41 ranked departments and 110 ranked individuals.
- The firm says it is the only Canadian law firm to hold both ISO/IEC 27001 information-security and ISO/IEC 22301 business-continuity certifications.
- Opened Montréal in 2024, extending the platform to six Canadian cities plus New York.
- Served more than 93,000 clients between 1922 and its centennial year, according to the firm's 2022 employer announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The firm reported advising Brookfield Asset Management on its agreement to acquire Gregg Distributors for C$1.6 billion.
- **2026-08** — Lexpert recognized 26 Bennett Jones lawyers among Canada's leading energy practitioners.
- **2026-08** — Bennett Jones announced recognition in the 2026 IP Stars rankings.
- **2026-07** — The firm reported advising Blackstone Energy Transition Partners on its agreement to acquire DarkVision.
- **2026-03** — Twelve lawyers joined the partnership across disputes, regulatory, transactions and advisory work.
- **2026-03** — Daniel Steiner and Shoshanah Webber joined the Vancouver office, adding M&A and financial-services capacity.
- **2026-03** — The Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory recognized 157 firm lawyers across 79 practice areas.
- **2025-12** — Bennett Jones marked 25 consecutive years as a Best Employer in Canada.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bennettjones.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bennett-jones/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BennettJonesLaw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bennettjoneslaw/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BennettJonesLaw/

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Last updated: 2026-08-24