With more overhead costs, the regional law firms are usually more expensive than smaller, localized firms. But, the regional firms’ access to a broad range of inhouse expertise offers a convenience and assurance that their clients often say is worth the premium price.
Cox & Palmer: 10 locations, 170+ lawyers
Areas of expertise: administrative; alternative dispute resolution; commercial litigation; construction; corporate & commercial; corporate services; criminal; environmental; estates & trust; family; financial services, banking & insolvency; fisheries & marine; health; immigration; insurance litigation; insurance property & technology; labour & employment; municipal; natural resources & energy; privacy; real estate; securities & corporate finance; small & medium size enterprises; tax.
McInnes Cooper: 7 locations, 200+ lawyers
Areas of expertise: administrative; agribusiness; bankruptcy & insolvency; business disputes; charitable gift planning; class actions; competition law; construction industry; corporate & business; corporate finance & securities; cross-border law; defamation & media; energy & natural resources; environmental; family law (PEI only); forestry; franchise; insurance; labour & employment; litigation; maritime law; mediation & arbitration; municipal; oil & gas – upstream; owner managed enterprises; P3 & infrastructure; pensions & benefits; public law; real estate; regulation of professions; securities litigation; shareholder agreements & plans; small & medium size enterprises; tax; tax litigation; tax shelters; technology & intellectual property; trusts & estate planning.
Stewart McKelvey: 6 locations, 220+ lawyers
Areas of expertise: aboriginal law; alternative dispute resolution; asset based lending; asset securitization; asset/equipment finance & leasing; aviation; banking; biotechnology; charities & not for profit; class actions; commodity tax/customs; competition; construction; copyright; corporate/commercial; corporate restructuring & insolvency; corporate tax; directors & officers liability; employment; energy; energy & natural resources; entertainment & media; environmental; estate planning & litigation; family; financial services; forestry; franchising; government regulations; government regulated industries; health, immigration law, insurance; intellectual property & technology; international commercial arbitration; investment funds & asset management; labour & employment; labour relations; life & disability; litigation; marine; medical negligence; mergers & acquisitions; mining; occupational health & safety; owner managed businesses; pensions & employee benefits; personal injury; personal services; privacy; product liability; professional liability; project finance; property & real estate development; public-private partnerships; securities/corporate finance; statutory offences; tax; telecommunications; trademark; transportation; workers’ compensation; workplace human rights.
