Established in 1892, Davis LLP (formerly Davis & Company LLP) is a full-service Canadian law firm with over 200 lawyers. The founding office is in Vancouver, with other offices located in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Tokyo.
Firm Profile
Davis provides both corporate / commercial law and litigation services. Specialized practice areas include aboriginal, competition, professional governance, international corporate governance, renewable energy & sustainable development (carbon finance and carbon credits), and video games & interactive entertainment law. The firm's infrastructure and project finance team structures and arranges financing and advises on Canadian and European public-private partnerships.
On May 4, 2007, the firm announced that it had changed its name from Davis & Company LLP to Davis LLP.
Representative Cases
Davis championed the rights of Japanese-Canadians after World War II, and its relationship with Japanese companies and investors, and those wishing to do business in Japan, is one of the firm's differentiators.
Current and recent Davis lawyers who have been appointed as judges or to other positions
Martin R. Taylor, Q.C., C. Arb.: Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia Court of Appeal 1
Alec C. Robertson, Q.C.: Chief Commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission 2
Maria F. Giardini: Provincial Court of British Columbia
