No. of offices 10 No. of employees 550 Number of offices 10 | No. of attorneys 360 Date founded 1922 (Calgary) Number of employees 550 Number of attorneys 360 | |
Major practice areas Energy & Natural Resources, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Climate Change & Emissions Trading, Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Taxation, Major Infrastructure Projects Profiles | ||
Inner sanctum bennett jones llp
Bennett Jones LLP is an international law firm based in Canada.
Contents
- Inner sanctum bennett jones llp
- The commercial litigation practice at bennett jones
- Firm
- Notable alumni
- History
- Sino Forest v Muddy Waters Carson Brock et al
- References
The commercial litigation practice at bennett jones
Firm
The firm has five offices in Canada (Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa and Vancouver), one in Qatar (Doha), one in the United States (Washington, DC) (practising Canadian law only), and one in Bermuda, with a representative office in China (Beijing).
It has more than 900 lawyers and staff, including a former deputy prime minister of Canada, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and two former Canadian ambassadors to the United States of America.
Notable alumni
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.
Sino-Forest v Muddy Waters, Carson Brock et al.
In 2012, Bennett Jones represented Sino-Forest Corporation in its lawsuit against Muddy Waters Research in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Sino-Forest claimed $4 billion in damages. The Statement of Claim accused Muddy Waters of publishing a research report that was "defamatory" and included allegations "made with a reckless regard for the truth." However, on January 10, 2012, Sino-Forest announced that its historic financial statements and related audit reports should not be relied upon.