Bennett Jones LLP is a Canadian business law firm with Canadian offices in Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa, and represented internationally in Doha and Beijing. Our ranks are filled with leaders in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, energy, corporate finance and banking, bankruptcy and restructuring, technology and intellectual property, tax, commercial litigation, competition and trade law and public policy.

Website: www.bennettjones.com

For media inquiries, please contact:
Barb Sheperd, Chief Marketing Officer
Phone: (416) 777-6551
E-mail: sheperdb@bennettjones.com

Hugh L. MacKinnon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (416) 777-4810
E-mail: mackinnonh@bennettjones.com

Firm Contact Information:

Calgary
Perry Spitznagel, Q.C., Managing Partner - Calgary
4500 Bankers Hall East, 855 2nd St. S.W., Calgary, AB T2P 4K7
Phone: (403) 298-3100
FAX: (403) 265-7219

Toronto
Stephen W. Bowman, Managing Partner - Toronto
3400 One First Canadian Place, P.O. Box 130, Toronto, ON M5X 1A4
Phone: (416) 863-1200
FAX: (416) 863-1716

Edmonton
Enzo J. Barichello, Managing Partner - Edmonton
1000 ATCO Centre, 10035 105th St., Edmonton, AB T5J 3T2
Phone: (780) 421-8133
FAX: (780) 421-7951

Vancouver
Christian Gauthier, Contact
Guinness Tower, Unit 2200, 1055 Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6E 2E9
Phone: (604) 891-7500
FAX: (604) 891-5100

Ottawa
Edward S. Goldenberg, Contact
1900 World Exchange Plaza, 45 O'Connor St., Ottawa, ON K1P 1A4
Phone: (613) 683-2300
FAX: (613) 683-2323

Doha
George Vlavianos, Contact - Doha
Doha Office: 1443, 14th Flr.
Alfardan Towers, Al Funduq St., P.O. Box 207162, Doha, Qatar

Beijing
Margaret Cornish, Beijing - Chief Representative
Representative Office,
Rm. 09, Level 14, China World Office Tower 1,
1 Jianguomenwai Ave., Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100004, China
Phone: +86 10 6535 0123
FAX: +86 10 6535 0122

Washington D.C.
Melanie L. Aitken, Chief Representative
Representative Office
1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 1025
Washington D.C., 20006 U.S.A.
Phone: (202) 559-9050
FAX: (202) 559-9150

Areas of Expertise:

Alternative Dispute Resolution Arbitration Banking Law Business Law Canada-U.S. Trade Law Capital Markets Class Actions Climate Change Competition Law Construction Law Copyright Law Corporate Finance Corporate Fraud Corporate Governance Corporate Tax Cross Border Tax Customs Law Defamation Directors' Liabilities Emissions Trading/Carbon Trading Employment Law Environmental Law Income Funds Information Technology Law Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Insolvency Law Intellectual Property Law International Trade Law Investment in Canada Labour Law Litigation Mergers/Acquisitions Mining Industry/Business Issues Natural Resources Law North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Oil & Gas Law Patent Law Public-Private Partnerships Regulatory Law Securities Law Shareholders' Rights Takeovers Tax Law Technology & Telecommunications Trade-Mark & Copyright Law World Trade Organization (WTO)