Stikeman Elliott LLP is a Canadian corporate

Corporate law

Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...

 law firm

Law firm

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. It is known as one of the "seven sisters

Seven Sisters (law firms)

The Seven Sisters refers to a collection of seven leading Canadian law firms with offices in Toronto. The term can be traced back to at least 2001, when it may have been coined by Sandra Rubin to describe the top seven Canadian law firms by mergers and acquisitions deal volume...

" in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 and has approximately 500 lawyers in five Canadian offices as well as offices in New York

New York City

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, London

London

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 , and Sydney

Sydney

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. It was founded in 1952 by H. Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott

Fraser Elliott

Roy Fraser Elliott, was a Canadian lawyer, supporter of the arts, and philanthropist.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, a son to Colin Fraser Elliott and Marjorie Sypher, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1943 from Queen's University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law...

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History of the Firm

Stikeman Elliott's history as a law firm began in 1952, when Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott established a tax boutique firm in Montreal. The firm expanded throughout the ensuing years, eventually becoming one of the largest full-service business law firms in Canada.

Notable Lawyers and Alumni

• Allan Gotlieb
  Allan Gotlieb
  Allan Ezra Gotlieb, is a Canadian public servant and author.-Life and career:Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gotlieb received his BA from the University of California at Berkeley, his MA from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and his LL.B degree from Harvard University, where he was editor of...
  
  , Canadian ambassador to the United States
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   from 1981 to 1989
• Donald Johnston
  Don Johnston
  The Honourable Donald James Johnston, PC, OC, QC is a former Canadian politician, lawyer, and was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 1996 to 2006.-Early life:...
  
  , former federal cabinet minister and served as Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006
• Dick Pound
  Dick Pound
  Richard William Duncan Pound, is a Canadian lawyer, partner of the law firm Stikeman Elliott, the former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency based in Montreal, and former chancellor of McGill University...
  
  , former VP of the IOC and former President of the World Anti-Doping Agency
  World Anti-Doping Agency
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   and author of Stikeman Elliott: the first fifty years (McGill-Queen's Press, 2002)
• John Sopinka
  John Sopinka
  John Sopinka, QC was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court....
  
  , Former puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
  Supreme Court of Canada
  The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...
  
  
• John Turner
  John Turner
  John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC is an English Canadian lawyer and retired politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984....
  
  , 17th Prime Minister of Canada

External links

• Corporate website
• Canadian Securities Law Online http://www.canadiansecuritieslaw.com