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Bennett Jones LLP is an internationally recognized Canadian law firm focused on principles of professional excellence, integrity, respect and independent thought. We have six offices in Canada and one in New York City. Our Toronto office is recognized for both its leadership position in high-end transactional work and for its rapid rate of growth since 2000. Today we have approximately 218 lawyers and business advisors in Toronto and approximately 523 worldwide. Our students can expect to work in corporate/commercial, M&A, securities, private equity, litigation, real estate, competition, financial services, tax, international trade, bankruptcy/insolvency, public infrastructure, mining, IT, IP, energy, environmental and fraud practice groups.

We take student recruitment seriously and want to attract and retain students that will join us as future associates and partners. We provide our students and lawyers with the opportunity to do legal work in a team environment, and promote a culture of sustained excellence through strong personal commitment and ongoing professional development activities.

Among our accolades, we are particularly proud that, for 24th year overall and 23rd consecutive year, Bennett Jones has been ranked as a Best Employer in Canada as part of Kincentric's Best Employers global certification. We are recognized in 2022 as Top Employer of Young People for 10 consecutive years, named Canada's Corporate Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review 2022 and Best Lawyers in Canada 2023, named Canada's Best Law Firm in Energy & Natural Resources for 2025 by the Glove and Mail's ROB Magazine, named winner of the Americas Cross Boarder M&A Deal of the Year at the 16th Annual America M&A Atlas Awards 2024, named Class Action Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Canada Awards 2024, named Energy/Resources Firm of the Year at the 2024 Benchmark Canada Awards, Recipient of Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year Program "Number One" Award in 2022 in recognition of longstanding support and involvement in recognizing outstanding corporate leaders, and named Litigation/Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Canada Awards.