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Key contacts
Chief Executive Officer | Managing Partner: Bruce Chapple
National Director, Marketing & Business Development: Suzie Williams
Quick facts
Offices

Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal

Key practice areas
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Financial services regulatory
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Project development
Project development : Infrastructure
Projects : Energy and infrastructure
Firm overview

McMillan LLP is a national business law firm that knows real-time business solutions are a key driver of corporate success. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal, we provide exceptional industry insights in transportation, technology and technology transactions, infrastructure and construction, and natural resources and energy. Whether it’s a cross-border transaction, a complicated private equity deal, complex real estate financing, or a bet-the-company lawsuit or regulatory dispute, McMillan has the expertise leaders need to succeed and stay ahead in today’s fast-paced business climate.

Leadership Team
  • Bruce Chapple: Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner
  • Kelly Elliot: Chief Operating Officer
  • Adam Maerov: Chair of the Board of Partners
  • Brett Stewart: Chair of the Audit Committee
  • Radha Curpen: National Client Relationship Ambassador
Key practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Investment funds
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Address:
Brookfield Place, Suite 4400 181 Bay Street
Toronto, M5J 2TE
Tel:+14168657000 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://mcmillan.ca
Rankings published in 2026
Banking
Tier 3
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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Fasken
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McCarthy Tétrault
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Dentons
12 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
8 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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Gowling WLG
5 practice areas
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Aird & Berlis
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
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Miller Thomson
6 practice areas
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Sangra Moller LLP
6 practice areas
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Capital markets : Debt
Tier 3
15 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Fasken
15 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
8 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Capital markets : Equity
Tier 3
16 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Fasken
15 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Tier 4

Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
8 practice areas
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Notable

Sangra Moller LLP
6 practice areas
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Financial services regulatory
Tier 2
11 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Fasken
15 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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M&A
Notable
20 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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Fasken
15 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Tier 3

Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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Miller Thomson
6 practice areas
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Sangra Moller LLP
6 practice areas
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Burnet Duckworth & Palmer
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Lawson Lundell
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Loopstra Nixon
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McInnes Cooper
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Projects : Energy and infrastructure
Tier 3
17 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Tier 3

Aird & Berlis
6 practice areas
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DLA Piper
5 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Farris
3 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Fasken
15 practice areas
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Restructuring and insolvency
Tier 2
22 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Blake Cassels & Graydon
15 practice areas
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Goodmans
14 practice areas
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McCarthy Tétrault
15 practice areas
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Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
15 practice areas
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Stikeman Elliott
16 practice areas
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Thornton Grout Finnigan
2 practice areas
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Torys
14 practice areas
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Tier 2

Bennett Jones
15 practice areas
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Cassels Brock & Blackwell
14 practice areas
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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg
12 practice areas
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Fasken
15 practice areas
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McMillan
12 practice areas
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Tier 3

Borden Ladner Gervais
14 practice areas
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Dentons
12 practice areas
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Gowling WLG
5 practice areas
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Miller Thomson
6 practice areas
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Norton Rose Fulbright Canada
13 practice areas
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Notable

Aird & Berlis
6 practice areas
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Chaitons
1 practice area
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Fishman Flanz Meland Paquin
1 practice area
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McInnes Cooper
3 practice areas
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Sangra Moller LLP
6 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

McMillan is a highly regarded business law firm. It has five Canadian locations: Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Calgary and Vancouver. It also has an international presence with an office in Hong Kong. Though the firm has plentiful experience across corporate and project practice areas, it is best known for its work in the transactional and regulatory banking and financial practice areas. The banking team acts for borrowers and lenders in DIP financing, refinancing, acquisition financing, construction financing, and general corporate financing. The team also has experience in debt capital markets, representing issuers in bond issuances.    

    

Highlights 

McMillan advised on some of Canada’s most significant transactions in 2024. The firm represented the Department of Finance on the Government of Canada’s second green bond issuance and its subsequent reopening, marking the first sovereign green bond globally to include nuclear energy expenditures under an updated framework. McMillan also acts for The Bank of Nova Scotia as agent to a syndicate of lenders in the complex restructuring of Joriki, a cross-border beverage manufacturer facing insolvency proceedings in Canada and Chapter 7 in the U.S., including asset sales and DIP financing. Additionally, McMillan represents the Province of Quebec in the CCAA proceedings of major tobacco companies, negotiating the largest mass tort resolution in Canadian history. 

 

Key clients   

Alvarez & Marsal Canada, Bank of Montreal, Department of Finance, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, The Bank of Nova Scotia & Roynat Capital and Valeo Pharma.

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Deal Highlights
1 results1 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Frontera Energy Corp - Bond Issue
2021-06-01
McMillan
Canada (National)
Bond issue
Frontera Energy Corp
Issuer
IFLR1000
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