Does DLA Piper's Toronto office handle mergers and acquisitions?

Yes. The Toronto office's corporate and commercial practice includes mergers and acquisitions, along with finance and private equity work, for clients in technology, financial services, life sciences, and real estate.

Where is DLA Piper's Toronto office located?

The office is on the top floors of the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower at 333 Bay Street, in Toronto's Financial District. It moved there in November 2024.

Does DLA Piper's Toronto office do intellectual property work?

Yes. Intellectual property is one of the practice areas the Toronto office advises on, alongside real estate, employment, tax, and dispute resolution.

Does DLA Piper take on pro bono matters in Toronto?

Yes. The firm has been named a 5-Star Pro Bono Firm by Canadian Lawyer for two years running and runs initiatives such as the Black and Indigenous Business Law Clinic in Ontario.

How big is DLA Piper's Toronto office?

More than 90 lawyers work out of the Toronto office.

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP | LawOnline Directory

About DLA Piper (Canada) LLP

DLA Piper (Canada) LLP is the Toronto office of DLA Piper, an international law firm with offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. The Toronto office has more than 90 lawyers who advise technology, financial services, capital markets, life sciences, and real estate and construction clients. The practice covers corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, finance, private equity, dispute resolution, intellectual property, employment, tax, and restructuring, and Chambers, The Legal 500, and Lexpert have all ranked members of the Toronto team.

The Canadian practice traces back to Davis LLP, a firm founded in Vancouver in 1892 that combined with DLA Piper in 2015 to form DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, which also has offices in other Canadian cities. In November 2024, the Toronto office moved to the top floors of the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower, a 51-story, LEED Gold-certified building on Bay Street in the city's Financial District.

Practice areas

Business & Corporate Law

Real Estate Law

Civil Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Employment & Labour Law

Intellectual Property

Tax Law

Milestones & recognition

Davis LLP, a law firm founded in Vancouver in 1892, combined with DLA Piper in 2015 to form DLA Piper (Canada) LLP.
The Toronto office moved into the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower, a LEED Gold certified building in the Financial District, in November 2024.
Canadian Lawyer magazine named DLA Piper Canada a 5-Star Pro Bono Firm in 2023 and again in 2024.
DLA Piper Canada won Canada Social Impact Pro Bono Firm of the Year at the inaugural LMG DEI Americas Awards in 2024.

In the community

The firm's Black and Indigenous Business Law Clinic expanded into Ontario in October 2022, providing pro bono corporate and commercial legal advice, including on incorporations, structuring, employment matters, and e-commerce issues, along with educational seminars for first-time business owners.
The firm has acted as legal advisor to the Tamil Community Centre in Scarborough since its inception, including work connected to a 2021 government funding announcement of more than $26.3 million toward a new multi-purpose community centre there.
Lawyers and articling students have volunteered on a national pro bono project resettling Afghan women judges to Canada, with more than 35 people involved at various points.
The firm has served as pro bono legal advisor to Black Lives Matter Canada, including on the acquisition of a future cultural centre space in Toronto that will house the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism.

Good to know

Wheelchair accessible

Lawyers 21

This firm’s lawyers at a glance

Called to the bar: 1983–2020 · median 15 years in practice 20 of 21 lawyers
Law schools: Osgoode Hall Law School (4), Queen's University (3), University of Toronto (2), University of Western Ontario (2), University of Windsor (2), Bond University and 5 more 19 of 21 lawyers
Languages on the roster: Afrikaans, English, Polish, Romanian, Spanish

Who handles what

The neighbourhood

The office sits on the top floors of the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower at 333 Bay Street, in the heart of Toronto's Financial District, alongside the city's major bank towers and other large law firms. The building is LEED Gold certified, and DLA Piper moved into the space in November 2024.

Being downtown, close to the concentration of banks, investment firms, and corporate head offices that make up the Financial District, fits a practice built around corporate, finance, and M&A work for technology, financial services, and real estate clients.

Frequently asked questions

Does DLA Piper's Toronto office handle mergers and acquisitions?: Yes. The Toronto office's corporate and commercial practice includes mergers and acquisitions, along with finance and private equity work, for clients in technology, financial services, life sciences, and real estate.
Can DLA Piper's Toronto lawyers help with cross-border matters?: The Toronto office is part of DLA Piper, an international law firm with offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific, so the practice can draw on lawyers across that network for cross-border work.
Where is DLA Piper's Toronto office located?: The office is on the top floors of the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower at 333 Bay Street, in Toronto's Financial District. It moved there in November 2024.
Does DLA Piper's Toronto office do intellectual property work?: Yes. Intellectual property is one of the practice areas the Toronto office advises on, alongside real estate, employment, tax, and dispute resolution.
Does DLA Piper take on pro bono matters in Toronto?: Yes. The firm has been named a 5-Star Pro Bono Firm by Canadian Lawyer for two years running and runs initiatives such as the Black and Indigenous Business Law Clinic in Ontario.
How big is DLA Piper's Toronto office?: More than 90 lawyers work out of the Toronto office.

Where to find them

Bay Adelaide Centre - West Tower, Suite 5100, 333 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5H 2R2 · 416-365-3500

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