Our firm

McCarthy Tétrault provides a broad range of legal services and advises on large and complex assignments for Canadian and international interests. The firm is well-established in major commercial and decision-making centres across Canada and in London, UK. We deliver integrated services in business law, litigation, tax law, real property law and labour and employment law.

A leading law firm with approximately 650 lawyers with a multifaceted and sophisticated group of clients, we provide top-tier coverage across Canada in all critical areas of expertise. Over the past five years, McCarthy Tétrault has acted for 81 of the largest 100 Canadian companies and for 42 of the 50 largest foreign-controlled companies in Canada. This means you will have the opportunity to be part of cutting-edge files across a wide range of practice areas and industries, and you will be exposed to emerging legal trends and ideas. It also means the pace at McCarthy Tétrault is dynamic and exciting. To get an idea of what this is like in practice, read some testimonials from our students.

Commitment to Collaboration and Teamwork

We have built a culture of collaboration and teamwork — with each other across Canada as well as with our clients, in-house counsel, and the law firms with whom we work. This allows us to achieve the results that are important to our clients.

We are proud of our culture; most of our files require teams to be drawn from a number of practice areas, and we regularly share files across offices. As a student, you will be treated as a valued member of the team. You will garner first-hand experience interacting with clients, attending strategy sessions, and going to court. Collaboration and teamwork are truly part of our culture, starting with our students and articling students who make a real difference in the success of the team.

Superior Professional Environment

We don't expect you to arrive at our doors with your careers pre-planned and ready for execution, nor will we push you into prescribed roles. We do believe that being a member of McCarthy Tétrault provides a tremendous career opportunity, as well as stimulating legal work. We believe that the quality of work you will be a part of, together with the access to our network, is a powerful combination which will assist you in maximizing your potential and building your career. There is nothing quite like learning from lawyers who are leaders in their fields of practice.

We know that maintaining our ability to attract top talent means we need to be the best possible place for professionals to grow and develop their legal and practice skills. To meet this goal, we provide a broad range of learning opportunities for our students, articling students and lawyers. We are committed to continuing to develop our already strong programs in mentoring, development and training, and ensuring diversity within the firm.

Client-focus

We have a history of taking bold steps to better serve our clients — from building Canada’s first national law firm model to incorporating an integrated structure. Our approach creates a single, client-focused team that takes advantage of our size and scale, and frees our lawyers to do what they do best: delivering customized legal services that help our clients achieve their goals.

In fact, we strive to be better than any other law firm in Canada at understanding our clients, their industries, business drivers, risk-management approach, legal requirements and individual preferences — and configuring solutions based on that understanding. We believe this approach enables us to deliver better results for our clients. You will work hard here to serve our clients at the highest levels; the reward is that you will have access to complex and interesting work, learn about our clients’ businesses and get to know our clients personally.

Culture

At McCarthy Tétrault, our culture is fuelled by openness, passion and the exchange of ideas. We also think it is important to give back to the community. To discover more about our culture and our community involvement, visit the next section, ‘Making a Difference Together’.

We hope you will experience the McCarthy Tétrault difference and see how integrated competencies, depth of knowledge, expertise and experience can be the stepping stone for your career. To learn more about our student programs and each of our offices, click above on the city of your choice.