Procurement
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Navigate procurement pressure with advice built for the new realities of major project delivery.
Procurement sits at the centre of some of Canada’s most consequential priorities, with both public and private tenders increasingly tied to questions of economic resilience and the pressure to deliver major projects quickly and responsibly. At the same time, shifting trade relationships and heightened expectations around transparency and accountability continue to influence how procurement processes are designed and tested.
For nearly 40 years, our firm has helped shape the competitive contracting landscape in Canada, empowering purchasers and suppliers to act with confidence while progressing critical projects. Blending sophisticated public sector insight, deep trade agreement expertise, and a procurement litigation record virtually unmatched in Canada, we help clients structure stronger processes, anticipate risk early, and respond decisively when challenges arise.
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As trusted advisors to governments, Indigenous organizations, public sector entities, and infrastructure stakeholders, we bring a uniquely informed perspective across the procurement landscape to deliver strategic advice that helps our clients navigate risk, seize opportunities, and move projects forward with confidence.
Here’s what sets us apart:
Ready for complexity: We are called on for procurements where the stakes extend far beyond legal compliance to reputational risk, public confidence, and institutional accountability. Our recent work on a $1+ billion health-sector RFP reflects the scale, sensitivity, and visibility of the mandates clients trust us to support.
Unrivalled in disputes: As one of the first Canadian firms to establish a dedicated procurement disputes practice, we have played a leading role in shaping the case law governing public tendering and government contracting. That record means earlier issue-spotting and decisive, trial-tested advocacy when disputes emerge.
Trade fluency: From the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and CUSMA, we have helped federal, provincial, and municipal clients interpret and apply every major procurement-related trade regime.
Integrated expertise: Procurement routinely intersects with infrastructure delivery, Indigenous rights, administrative fairness, commercial realities, and political oversight. We bring together lawyers from across disciplines to help you manage issues cohesively, make informed decisions, and keep important mandates on track.
Ready for complexity: We are called on for procurements where the stakes extend far beyond legal compliance to reputational risk, public confidence, and institutional accountability. Our recent work on a $1+ billion health-sector RFP reflects the scale, sensitivity, and visibility of the mandates clients trust us to support.
Unrivalled in disputes: As one of the first Canadian firms to establish a dedicated procurement disputes practice, we have played a leading role in shaping the case law governing public tendering and government contracting. That record means earlier issue-spotting and decisive, trial-tested advocacy when disputes emerge.
Trade fluency: From the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and CUSMA, we have helped federal, provincial, and municipal clients interpret and apply every major procurement-related trade regime.
Integrated expertise: Procurement routinely intersects with infrastructure delivery, Indigenous rights, administrative fairness, commercial realities, and political oversight. We bring together lawyers from across disciplines to help you manage issues cohesively, make informed decisions, and keep important mandates on track.
Ready for complexity: We are called on for procurements where the stakes extend far beyond legal compliance to reputational risk, public confidence, and institutional accountability. Our recent work on a $1+ billion health-sector RFP reflects the scale, sensitivity, and visibility of the mandates clients trust us to support.
Unrivalled in disputes: As one of the first Canadian firms to establish a dedicated procurement disputes practice, we have played a leading role in shaping the case law governing public tendering and government contracting. That record means earlier issue-spotting and decisive, trial-tested advocacy when disputes emerge.
Trade fluency: From the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), and CUSMA, we have helped federal, provincial, and municipal clients interpret and apply every major procurement-related trade regime.
Integrated expertise: Procurement routinely intersects with infrastructure delivery, Indigenous rights, administrative fairness, commercial realities, and political oversight. We bring together lawyers from across disciplines to help you manage issues cohesively, make informed decisions, and keep important mandates on track.
“Today’s procurement decisions are being made against a backdrop of dynamic trade relationships, rising public scrutiny, and growing pressure to deliver complex projects quickly and responsibly. Our clients expect advice that reflects all of those realities at once.”
— Stephanie Pearce, Partner
Strategic support from design to dispute
Whether you are designing a competitive process, responding to a solicitation, navigating a trade agreement challenge, or managing a dispute, we tailor our support to your needs, realities, timelines, and risk profile. Explore our services:
