Best Law Firms in Ontario for Venture Capital Law

Torkin Manes LLP is a full-service law firm based in downtown Toronto. Founded in 1974, we have built our firm by focusing on the core principles that we believe make a great law firm: a deep and personal understanding of clients’ business needs; a results-oriented approach to practice that provides practical, smart, and cost-effective advice; and, above all, responsiveness to our clients.

Our professionals provide legal counsel to individuals, public and private companies, and buyers and sellers of independent businesses. Our clients range from owner-operators and founders to investment funds and high net worth individuals, who value and trust our deep knowledge, experience and expertise in the Canadian mid-market. We advise our clients on day-to-day legal matters, as well as during the most transformative transactions and critical disputes of their businesses and lives.

When clients require legal services in other jurisdictions, we leverage our affiliation with Meritas, an international network of select law firms of which Torkin Manes is a member, to facilitate the procurement of excellent legal service and counsel worldwide.

Our client-driven approach has brought professional accolades. Torkin Manes has been named the 2024 Regional Law Firm of the Year (Central Canada) at the Canadian Law Awards, in addition to our long-standing recognition as Top Regional Law Firm (Ontario) by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. This firm is also consistently shortlisted as one of Canada's Regional Law Firms of the Year by Chambers and Partners. Our Construction, Corporate & Commercial, Family Law and Real Estate Groups are all recognized on the Globe & Mail’s Best Law Firms in Canada list.

Many of our lawyers are well known throughout the profession and community at large as highly respected leaders in their practice areas, as well as teachers, authors and advocates for the Law Society of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association.

Wildeboer Dellelce LLP is one of Canada’s premier corporate, securities and business transaction law firms. The firm has been recognized by Chambers Canada, The Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory and Best Lawyers in Canada in a number of key areas including corporate finance, securities, technology, mergers and acquisitions and corporate/commercial.

The firm offers private and public clients advice in the following practice areas:

• Asset Management & Investment Funds
• Banking & Financial Services
• Corporate & Commercial
• Corporate Finance & Securities
• Corporate Governance
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Executive Compensation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Real Estate
• Regulatory & Compliance
• Startups & Emerging Companies
• Tax

The firm works across all industries including mining, energy and natural resources, technology, industrial and consumer goods, entertainment, media and sports, indigenous enterprise and capital, life sciences, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, food and beverage, automotive and fintech.

Based in Toronto, the firm serves as both legal adviser and business strategist to entrepreneurs, corporations, individuals and growth businesses at all stages of development, from innovative start-ups to large-scale global enterprises. Clients include public and private company issuers, investment dealers, lenders (both traditional and alternative) and sponsors of investment funds, venture capital funds and private equity funds.

We have a reputation for delivering superior results requiring creativity, broad-based technical knowledge and a full understanding of our clients and the industries in which they operate.