Emerging Enterprises

We partner with entrepreneurs and innovators at every stage of growth, providing strategic legal and business counsel that drives opportunity and long-term success.
Key Contacts
Burns StephenEidinger MarshallLim Kwang
Startup office setting

Overview

At Bennett Jones, we transcend the transactional. We champion the vision of entrepreneurs and innovators to offer a true partnership that extends from blueprint to buyout and every legal need in between

Understanding that the journey of a business is a continuum of evolving needs, we advise businesses from the beginning of a new venture through to growth and exit. We position ourselves not just as legal advisors to early-stage, scale-up and emerging enterprise clients, but as team members committed to nurturing your growth at every stage.

Bringing Companies and Capital Together

True Partner in Client Growth

At the Forefront of Innovation

The Bennett Jones Difference

,,[Bennett Jones'] swift and detailed responses, coupled with their precise legal expertise, have made them an invaluable partner for our transactions.,,

What Clients Say

Client Work

BioForm Solutions
in connection with general corporate matters and its Friends and Family round for CA$2.25 million, subsequent Friends and Family SAFE offering for CA$970,000 and a seed round investment of up to US$5 million from Suzano Ventures
OnDeck Fisheries AI
in connection with the company's corporate, technology and intellectual property matters
Carbon Removal Partners
in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share investment for an undisclosed amount in CO280 Solutions
Xontogeny
as lead investors in Light AI's Series A financing
District Ventures
with the formation of District Ventures CPG-1
Jeneration Capital
as lead investor in Avidbots' US$70 million Series C financing
Melius MicroBiomics
in connection with its Seed Round financing for an undisclosed amount
AllegisCyber Capital
as lead investor in SkyHive Technologies' Series A financing
Solve FSHD
as co-lead investor in Vita Therapeutics US$31 million Series B financing
Solve FSHD
in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share Investment for an undisclosed amount in Armatus Bio
A technology-led medical aesthetics company, with operations in Canada and the US, in connection with its Series Seed Preferred Share financing for an undisclosed amount
BlackBerry Partners Fund (including Royal Bank of Canada, Thomson Reuters and Research In Motion)
with the formation of Fund I and Fund II
Lightship Works
in connection with its Series A financing for US$5.5M by specialist business technology investors
Priveq, Ventures West, VenGrowth, McLean Watson and others
formation of private equity/venture capital funds

Recognitions

Chambers Canada
Ranked, Private Equity: Buyouts 
The Legal 500 Canada
Ranked, Corporate and M&A
Ranked, Banking & Finance
Chambers Global
Band 2, Corporate/M&A
Band 4, Banking & Finance
Burns Stephen

Stephen D. Burns

Partner, Trademark Agent  •   Co-Head of Innovation, Technology & Branding Practice

Lim Kwang

Kwang Lim

Vancouver Managing Partner

At the centre of market-shaping deals and high-stakes disputes, Bennett Jones delivers clarity, strategy and results. Our cross-border teams turn complexity into progress, always focused on what drives your success.

Your Guide to Legal Solutions: Emerging Enterprises

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The Bennett Jones Story

At Bennett Jones, legal solutions are our starting point. What drives us forward is knowing our clients inside and out—their ambitions, obstacles and success metrics.

For more than a century, we have shaped outcomes that matter in business, in law and in the broader Canadian landscape. And our commitment extends beyond legal matters: we invest deeply in the communities in which we live and work.