Harris & Company

Name

Harris & Company

Legal name

Harris & Company LLP

Website

https://harrisco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services — Workplace Law & Advocacy

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Workplace law services
• Employment law
• Labour relations
• Human rights law
• Workers compensation law

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: The firm provides legal services to employers in workplace law matters, likely through hourly billing, fixed fees, or retainer arrangements typical of law firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Harris & Company is a workplace law and advocacy firm providing comprehensive legal services to employer clients across Western Canada. The firm offers advice, advocacy, training, and policy development support across Labour Law, Employment Law, Occupational Health and Safety, Workers' Compensation, Privacy Law, Human Rights Law, Administrative Law, and Commercial Litigation, representing clients before courts, tribunals, and arbitration boards.

Product overview

Harris & Company is a workplace law and advocacy firm providing legal services. It is not a technology product company. The firm offers legal services across multiple practice areas including Labour Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Occupational Health and Safety, Privacy Law, Workers' Compensation, Administrative Law, Human Rights Law, Education Law, and First Nations Workplace Law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labour Law Legal advice and representation on labour relations matters for employers, including collective bargaining, labour relations board proceedings, and representation before arbitration boards. Serves both public and private sector employers across Western Canada.
• Commercial Litigation Commercial litigation services for employer clients, with recognized litigators appearing before BC courts and tribunals. Recognized as a Recommended Firm for Dispute Resolution in Benchmark Litigation Canada 2026.
• Employment Law Comprehensive employment law advice and representation for employers, covering employment contracts, wrongful dismissal defense, workplace compliance, employee terminations, and policy development. Serves private and public sector employers.
• Occupational Health and Safety Legal advice and advocacy on occupational health and safety matters for employers, including representation before Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal and related regulatory bodies. Alan D. Winter recognized as one of BC's leading lawyers in this area.
• Privacy Law Legal counsel on privacy and access to information law for employers, including compliance with privacy legislation and data protection obligations. Michela V. Fiorido recognized in the 2026 Lexpert Special Edition: Technology.
• Workers' Compensation Legal representation for employers on workers' compensation matters, with Alan D. Winter recognized as Lawyer of the Year for Workers' Compensation Law in Vancouver by Best Lawyers in Canada in multiple years (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025).
• Administrative Law Administrative law advice and advocacy for employers, including representation before administrative tribunals and judicial review proceedings. Partners including Roderick McLennan practice primarily in this area.
• Human Rights Law Legal counsel and representation for employers on human rights matters, including defense of human rights complaints, discrimination claims, workplace investigations, and accommodation issues before human rights tribunals. Recognized by Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory in Workplace Human Rights.
• Education Law Legal advice and representation for boards of education, independent schools, and post-secondary institutions, covering school law, trustee governance, student discipline, special needs accommodation, and teacher regulation. Sari A. Wiens recognized in Education Law by Best Lawyers in Canada (2022, 2025).
• First Nations Workplace Law Legal counsel on workplace law matters involving First Nations employers, including labour relations, employment issues, and human rights within the First Nations context.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP: Canada's leading national employment and labour law boutique. Closest direct peer: a specialty firm exclusively serving employers on workplace law, with multiple offices and a comparable bench of recognized practitioners.
• Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP: Ontario-based management-side employment and labour law boutique. Direct competitor in the same niche, serving employers on workplace law matters with a similar specialist model.
• CaleyWray Labour Lawyers: Toronto-based boutique firm practicing management-side labour and employment law. Direct peer serving unionized and non-unionized employers, comparable in size and specialization.

Broad incumbents

• McCarthy Tétrault LLP: One of Canada's largest full-service law firms with a significant national employment and labour practice. Competes for the same employer mandates but bundles them with corporate, litigation, and regulatory work.
• Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG): Canada's largest full-service law firm with a strong national labour and employment group. Overlaps with Harris on Western Canadian public-sector mandates, including education and health authority clients.
• Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP: Major Canadian full-service firm with a recognized employment, labour, and human rights practice. Competes for the same employer-side work, particularly with crown corporations and public bodies.
• Bennett Jones LLP: Calgary-headquartered national full-service firm with a substantial employment services group serving resource-sector and corporate clients. Overlaps with Harris on Western Canadian mandates.
• Stikeman Elliott LLP: Leading Canadian full-service firm with an employment and labour practice, particularly strong in BC. Competes for sophisticated employer mandates in the same Western Canadian market.
• Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP: Global law firm with a significant Canadian employment practice. Competes for cross-border and federally regulated employer mandates, including human rights tribunal defence.

Emerging players

• Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP: Toronto-based litigation boutique with a growing employment-related commercial litigation bench. Indirect peer in workplace-related dispute resolution, though primarily known for commercial litigation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/harriscollp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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