Miles Davison

What Miles Davison does

Miles Davison LLP is a full-service law firm established in 1958 in Calgary, Alberta, operating as a privately held limited liability partnership. The firm is headquartered at 900, 517 - 10th Avenue S.W. in downtown Calgary and is staffed by approximately 30+ lawyers and legal staff, including partners, associates, counsel, and students-at-law. It serves three primary customer segments: businesses (small to large), individuals, and government agencies, with a horizontal segmentation approach that distributes work across the firm's seven core practice areas: Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring; Business Law; Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Wills and Estates; Family Law; and Real Estate.

The firm delivers services through a traditional professional services model: experienced lawyers represent and advise clients in matters ranging from corporate reorganizations, M&A transactions, banking and finance, and shareholder agreements, through to family law disputes, civil and commercial litigation, real estate conveyancing, employment matters, and insolvency proceedings. Service delivery is direct — clients contact the firm by phone, email, or in-person at the Calgary office — and the firm does not disclose pricing publicly, consistent with quote-based hourly and fee-based legal billing. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm relies on standard legal practice technology.

The firm's competitive positioning emphasizes combining traditional values with innovation, offering the breadth of a full-service practice without the delays or costs of larger organizations. Senior lawyers carry significant tenure — including John E. Davison with the firm since 1971 and Charlie Spence, KC since 1982 — and the firm holds three King's/Queen's Counsel designations. Marketing is conducted through professional networks and referrals rather than digital channels, and the firm has earned repeated Best Lawyers in Canada recognitions across family law, corporate law, real estate law, and M&A law in 2024 and 2025, including the Best Law Firms – Calgary Family Law 2025 ranking.

Name

Miles Davison

Legal name

Miles Davison LLP

Website

https://milesdavison.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Miles Davison LLP is a Calgary-based, full-service law firm founded in 1958 that delivers legal services across seven practice areas — including business law, litigation, family law, insolvency, and real estate — to businesses, individuals, and government agencies in Alberta through approximately 30+ lawyers and staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Full-service law firm
• Business law services
• Civil litigation services
• Family law services
• Real estate law services

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional hourly billing and fee-based legal services across multiple practice areas including civil litigation, family law, business law, real estate, employment law, bankruptcy/insolvency, and wills & estates. Revenue generated through professional legal fees from serving businesses, individuals, and government agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Miles Davison LLP is a full-service Calgary-based law firm providing legal representation and advisory services across seven core practice areas: Bankruptcy/Insolvency & Restructuring, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Employment Law, Wills & Estates, Family Law, and Real Estate. Services are delivered through traditional lawyer-client engagements via the firm's downtown Calgary office and include courtroom litigation, transactional support, advisory work, mediation, and arbitration for businesses, individuals, and government agencies.

Product overview

Miles Davison LLP is a full-service law firm offering legal services across seven core practice areas: Bankruptcy/Insolvency & Restructuring, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Employment Law, Wills & Estates, Family Law, and Real Estate. The firm provides breadth and depth of legal expertise without unnecessary delays or expenses associated with larger organizations. Services are delivered by experienced lawyers who combine traditional legal expertise with modern approaches to serve businesses, individuals, and government agencies in Calgary and beyond.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Restructuring Services Legal representation for trustees, receivers, monitors, creditors, and debtors in complex insolvency situations, including corporate bankruptcy, personal/consumer bankruptcy, receivership, CCAA proceedings, foreclosures, and corporate reorganizations.
• Business Law Services Corporate and commercial legal services including incorporations, corporate governance, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, commercial transactions, banking and finance, and oil and gas transactions.
• Civil Litigation Services Civil dispute resolution including commercial litigation, construction disputes, builder's liens, insurance defence, personal injury, wrongful dismissal, estate litigation, defamation, breach of contract, property disputes, and malpractice claims.
• Employment Law Services Employment legal services for both employers and employees including employment agreements, wrongful dismissal disputes, non-compete agreements, termination, human rights complaints, and occupational health and safety matters.
• Wills and Estates Services Will preparation, powers of attorney, personal directives, estate planning, adult guardianship applications, estate administration, beneficiary designations, will challenges, and estate litigation.
• Family Law Services Family law representation including divorce, separation, custody disputes, child support, spousal support, matrimonial property division, prenuptial agreements, emergency protection orders, and adoption proceedings.
• Real Estate Law Services Real estate legal services for commercial and residential transactions including purchases, sales, development, construction, mortgages, refinancing, conveyancing, landlord-tenant issues, and commercial leases.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP: Calgary-headquartered full-service law firm with comparable practice areas including corporate/commercial, litigation, real estate, and insolvency. Directly competes for the same Calgary-based business and individual clients.
• Bennett Jones LLP: Major Calgary-headquartered Canadian law firm offering corporate, litigation, real estate, and employment law. Similar full-service model and Alberta client base, though materially larger in partner count and revenue.
• Field Law: Alberta-based full-service law firm with offices in Calgary and Edmonton. Comparable practice breadth across business, litigation, family, and real estate law, targeting similar regional mid-market clients.
• Lawson Lundell LLP: Western Canadian full-service law firm with Calgary and other regional offices. Provides business law, litigation, real estate, and employment services to comparable commercial clients in the same geography.
• Parlee McLaws LLP: Alberta-based full-service law firm with Calgary and Edmonton offices. Offers corporate, litigation, family, and real estate services comparable to Miles Davison, serving similar mid-market regional clients.

Broad incumbents

• McCarthy Tétrault LLP: National Canadian BigLaw firm with a Calgary office, offering corporate, litigation, employment, and real estate practices. Larger and broader geographic reach, but overlapping service lines compete for major Alberta corporate clients.
• Stikeman Elliott LLP: National Canadian firm with a Calgary office focusing on corporate, M&A, and commercial law. Competes for high-end transactional mandates in Calgary but with a narrower practice focus than Miles Davison.
• Dentons Canada LLP: Global law firm with significant Calgary presence offering corporate, litigation, real estate, and employment services. Competes across multiple of Miles Davison's practice areas but with materially deeper resources.
• Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP: Global law firm with a Calgary office providing corporate, banking, litigation, and energy-related legal services. Competes for the same Alberta corporate and energy clients served by Miles Davison.

Regional players

• Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP: Canadian full-service law firm based in Toronto with comparable corporate, litigation, and real estate practices. Less direct overlap given geographic footprint, but serves similar mid-market business clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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