Blair W. McCreadie

First Year of Call
Ontario, 2001

Areas of Practice
Employment Law

Description
Blair McCreadie is the managing partner of Dentons Canada’s Toronto office and is a member of the National Management Committee. Blair brings a unique talent-focused perspective as a respected corporate human resources lawyer to attract and retain exceptional lawyers who help our clients grow, protect, operate and finance their businesses, in Toronto and around the world.

Blair encourages a high-performance culture through his focus on innovation, inclusion, diversity and equity, and has led the office’s tremendous growth through strategic lateral recruitment to become one of the leading global law firms in Toronto that delivers business solutions locally, nationally and globally. He empowers future leaders with trust and autonomy to serve the office’s clients across a full range of industries, including banking and financial services, insurance, consulting and professional firms, technology, real estate, public-private partnerships, renewable energy and mining.

As a long-serving and industry-recognized member of the Firm’s Employment and Labour group, Blair provides tailored advice that is practical, responsive, direct and pragmatic to meet our clients’ corporate human resources needs, including strategic employment and human rights advice and management-side labour relations. He has represented employers in Ontario Labour Relations Board proceedings, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board appeals, grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining negotiations, employment standards and human rights complaints, wrongful dismissal actions, and unjust dismissal complaints under the Canada Labour Code.

Giving back to our city and legal community remains a key priority for Blair, through his passionate volunteer involvement with the United Way of Greater Toronto, and his role on the Advisory Panel of the Canadian General Counsel Awards and the Canadian Law Awards, honouring some of Canada’s leading law firms, in-house legal teams, individuals and landmark deals.