How Influence Works in Canada

Yesterday morning I attended a video conference with the CEO of a promising startup in the AI space. The other attendees were two lawyers from one of Canada’s most prestigious law firms in Toronto. According to Statistics Canada there are more than 49,500 law firms in Canada, but the profession is dominated by just 7 firms. The average annual billings of the lawyers from these top seven firms was almost one point four million dollars – in 2017. Our one hour meeting – plus prep time – couldn’t have been cheap. As if to justify the fee, one of the lawyers skillfully dropped the name ‘Andreesen’. Marc Andreesen is the founder of perhaps the most important private equity firms in Silicon Valley.

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