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• DAC Beachcroft allies with Canadian firm with a view to merging

  May 18 2012 DAC Beachcroft has entered into a formal association with Canadian firm McCague Borlack, with a long-term plan to fully merge the two firms. Initially, the deal... more

• Norton Rose sets sights on US and China

  May 02 2012 Norton Rose Group is looking for mergers in the US and China, according to Chief Executive Officer Peter Martyr. Norton Rose now has a headcount of 2,900 lawyers,... more

• Canadian law firms gathering client feedback, but falling down on putting it to use

  Apr 24 2012 A new survey of Canadian law firms shows that 65% of respondents ran a client feedback program. This is a significantly higher percentage than the global average - a... more

• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• Toronto law firms fall behind on diversity stats

  Mar 29 2012 A new report indicates that large law firms in Toronto are falling behind in diversity statistics. According to the DiversityLeads 2012 report, compiled by Ryerson... more

• Akin Gump hires energy and global transactions expert from Vinson & Elkins

  Mar 21 2012 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its energy and global transactions team in Houston with the hire of partner Stephen Davis from Vinson & Elkins. Davis is... more

• Canadian securities class actions on an upward swing

  Mar 06 2012 According to this report, securities class actions have flat-lined in the US, but there is a significant upward trend in this kind of litigation in Canada, and US... more

• Two law firms named among Canada’s best diversity employers

  Feb 23 2012 A list of the best diversity employers in Canada has recognised two law firms – Stikeman Elliott and Fraser Milner Casgrain. Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for... more

• Toronto firm Cassels Brock to expand to Vancouver

  Feb 10 2012 Toronto-based law firm Cassels Brock is set to launch an office in Vancouver. The firm will relocate lawyers to start the job – including partners Jennifer Traub and... more

• Blake Cassels & Graydon promotes 13 to partnership

  Feb 06 2012 Leading Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has promoted 13 associates to the partnership. “I am pleased to announce our latest group of partners,” said Rob... more

• Majority of US and Canadian law students are satisfied with law schools, says survey

  Jan 18 2012 A new survey has found that the vast majority of US and Canadian law students are satisfied with their educational experience. The 2011 Law School Survey of Student... more

• New generation of partners surveyed

  Nov 26 2011 The Am Law Daily has hosted a conference for new partners in large law firms. In order to prepare for the conference the publication conducted a survey of about 5,600... more

• Dr. Saud Al-Ammari Law Firm boosts Gulf presence

  Nov 22 2011 Dr. Saud Al-Ammari Law Firm, in association with Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has strengthened its Gulf presence by relocating two lawyers to its Bahrain... more

• Salaries rise and bonuses fall at Canadian firms

  Nov 09 2011 Interesting article here that speculates upon bonuses and salaries in large Canadian law firms. According to Dal Bhathal, the managing director of legal recruitment... more

• Robert Half Legal compares US and Canadian salary statistics

  Oct 25 2011 Legal placement firm Robert Half Legal has released its annual Salary Guide, which tracks trends in legal compensation and hiring in the US and Canada. The survey... more

• Three firms advise on Sinopec's $2.1b resources co acquisition

  Oct 11 2011 Three firms have advised on the $2.1 billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas exploration company Daylight Energy by the China National Petroleum and Chemical... more

• Norton Rose concludes merger agreement with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon

  Oct 10 2011 Norton Rose has announced the conclusion of merger negotiations with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon, agreeing to tie up with the firm in January 2012. The alliance –... more

• Norton Rose in merger negotiations with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon

  Oct 04 2011 International law firm Norton Rose is in merger talks with Canadian firm Macleod Dixon, with the aim of boosting its resources practice. Norton Rose confirmed that... more

• Norton Rose Australia appoints new managing partner

  Aug 18 2011 Norton Rose Australia has announced the appointment of a new managing partner, with Wayne Spanner set to take over the role from current MP Don Boyd on 1 January 2012.... more

• Baker & McKenzie reports 8% growth in revenue over 7% growth profits

  Aug 17 2011 Baker & McKenzie has reported growth in gross revenue and average profits per partner in the past financial year. The firm’s gross revenue hiked 8 per cent to a... more

• Canadian law firms weather the economic storm

  Jul 06 2011 Canadian law firms seem to have weathered the financial crisis and recession without seeing any major firms go under, without serious hits to the bottom line, and... more

• Norton Rose merges with major law firms in Canada and South Africa

  Jun 13 2011 Norton Rose has merged with two law firms - Canada's Ogilvy Renault and South Africa's Deneys Reitz. The former will henceforth be known as Norton Rose OR LLP, while... more

• Canadian law firms prepare for increase in Indian investment

  May 31 2011 Canadian law firms expecting a surge of business from India have been kept waiting, with the recession slowing things down. But things are starting to pick up, and... more

• Partner challenges Canadian law firm on mandatory retirement age

  Apr 27 2011 Mitch McCormick, 66, is making a challenge to the compulsory retirement policy at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, the Vancouver law firm where he has worked for 40 years.... more

• High demand for energy law recruits in Canada

  Apr 18 2011 Interesting article here about the demand for recruits with an interest in energy law in Canada. In light of predictions that the energy sector will fuel Canada’s... more

• Paul Weiss to launch in Toronto after double hire from Shearman & Simmons

  Apr 14 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have announced the launch of a new Toronto office after the hire of partners Christopher J. Cummings and Adam M. Givertz from... more

• Market trend: consolidation

  Mar 26 2011 Interesting article here from ft.com, which notes that the merger between UK firm Hammonds with US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey may represent a model for the survival... more

• DLA Piper is looking for a Canadian merger partner

  Mar 11 2011 DLA piper is in talks with several top Canadian firms about a possible merger, according to the firm’s US co-chairman Frank Burch. “We’ve talked to six or seven... more

• Davis hires seven in Tokyo

  Feb 02 2011 Canadian law firm Davis LLP has bolstered its Tokyo practice with the hire of seven Japanese lawyers, including leading corporate and structured-finance lawyer Hiroaki... more

• Stikeman, Faegre and Osler lead $1.85b Canadian Target deal

  Jan 18 2011 Target Corporation has made its first move to expand outside the US with a $1.85 billion deal to buy leases on up to 220 stores in Canada. Stikeman Elliott... more

• US law firms look to emerging markets

  Jan 10 2011 The US market promises little growth this year, and law firms are looking to expand in the so-called BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China – along with... more

• Amarchand leads deal JSW Energy’s Canadian acquisition of CIC Energy for $414m

  Dec 02 2010 JSW Energy Limited has acquired CIC Energy Corporation for $414 million (Rs. 1,886 crore). JSW Energy has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent shares of... more

• Norton Rose expands with takeovers in Canada and South Africa

  Nov 15 2010 Norton Rose has announced an expansion, with the firm set to take over one of South Africa’s largest firms, Deneys Reitz, along with Canadian corporate firm Ogilvy... more

• Top Canadian firms McMillan and Lang Michener to merge

  Nov 10 2010 Top Canadian law firms McMillan and Lang Michener have agreed to merge under the name McMillan. The combined firm will launch on 1 January 2011, and have close to... more

• Canadian firm Bennett Jones opens office in Beijing

  Sep 29 2010 Bennett Jones has opened the doors to a new office in Beijing – its first branch outside of Canada. The firm specializes in the oil and gas business, and will cater to... more

• Allens leads A$3.4 billion Canadian deal

  Aug 31 2010 Allens Arthur Robinson has taken a leading role in the proposed A$3.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Intoll Group by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.... more

• Cleary, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott land roles in BHP Billiton deal

  Aug 18 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott have taken leading roles in BHP Billiton's $38.6 billion unsolicited offer for Canada's Potash Corp.... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell lead $7 billion BP sell off

  Jul 23 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell have scored leading roles in BP's $7 billion asset sale to Houston-based Apache. The sale of oil and gas assets in Canada,... more

• Six firms lead $3.2 billion pharma merger

  Jun 22 2010 Six firms have advised on the $3.2 billion merger between Biovail, Canada's largest public pharmaceutical company, with California-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals.... more

• Six law firms to assist in BP's $7 billion deal with Devon Energy

  Mar 12 2010 Six law firms will assist with BP’s $7 billion acquisition of assets in Azerbaijan, Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas producer Devon Energy.... more

• Michigan law firm Miller Canfield moves into Toronto

  Jun 17 2009 Miller Canfield -- a Michigan-based 370-lawyer firm with offices in China, Poland and the United States -- has moved into Toronto by merging with 10-lawyer firm... more

• Goodmans takes top spot in Canadian insolvency lawyers poll

  Mar 11 2009 Legal Post has published a list of top Canadian insolvency law players, ranked according to a veteran lawyer's poll: 1. Goodmans 2. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 3.... more

• Dreier law firm in danger of collapse after founder's arrest

  Dec 08 2008 Dreier LLP, a prominent New York law firm, is on the brink after its founder, Marc Dreier, was arested in Canada for allegedly impersonating another person to complete... more

• DLA Piper sets sights on Canada with Fasken merger talks

  Nov 13 2008 DLA Piper holds talks with Canadian heavyweight Fasken Martineau about a potential merger and is also considering a number of other options to gain a presence in Canada. more

• Single mother in Calgary imprisoned for defrauding prominent law firm

  Sep 10 2008 Former legal assistant Penny Myslichuk, 36, has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a prominent Calgary law... more

• Canadian Firm Gowling Launches in London

  Jun 15 2008 Gowlings has announced the opening of a new office in London, U.K. Gowlings (U.K.) LLP has been established to serve the Firm's existing energy, resource and... more

• MLG faces $30M lawsuit by associate claiming he spearheaded firm's success

  May 19 2008 Members of a Calgary law firm Merchant Law Group (MLG) are being sued by a former associate who claims he spearheaded their successful battle to win compensation for... more

• Canadian Lawyers Predict Additional Hiring in Next 12 Months

  Apr 11 2008 Many law firms and corporate legal departments expect to hire additional lawyers in the next 12 months, a new survey shows. Forty-five per cent of lawyers polled said... more

• Citizen Black Becomes Inmate No. 18330-424

  Mar 04 2008 Conrad Black, the former newspaper magnate who lived lavishly, socialized with rich and powerful people on both sides of the Atlantic and gave up his Canadian... more

• US copyright group says Canada joining China, Russia as top violator

  Feb 13 2008 China, Russia and Canada are the main violators of US copyright law, according to report issued Monday by a US-based industry group. The International Intellectual... more

• Lawyer investigated for billing 30 hours a day

  Feb 08 2008 A Canadian lawyer is in trouble after being accused of charging a client for an impressive 30 hours' work in a single day. Mobina Jaffer, who is also a Canadian... more

• Greenberg Traurig Selected by Chambers and Partners as USA Law Firm of the Year

  Nov 10 2007 Greenberg Traurig has been selected as "USA Law Firm of the Year." The award was presented at the 2007 Chambers Global Awards ceremony in London on November 8, 2007. more

• Proposed federal law in Canada would force voters to show faces

  Oct 24 2007 Muslim women who wear niqabs or burqas would be required to remove their face-coverings in order to vote in federal elections under a new bill introduced in the... more

• New Passport Rules Back in Effect

  Oct 04 2007 A temporary easing of new passport rules for travelers entering the U.S. has expired, meaning that all persons -- including U.S. citizens -- traveling by air from... more

• Vancouver law firm hangs up its virtual shingle in Second LIfe

  Sep 26 2007 It has cops, it has robbers, it has gambling dens. And now lawyers at Davis LLP boast they are the first Canadian law firm to open a branch office in the virtual... more