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TAYLOR MCCAFFREY LLP (5) TMLAWYERS.COM 5 Total lawyers: 61 Office: Winnipeg Core practice areas: Corporate-commercial, labour and employment, litigation, tax, wills and estates, family law Key clients: The City of Winnipeg, Apotex group, MTS Allstream Inc., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, The Royal Canadian Mint, the University of Manitoba Notable mandates: Successfully overturned a $100-million pension obligations judgment against MTS Allstream on appeal; represented the City of Winnipeg in interest arbitration with paramedics; lead negotiator for the University of Brandon in talks with its faculty association; acted for the Puratone Corp. in its CCAA proceedings and purchase by Maple Leaf Foods; negotiated first labour agreement for the Canadian Human Rights Museum; Manitoba counsel on a number of P3 deals, including the Pan/Parapan American Games Athletes' Village Project. Star alumni: Tax Court of Canada Justice Joe Hershfield; British Columbia Court of Appeal Justice Nicole Garson; former president/CEO/chairman of Investors Group Ltd. Sanford Riley; Ag Growth International Inc. counsel Eric Lister; National Leasing Group Inc. vice president and general counsel Jacqueline Lowe; chief legal officer and executive vice president of Ceridian Inc., Scott Kitching. Affiliations: State Capital Group The firm: Taylor McCaffrey formed originally in 1979 as a result of the merger of Richardson & Co. — a firm dating back several decades and whose senior partner was J.F. Reeh Taylor — and McCaffrey Akman Carr Starr and Prober, whose senior partner was D'Arcy McCaffrey. In 1980, it merged with Brazzell & Co., and in 1991 linked up with Newman MacLean to form Taylor McCaffrey LLP. Since the early 1990s, the firm has expanded through internal growth and the addition of individual practitioners. Taylor McCaffrey is a "forward thinking" firm, according to one respondent, who also singled it out for its "very prompt and thorough work." Young associates are key to managing partner Tim Kurbis' recruitment pitch: "We spend a fairly significant amount of time on making sure there are opportunities not just to come in and put your nose to your screen and work all day, but also to connect during the day and after hours on a personal level," he says. t yo ble to y u is and it's availa s a day. 24 hour Get fast and easy access to Canada's legal professionals! Canada's most comprehensive online directory of legal professionals gives you a direct route to the information you need. departments location and area of practice Visit www.CanadianLawList.com and find out how we're serving you better than ever. compiled by top Canadian legal researchers Untitled-4 1 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m 13-01-14 4:15 PM F e b r uary 2013 35