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SPECIAL REPORT TOP PRAIRIE FIRMS 36 www.canadianlawyermag.com Assembly of Manitoba; Brian Dickson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; Marshall Rothstein, justice of the SCC The firm: MLT Aikins LLP is a full-service law firm. One of the 15 largest law firms in Canada, it is the result of the 2017 merger of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP and Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson LLP, whose histories date back to 1920 and 1879, respectively. One survey respondent said the firm was exemplary because of its "client base, service excellence [and] legal expertise." Another voter said, "Superior ser vice. Busi- ness-minded lawyers that care about our business . . . almost as much as we do!" PITBLADO LLP Winnipeg pitblado.com Total lawyers: 65 Offices (with # of lawyers): Winnipeg (64), Arborg, Man. (1) Core practice areas: Corporate and commercial, litigation, labour and employ- ment, taxation, banking, Indigenous law, commercial real estate and leasing/commer- cial leasing, bankruptcy and insolvency Key clients: Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank of Canada, Steinbach Credit Union, Assiniboine Credit Union, IG Wealth Management (Investors Group), Business Development Bank of Canada, Public Util- ities Board of Manitoba, Artis REIT, Cana- dian Premium Sand, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canada Post Corpora- tion, Manitoba Blue Cross, Canada Cartage and various health authorities Star alumni: Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Justice Candace Grammond; Mani- toba Court of Queen's Bench Justice Robert Dewar; Federal Court of Appeal Chief Justice Marianne Rivoalen; Former Mani- toba Court of Queen's Bench justice Ted Glowacki; former Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench justice R.D. Guy; former Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench justice John Scollin; former Manitoba Court of Appeal justice and premier of Manitoba Sterling Lyon; former Manitoba Court of Appeal justice A. ration Inc.; advised Canada's Credit Union Centrals and the CUMIS Group in the merger and consolidation of the businesses of Creden- tial Financial Inc., Qtrade Canada Inc. and NEI Investments, as well as the creation of Aviso Wealth; counsel to Rubicon Pharmacies on merger with Amenity Holdings Inc.; counsel to Greystone Capital Management Inc. in its $792-million sale to the TD Bank; counsel to Exchange Income Corporation in connec- tion with nearly $800 million of acquisitions. Successfully obtained judgment in Good Spirit School Division No. 204 v. Christ the Teacher Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 212 and the Government of Saskatchewan (2017 SKQB 109), a case concerning the consti- tutionality of government funding for non-mi- nority faith students who attend minority sepa- rate schools in the province Star alumni: Sir James Aikins, founder and first president of the Canadian Bar Asso- ciation, lieutenant governor of Manitoba; Murdoch A. MacPherson, attorney general of Saskatchewan, member of the Legisla- tive Assembly of Saskatchewan; G.S. Thor- valdson, senator, member of the Legislative